Cocaine Bear

Cocaine Bear is an upcoming American thriller film directed and produced by Elizabeth Banks from a screenplay written by Jimmy Warden. It stars Keri Russell, Margo Martindale, Ray Liotta, Alden Ehrenreich, O'Shea Jackson Jr., Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Kristofer Hivju, Kahyun Kim, Christian Convery, Brooklynn Prince, and Scott Seiss. It is inspired by the true story of an American black bear that ingested a duffel bag full of cocaine in 1985. The film is scheduled to be released in the United States on February 24, 2023, by Universal Pictures.

Cocaine Bear
Directed byElizabeth Banks
Written byJimmy Warden
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyJohn Guleserian
Music byNatalie Holt[1]
Production
companies
Distributed byUniversal Pictures
Release date
  • February 24, 2023 (2023-02-24)
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Premise

In a Georgia forest, an American black bear goes on a rampage after ingesting a staggering amount of cocaine.

Cast

Production
Director and producer Elizabeth Banks

The film is inspired by the real story of a 175-pound American black bear that died after ingesting a duffel bag full of cocaine in December 1985. The cocaine was dropped out from an airplane piloted by Andrew C. Thornton II, a former narcotics officer and convicted drugs smuggler, because his plane was carrying too heavy a load. The bear was found in northern Georgia alongside 40 opened plastic containers of cocaine.[2][3]

In December 2019, it was announced that Phil Lord and Christopher Miller were producing an untitled project inspired by the true story. The film was going to be co-directed by Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett, from a spec script written by Jimmy Warden.[4] On March 9, 2021, Universal Pictures announced that the film was in development. It was also confirmed that the film would instead be directed by Elizabeth Banks, and produced by Banks and Max Handelman for Brownstone Productions, who joined the producing team alongside Lord, Miller, and Aditya Sood for Lord Miller Productions, and Brian Duffield.[5][6] The ensemble cast was revealed between July and August 2021.[7][8]

Principal photography took place in Wicklow, Ireland, between August 20 and October 17, 2021.[9][10][11]

Release

The film is scheduled to be theatrically released on February 24, 2023, by Universal Pictures.[12]

References
  1. "Natalie Holt Scoring Elizabeth Banks' Cocaine Bear". Film Music Reporter. February 14, 2022. Retrieved February 15, 2022.
  2. Massie, Graeme (March 10, 2021). "True story of infamous bear who consumed duffel bag of cocaine to get Hollywood treatment". The Independent. Archived from the original on March 10, 2021. Retrieved March 10, 2021.
  3. "Cocaine and a Dead Bear". The New York Times. December 23, 1985. Archived from the original on March 11, 2021. Retrieved March 12, 2021.
  4. Anderton, Ethan (December 17, 2019). "Phil Lord & Chris Miller To Produce A Bear-Driven Horror Comedy From Ready Or Not Directors". /Film. Archived from the original on August 25, 2021. Retrieved August 25, 2021.
  5. N'Duka, Amanda (March 9, 2021). "Elizabeth Banks To Direct Cocaine Bear Thriller For Universal, Phil Lord & Chris Miller". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on March 9, 2021. Retrieved March 10, 2021.
  6. Galuppo, Mia (March 9, 2021). "Elizabeth Banks to Direct Cocaine Bear Thriller for Phil Lord, Chris Miller". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on March 10, 2021. Retrieved March 10, 2021.
  7. Kroll, Justin (July 1, 2021). "Keri Russell, O'Shea Jackson, Ray Liotta, Alden Ehrenreich and Jesse Tyler Ferguson To Star in Elizabeth Banks' Cocaine Bear For Universal". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on July 1, 2021. Retrieved July 1, 2021.
  8. Grobar, Matt (August 2, 2021). "Margo Martindale, Kristofer Hivju, Christian Convery, Brooklynn Prince & Others Round Out Cast Of Elizabeth Banks' Cocaine Bear". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on August 3, 2021. Retrieved August 3, 2021.
  9. Osterman, Kyle (August 21, 2021). "Elizabeth Banks' Cocaine Bear Set Photo Reveals Movie's Bold Logo As Filming Starts". Screen Rant. Archived from the original on August 21, 2021. Retrieved August 21, 2021.
  10. Evans, Chris (July 1, 2021). "Cocaine Bear to double Ireland for Georgia, US". Kemps Film and TV Production Services Handbook. Archived from the original on October 21, 2021. Retrieved October 21, 2021.
  11. Malhotra, Rahul (October 17, 2021). "Elizabeth Banks' Cocaine Bear, Story of Kentucky's Legendary Pablo EskoBear, Has Wrapped Filming". Collider. Archived from the original on October 17, 2021. Retrieved October 18, 2021.
  12. D'Alessandro, Anthony (May 2, 2022). "Universal's Elizabeth Banks Directed Thriller Cocaine Bear Sets Winter 2023 Release". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved May 2, 2022.
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