PHOENIX -- The excitement at the AMC Desert Ridge movie theater Friday had to do with snakes, but it wasn't over Samuel L. Jackson's new movie.

Two rattlesnakes were found at the theater -- one in the parking lot and the other in a hallway.

A theater spokesman said the snakes were released as a prank in response to the movie "Snakes on a Plane," but police said they slithered in on their own.

Both snakes were removed from the property and no one was hurt.