The outrageous comedy / thriller, COCAINE BEAR, opens at cinemas on Friday, 24 February 2023
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.
The film is directed by ELIZABETH BANKS (Charlie’s Angels, Pitch Perfect 2) and written by JIMMY WARDEN (The Babysitter: Killer Queen).
It stars KERI RUSSELL (The Americans), O’SHEA JACKSON, JR. (Straight Outta Compton), CHRISTIAN CONVERY (Sweet Tooth), ALDEN EHRENREICH (Solo: A Star Wars Story), JESSE TYLER FERGUSON (Modern Family), Brooklynn Prince (The Florida Project), ISIAH WHITLOCK JR. (BlacKkKlansman), KRISTOFER HIVJU (Game of Thrones), HANNAH HOEKSTRA (2019’s Charlie’s Angels) and AARON HOLLIDAY (Sharp Objects), with Emmy winner MARGO MARTINDALE (The Americans) and Emmy winner RAY LIOTTA (Goodfellas).
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