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Wikipedia article
'Cocaine Bear' is an upcoming American thriller film directed and produced by Elizabeth Banks and written by Jimmy Warden. It stars Keri Russell, O'Shea Jackson Jr., Ray Liotta, Alden Ehrenreich, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Kristofer Hivju, Margo Martindale, 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. It will be one of the last films starring Liotta and the first to be released after his death in May 2022.
'Cocaine Bear' is scheduled to be released in the United States on February 24, 2023, by Universal Pictures.
Premise
In a Georgia forest, an American black bear goes on a murderous rampage after ingesting a staggering amount of cocaine.
Cast
* Keri Russell as Colette Matthews
* O'Shea Jackson Jr. as Howard
* Ray Liotta as Dentwood
* Alden Ehrenreich as Marty
* Jesse Tyler Ferguson
* Kristofer Hivju
* Margo Martindale
* Christian Convery
* Brooklynn Prince
* Scott Seiss
* Isiah Whitlock Jr. as Bob
* Shane Connellan as Ray
* Kahyun Kim
Production
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 drug smuggler, because his plane was carrying too heavy a load. Thornton then jumped off the plane with a faulty parachute and died. The bear was found three months later in northern Georgia alongside 40 opened plastic containers of cocaine. The bear is currently on display at the Kentucky for Kentucky Fun Mall in Lexington, Kentucky.
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. 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. The ensemble cast was revealed between July and August 2021.
Principal photography took place in Wicklow, Ireland, between August 20 and October 17, 2021.
Release
The film is scheduled to be theatrically released on February 24, 2023, by Universal Pictures.
References
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