Universal’s Elizabeth Banks Directed Thriller ‘Cocaine Bear’ Sets Winter 2023 Release
deadline.comElizabeth Banks’ next directorial Cocaine Bear will be hitting theaters on Feb. 24, 2023.The Universal movie stars Keri Russell (The Americans), Emmy winner Margo Martindale (The Americans), Emmy winner Ray Liotta (The Many Saints of Newark), Alden Ehrenreich (Solo: A Star Wars Story), O’Shea Jackson Jr. (Straight Outta Compton), Jesse Tyler Ferguson (Modern Family), Kristofer Hivju (Game of Thrones), Kahyun Kim (American Gods), Christian Convery (Sweet Tooth), Brooklynn Prince (The Florida Project) and newcomer Scott Seiss.Cocaine Bear is inspired by the 1985 true story of a drug runner’s plane crash, missing cocaine, and the black bear that ate it.
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.Jimmy Warden wrote the screenplay, and producers are Phil Lord and Chris Miller and Aditya Sood for Lord Miller.
In addition, Banks and Max Handelman produced for their Brownstone Productions, alongside Brian Duffield. Robin Fisichella and Nikki Baida executive produced.Cocaine Bear is the only studio wide entry to date on Feb.
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