‘Cocaine Bear’ Will Get You High on Laughter

Cocaine Bear is the newest film from Elizabeth Banks. Inspired by the 1985 true story of a drug runner’s plane crash, which led to missing cocaine and ultimately, an insanely high black bear, the film follows several characters. Story The film starts off showing how the cocaine is lost in the forest, with a high drug runner slamming his head before making landfall, scattering the … Continue reading ‘Cocaine Bear’ Will Get You High on Laughter

Elizabeth Banks Says ‘Cocaine Bear’ Could Be “A Career Ender”

‘This Could Be a Career Ender’: Elizabeth Banks says of gory, R-Rated film Cocaine Bear. The dark and R-rated action-comedy is loosely based on a true story of a 175-pound black bear in the Chattahoochee National Forest in Georgia. The bear consumed 70 pounds of cocaine that was dropped during a failed drug run in the mid-1980s. In reality, the bear overdosed and died, the … Continue reading Elizabeth Banks Says ‘Cocaine Bear’ Could Be “A Career Ender”

Elizabeth Banks Was Interested in Directing ‘Thor: Ragnarok’

Elizabeth Bank’s spoke with Variety about her new film Cocaine Bear. During their discussion, her interest to possibly direct Thor: Ragnarok came up. According to Banks, she has never been eager to direct big established franchises such as ones with the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The only franchise movie that she was “really interested” in directing was Thor: Ragnarok. “Nothing ever happened”. She thinks “a call … Continue reading Elizabeth Banks Was Interested in Directing ‘Thor: Ragnarok’