Cocaine Bear, 2023. Directed by Elizabeth Banks. Starring Keri Russell, O’Shea Jackson Jr., Ray Liotta, Christian Convery, Margo Martindale, Brooklynn Prince, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Isiah Whitlock Jr. SYNOPSIS: A bear goes on the rampage after finding a stash of cocaine that a drug kingpin threw from a plane. You may think that Cocaine Bear is […]
Ant-Man shrinks as Cocaine Bear gets high at the box office
Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania might have stayed atop the U.S. box-office in it’s sophomore frame with $32.2 million, but Universal’s Cocaine Bear inflicted quite the bump with it’s own impressive opening. Ant-Man 3‘s 69.7% drop was the worst second-week decline for an entry in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, stealing that unwanted title from 2021’s […]
Movie Review – Cocaine Bear (2023)
Cocaine Bear, 2023. Directed by Elizabeth Banks. Starring Keri Russell, O’Shea Jackson Jr., Alden Ehrenreich, Ray Liotta, Kristofer Hivju, Margo Martindale, Christian Convery, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Brooklynn Prince, Kahyun Kim, Scott Seiss, Isiah Whitlock Jr., Ayoola Smart, Aaron Holliday, Conor Lambert, Shane Connellan, J.B. Moore, Leo Hanna, Oisín Nolan, Christopher Livingston, and Matthew Rhys. SYNOPSIS: […]
Cocaine Bear teaser celebrates “The Greatest Movie of All Time”
With a month to go until Cocaine Bear begins his coked-up rampage through cinemas, Universal Pictures has released a TV spot that perfectly captures the tongue in cheek tone of Elizabeth Banks’ dark comedy. Telling the true story of an oddball collective of people who find themselves at the mercy of a 500-pound black bear […]
2023 Is All About Cocaine Bear
Is Cocaine Bear the must-see film of 2023? We take a look ahead to Elizabeth Banks’ redemption film… There are some film titles that just demand to be watched. Sometimes it’s because they sound so ludicrous as to feel unmissable. It’s also particularly enticing if these happen to be horror or creature themed. Snakes on […]
Elizabeth Banks says 80s horror inspired future cult classic Cocaine Bear
If you’ve seen it on social media recently or keep up with movie news, Cocaine Bear is the talk of the town. The wild first trailer for the new Elizabeth Banks film premiered this week, and it caused quite a splash. Speaking to SlashFilm, Banks spoke about her inspirations for the project and where she […]
A coked up bear runs wild in trailer for Elizabeth Banks’ Cocaine Bear
Universal Pictures has debuted the first trailer for director Elizabeth Banks’ dark comedy Cocaine Bear. The film follows an oddball group of people as they find themselves at the mercy of a 500-pound black bear in a Georgia forest when it goes on a drug-fueled rampage after accidentally ingesting a staggering amount of cocaine. Inspired […]
Say hello to Cocaine Bear on poster for Elizabeth Banks’ crazy true story
It’s a case of it does what it says on the tin with the first-look poster for Elizabeth Banks’ inspired by true events thriller Cocaine Bear. Said “true events” focus on a 1985 incident featuring the titular bear, who was found dead in Kentucky after eating roughly $15 million worth of coke from a duffle […]
Cocaine Bear adds Margo Martindale, Kristofer Hivju, Christian Convery and more
The Chris Miller and Phil Lord-produced thriller Cocaine Bear from director Elizabeth Banks has just filled out much of its cast as Deadline reports that Margo Martindale (Justified), Kristofer Hivju (Game of Thrones), Christian Convoy (Sweet Tooth), Brooklynn Prince (The Florida Project), Kahyun Kim (American Gods) and newcomer Scott Seiss have joined the film. They join Keri […]
Elizabeth Banks to direct Lord & Miller thriller Cocaine Bear
One of the most intriguing film titles of recent memory, the thriller Cocaine Bear, has landed a new director as Universal is calling upon Elizabeth Banks to tackle this upcoming project. Little is known about Cocaine Bear, even though the title instantly conjures up some unique visuals. We do know however that the script takes […]
