Twitter is amped up for Elizabeth Banks’ crazy bear-centric thriller — yes, you read that right!
The Pitch Perfect 2 director has been tapped to helm Universal’s Cocaine Bear, which is inspired by the bizarre true story of an actual bear that overdosed on cocaine (not pictured above).
The film is based on an untitled spec written by Jimmy Warden, inspired by real events that took place in Kentucky in 1985.
As reported by The New York Times, a 175-lb black bear consumed the contents of a duffle bag filled with over 70 lbs of cocaine that was dropped from an airplane by Andrew Thornton, a local drug smuggler.
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