‘Cocaine Bear’ Trailer: Elizabeth Banks Movie Exhibits Bear on Rampage

The official trailer is right here for Elizabeth Banks’ newest directorial effort, the upcoming thriller “Cocaine Bear” from Common Photos, which is impressed by a real story. Because the title suggests, the movie follows a black bear that embarks on a murderous rampage following its unintentional consumption of cocaine.

The movie 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 newcomer Scott Seiss. This movie marks considered one of Liotta’s closing appearing roles and the primary to be launched following the actor’s dying in Might on the age of 67.

Whereas the murderous rampage was not a part of the true story that “Cocaine Bear” is predicated on, the precise chain of occasions befell in September 1985 when a convicted drug smuggler named Andrew Thornton offloaded a duffel bag of cocaine over northern Georgia. A 175-pound black bear then ingested the cocaine and subsequently overdosed, and was found three months later subsequent to about 40 plastic containers of cocaine. Thornton additionally died throughout an try to abandon the overloaded aircraft when his parachute was rendered defective. At this time, the bear is on show on the Kentucky for Kentucky Enjoyable Mall in Lexington, Ky.

Jimmy Warden penned the screenplay. Producers are Phil Lord, Chris Miller and Aditya Sood for Lord Miller with Banks, Brian Duffield and Max Handelman producing for Brownstone Productions. Robin Fisichella and Nikki Baida additionally government produce. Filming befell in Eire in late 2021.

The movie is ready for theatrical launch on Feb. 24, 2023. Take a look at the trailer under.