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On March 9, 2021, Universal Pictures announced that a film, Cocaine Bear, would be directed by Elizabeth Banks. [17] The film takes significant liberties—while the events which occurred between the bear's ingestion of cocaine and its death are not known, [12] the bear is not known to have caused any deaths, as was portrayed by the film. [3]
When Georgia investigators stumbled across the infamous Cocaine Bear in 1985 its cause of death was unmistakable.. The 175-pound black bear was found next to a duffel bag that had once been filled ...
Cocaine Bear (released as Crazy Bear in some countries) is a 2023 American comedy horror film directed by Elizabeth Banks and written by Jimmy Warden. [6] It is loosely inspired by the true story of the "Cocaine Bear", an American black bear that ingested several kilograms of a bag containing about 75 lb (34 kg) of lost cocaine. [7]
Universal Pictures, which produced the film, cut a deal with Peacock in 2021 to release all of its movies to the streaming service within four months of debuting in theaters.
This image released by Universal Pictures shows Keri Russell in a scene from "Cocaine Bear," directed by Elizabeth Banks. (Pat Redmond/Universal Pictures via AP)
She was released after she recovered, and was shot by a hunter around October 2017. Cocaine Bear was an 175-lb eastern black bear who was notable for being found having ingested 77 lb (35 kg) of cocaine worth $14 million USD in Georgia's Chattahoochee - Oconee National Forest. Its body is on display in Kentucky.
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