Flickering Myth

Geek Culture | Movies, TV, Comic Books & Video Games

A coked up bear runs wild in trailer for Elizabeth Banks’ Cocaine Bear

by

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

by

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 […]

Elizabeth Banks on her failed Charlie’s Angels reboot: “I didn’t make it just for girls”

by

We all remember Elizabeth Banks’ Charlie’s Angels movie, right? Released months before the COVID-10 pandemic shook the landscape of the world and pop culture, Banks tried to reboot Charlie’s Angels, which was met with little fanfare. Some of the backlashes towards the film was the marketing, which focused heavily on the “girl power” aspects of […]

Movie Review – Call Jane (2022)

by

Call Jane, 2022. Directed by Phyllis Nagy. Starring Elizabeth Banks, Sigourney Weaver, Chris Messina, Kate Mara, Wunmi Mosaku, and Cory Michael Smith. SYNOPSIS: A married woman with an unwanted pregnancy lives in a time where she can’t get a legal abortion, and works with a group of suburban women to find help. Oscar-nominated Carol writer […]

Elizabeth Banks and Sigourney Weaver star in trailer for abortion rights drama Call Jane

by

Roadside Attractions has released a trailer for director Phyllis Nagy’s 1960’s set drama Call Jane. Inspired by true events, the film stars Elizabeth Banks as Joy, a suburban housewife who is refused an abortion when her pregnancy leads to a life-threatening condition, desperate for a solution she joins forces with Virginia (Sigourney Weaver), an advocate […]

Elizabeth Banks reuniting with Wet Hot American Summer director for Where the Fore Are We?

by

Variety is reporting that Elizabeth Banks is set to reunite with Wet Hot American Summer director David Wain for Where the Fore Are We?, a musical set up at Amazon Studios. As per the trade, the film follows the passengers and crew of a commercial flight who find themselves stranded for three months after a […]

Cocaine Bear adds Margo Martindale, Kristofer Hivju, Christian Convery and more

by

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 produce, direct and star in Red Queen series for Peacock

by

Elizabeth Banks has signed on to executive produce, direct and star in a TV adaptation of Victoria Aveyard’s novel Red Queen for streaming service Peacock. As per Variety, the one-hour drama “is set in an alternate near-future America where democracy is replaced by a monarchy led by a group of humans with superpowers who rule […]

Elizabeth Banks to voice Pebbles in The Flintstones animated sequel Bedrock

by

Are you ready to head back to the prehistoric world of Bedrock? Fox and Elizabeth Banks are hoping as they will attempt to bring this property back for a whole new generation. Banks will star in and serve as an executive producer of an update of the classic Flintstones series, which will be set 20 […]