When a film comes along with a title like “Cocaine Bear,” you know you’re in for some chaos. Pair that with it being a true story, and all white-powder hell is likely to break loose. It’s 1985. A drug runner’s plane has crashed, dropping lots of cocaine across a Georgia forest. A local 500lb black bear decides it smells interesting, eats it, and goes on a freaking rampage.
Yeah, so, this isn’t like “Fargo‘s” “This is a true story.” This ACTUALLY happened.
Elizabeth Banks (“Charlie’s Angels,” “Pitch Perfect 2“) directs “Cocaine Bear” from a screenplay by Jimmy Warden (“The Babysitter: Killer Queen“). It stars Keri Russell (“The Americans“), O’Shea Jackson Jr. (“Straight Outta Compton“), Christian Convery (“Sweet Tooth“), Alden Ehrenreich (“Solo: A Star Wars Story“), Jesse Tyler Ferguson (“Modern Family“), Brooklynn Prince (“The Florida Project“), Isiah Whitlock Jr. (“BlacKkKlansman“), Kristofer Hivju (“Game of Thrones“), Hannah Hoekstra (“Charlie’s Angels” 2019), Aaron Holliday (“”Sharp Objects“), Margo Martindale (“The Americans“), and the late great Ray Liotta (“Goodfellas,” “Blackbird“).
“Cocaine Bear” hits theaters February 24th, 2023.
