They reveal the first trailer for ‘Cocaine Bear’ about the real-life killer bear

After seeing the official poster, Universal has finally revealed the first trailer of one of the most curious films inspired by an even more incredible true story. We are talking about ‘Cocaine Bear’, an action thriller that tells the massacre of a killer bear who ate an entire bag of drugs thrown away by a drug dealer in an attempt to escape.

Universal Pictures has revealed the first trailer for ‘Cocaine bear’ with Keri Russell, Margo Martindale, Alden Ehrenreich, O’Shea Jackson Jr., Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Kristofer Hivju, Kahyun Kim, Christian Convery, Brooklynn Prince and newcomer Scott Seiss. Also, this is Ray Liotta’s last film production, following his death earlier this year.

In the trailer of ‘Cocaine bear’ you can see the slaughter created by a killer bear consuming bags of cocaine dropped by a convicted drug dealer. The riots of the giant animal in the film are not the same as they occurred in real life, as in the original story the nicknamed “EscoBear” was only responsible for the consumption of the substances, but not for the deaths.

Written by Jimmy Warden, ‘Cocaine Bear’ tells the story of the 175-pound black bear who ingests nearly 30 pounds of cocaine, which were dropped from the plane of Andrew Thornton, a trafficker traveling through the Georgia forest, and which is died after attempting to leave the aircraft and his parachute failed to deploy upon landing.

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When is the movie ‘Cocaine Bear’ coming out?

The release date ofCocaine bear’ it will be next February 24, 2023 in theaters, distributed by Universal Pictures. For those interested in the true story behind the bear nicknamed “EscoBear” by local media in reference to the Colombian narco, the animal’s corpse is on display at the Lexington, Kentucky Museum.

The killer bear, which has nothing to do with ‘Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey’, has a touch of action-comedy with a little bit of horror, which started to go viral on social networks. Many were incredulous when a movie about a bear who died of an overdose was announced on the big screen.

Now we will have to wait for news on what will be one of the two films of the month of February that will have killer bears as protagonists, like ‘Cocaine Bear’ and ‘Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey’, but with completely different tones from each other . , but it will be worth seeing.