It is confirmed that Cocaine bearthe film about the black bear nicknamed EscoBear by the newspapers, will soon be released in theaters February 23. In addition, the long-awaited film already has an official poster.
Elizabeth Banks, director of Cocaine Bear and the latest Charlie’s Angels, among other films, had a stellar cast in charge: Keri Russell, O’Shea Jackson Jr., Alden Ehrenreich, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Kristofer Hivju, Christian Convery, Brooklynn Prince, Margo Martindale and Ray Liotta.
It is worth mentioning that the film will be one of Liotta’s few posthumous projects.
Cocaine Bear will be, as the story behind it suggests, an action-packed thriller.
The plot revolves around an American bear who becomes violent after ingesting a huge sack of cocaine. The sales synopsis confirms that the film is “driven by characters inspired by real life events in Kentucky in 1985”.
Who is EscoBear?
The story of the bear they call in honor of the leader of the Medellin cartel has inspired endless urban legends and conspiracies.
As it is said to have eaten more than twenty kilos of cocaine and died from it, the animal has become a symbol of the state, a celebrity that attracts tourists.
One of the most surprising facts in his history is that the cocaine he ingested literally fell from the sky.
In 1985, former drug trafficker and drug dealer convicted Andrew C Thornton II He threw a bag full of cocaine from his plane because he believed he was carrying too much load. That day, Thornton leapt into the void leaving the vehicle on autopilot and died from a faulty parachute.
On September 11, police discovered Thornton’s body in Knoxville. He carried cocaine worth $ 14 million related to life, guns and wore a bulletproof vest.
Three months later, EscoBear was found dead by a hunter in Chattahoochee National Forest in Georgia with 40 open containers of cocaine around him. He is said to have ingested around 35 kilograms of this drug.
The bear’s body was kept intact by a taxidermist and has long been on display. Today, after having passed through several hands, no one knows where it is.
Source: Clarin
