Inspired by true events, Universal’s Cocaine Bear is headed our way from director Elizabeth Banks (Charlie’s Angels), arriving exclusively in movie theaters on February 24, 2023.
Universal has unleashed a brand new image gallery this afternoon, which you can browse below. Additionally, a Pac-Man-style Cocaine Bear online video game can be played here!
The game is titled Cocaine Bear: The Rise of Pablo Escobear and it puts you in charge of the titular Cocaine Bear. The task? Devour cocaine and eat human beings, of course.
The movie is inspired by true events that took place in Kentucky in 1985, and it was written by Jimmy Warden. Phil Lord and Chris Miller (Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse) produced.
The basic gist of the story is that a 175-pound black bear was found dead from an overdose after ingesting massive amounts of cocaine dropped into the woods by a drug smuggler.
Deadline details, “The movie finds an oddball group of cops, criminals, tourists and teens converging in a Georgia forest where a 500- pound apex predator has ingested a staggering amount of cocaine and gone on a coke-fueled rampage for more blow … and blood.”
Keri Russell, Ray Liotta, Alden Ehrenreich, O’Shea Jackson and Jesse Tyler Ferguson star in the movie. Brian Duffield (Underwater, Spontaneous) is also on board to produce.
Directed by Elizabeth Banks from a screenplay by Jimmy Warden (The Babysitter: Killer Queen), Cocaine Bear is produced by Oscar® winners Phil Lord and Chris Miller (Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse, The Mitchells vs. The Machines) and Aditya Sood (The Martian) for Lord Miller, by Elizabeth Banks and Max Handelman (Pitch Perfect franchise) for Brownstone Productions, and by Brian Duffield (Spontaneous). Robin Fisichella (Ma) will executive produce.
(from left) Sari (Keri Russell), Peter (Jesse Tyler Ferguson) and Ranger Liz (Margo Martindale) in Cocaine Bear, directed by Elizabeth Banks.
(from left) Daveed (O’Shea Jackson, Jr.), Officer Reba (Ayoola Smart), Eddie (Alden Ehrenreich) and Syd (Ray Liotta) in Cocaine Bear, directed by Elizabeth Banks.
(from left) Kristoffer (Kristofer Hivju) and Elsa (Hannah Hoekstra) in Cocaine Bear, directed by Elizabeth Banks.
(from left) Daveed (O’Shea Jackson, Jr.), Eddie (Alden Ehrenreich), Officer Reba (Ayoola Smart) and Syd (Ray Liotta) in Cocaine Bear, directed by Elizabeth Banks.
(from left) Sari (Keri Russell), Dee Dee (Brooklynn Prince) and Henry (Christian Convery) in Cocaine Bear, directed by Elizabeth Banks.
Cocaine Bear, directed by Elizabeth Banks.
Cocaine Bear, directed by Elizabeth Banks.
Keri Russell as Sari in Cocaine Bear, directed by Elizabeth Banks.
Cocaine Bear, directed by Elizabeth Banks.
(from left) Stache (Aaron Holliday) and Daveed (O’Shea Jackson, Jr.) in Cocaine Bear, directed by Elizabeth Banks.
Director Elizabeth Banks on the set of Cocaine Bear.
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