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'Cocaine Bear': Elizabeth Banks' thriller movie’s first poster is exactly what you’d expect

The film is inspired by the real story of a 175-pound black bear that died after ingesting a duffel bag full of cocaine in December 1985

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: Universal Pictures unveils the first official 'Cocaine Bear' movie poster, and it is exactly what one would think it to look like. After helming the acapella oriented 'Pitch Perfect 2' and 2019's Kristen Stewart starring 'Charlie’s Angels', both of which were received rather poorly, actress-turned-director Elizabeth Banks has headed in a totally different direction with her third feature film behind the camera. A thriller called 'Cocaine Bear'. Rumor has it, apparently, it was inspired by an unbelievable true story, the upcoming film will follow a black bear that goes on a murderous rampage in a Kentucky forest after unintentionally ingesting cocaine. Now, we are not too sure if this is all true. 

Currently, three months before it premieres in theaters, the first official 'Cocaine Bear' poster was revealed on Twitter. Safe to say, the poster is exactly what one would expect from a movie about a bear who ate cocaine. The poster highlights that the film is "inspired by true events" and urges audiences to "get in line" for the film on February 24, 2023. The poster was also captioned on Twitter with a catchy tagline, "Don't coke the bear." Read more to find out.

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Interesting, isn't it? We know. The upcoming thriller movie will star Keri Russell, O'Shea Jackson Jr, Alden Ehrenreich, Matthew Rhys, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Kristofer Hivju, Christian Convery, Brooklynn Prince, Margo Martindale, and Ray Liotta.

However, as we mentioned earlier the film is inspired by the real story of a 175-pound black bear that died after ingesting a duffel bag full of cocaine in December 1985. The cocaine was dropped out of 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 movie is being produced by Banks and Max Handelman for Brownstone Productions, who joined the producing team alongside Lord, Miller, Aditya Sood for Lord Miller Productions, and Brian Duffield.

There is currently no trailer available for 'Cocaine bear'.