Mia Goth, Dan Stevens, and Zach Galifianakis have been cast in Portlandia co-creator Jonathan Krisel’s dark comedy Hey Bear.
Hey Bear will mark the directorial debut of Krisel, who will shoot from a script by Emmy Award winning writer Carrie Kemper (Beef).
Per Deadline’s report this revenge story will follow Claire (Goth), who “has always led a life solely based on other people’s expectations. Married to Gregory (Dan Stevens), she accommodates his desire to spend his life studying bears in Glacier National Park, even though it means months away from him at a time. During one of her visits, a grizzly bear, nicknamed Mr. Cranky by Gregory, mauls him to death. After being told by the park rangers that Mr. Cranky was euthanised, Claire finds out that the bear has merely been transported to another national park and is living his best life. The usually meek Claire makes up her mind to exact revenge on the bear. She teams up with socially awkward park ranger Putt (Galifianakis) to assassinate Mr. Cranky, but Putt has his own murky motivations for joining her. With death and truth lurking around every tree, Claire’s desperate, grief-fueled mission takes her on an ultimately uplifting journey of empowerment and self-discovery. Set in breath-taking natural scenery, this “coming of rage” story is a darkly comedic rollercoaster ride full of originality and surprise.”
You wait forever for a grizzly bear movie, and then two come along in quick succession. Hey Bear follows in the paw prints of Elizabeth Banks’ comedy Cocaine Bear, which earned largely positive reviews and over $80 million at the global box-office back in 2023.
Next up for Mia Goth is a key role in Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein, whereas Dan Stevens is currently reprising his role as Travis ‘Trapper’ Beasley for the in-production Godzilla x Kong: Supernova, and Galifianakis has just wrapped on Cathy Yan’s thriller The Gallerist, which is due out sometime next year.
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