‘Cocaine Bear’ Continues to Be Ridiculous in New Substance Fueled Teasers
Cocaine Bear is an aptly titled movie inspired by a true story that sounds too wild to be real. There is a bear. There’s a lot of white powder. And a fantastic cast.
Andrew Thornton II built a network of criminal connections worldwide, moving arms and drugs. In 1985 he was transporting seventy-five pounds of cocaine on a plane from Columbia to the US. Something went wrong that caused Thornton to jump from his aircraft. His body landed in someone’s yard in Knoxville, Tennessee.
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The $15 million of cocaine he was carrying was found and consumed by a 175-pound black bear in the Chattahoochee National Forest in Georgia. Three months after Thornton’s demise, the FBI found the bear’s body among forty opened plastic containers with traces of cocaine.
Cocaine Bear takes some liberties with the story and explores what a bear on cocaine could/would do in 1985. This hopped-up Ursus americanus runs through the forest, taking out anything and everything in its path while searching for its next fix. Yep, this dark comedy is going to be as ludicrous as you think it will be.
The latest TV spots that parody other genres are ridiculous. I can’t wait to see this.
higher baby pic.twitter.com/Sjpqh2URLZ
— Cocaine Bear (@cocainebear) January 19, 2023
i’m a bear of the people pic.twitter.com/6wAgDsG4sJ
— Cocaine Bear (@cocainebear) January 24, 2023
Cocaine Bear Cast & Details
The cast includes Keri Russell, Emmy winner Margo Martindale, Emmy winner Ray Liotta, Alden Ehrenreich, O’Shea Jackson Jr., Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Kristofer Hivju, Kahyun Kim, Christian Convery, Brooklynn Prince, and newcomer Scott Seiss. Oscar winners Phil Lord and Chris Miller are producers, and Elizabeth Banks is directing.
Inspired by the 1985 true story of a drug runner’s plane crash, missing cocaine, and the black bear that ate it, this wild dark comedy 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.
Cocaine Bear roars into theaters on February 24th.
