Cocaine Bear , a newmovieset to be direct by Elizabeth Banks , will live up to its title . The premise of the Universal Pictures photographic film center on a botched drug smuggling plot of ground that leads to a bear consuming — and succumbing to — million of dollars worth of cocaine . The story may voice over - the - top , even by Hollywood standards , but it ’s free-base on unfeigned upshot that arestranger than fiction .
The literal story begins with Andrew Carter Thornton II , the kingpin in charge of a Kentucky drug smuggling gang known as " The Company . " Before getting involved in the illegal drug barter , Thornton was an Army para , a attorney , and a corrupt Lexington narcotics officer . He was arrested for his crimes in 1981 , but the law released him think that his body process would lead them to hispowerful accomplice . What they did n’t know was that Thornton was just a few year away from die a extremely unusual decease .
Thornton ’s failed voidance lead to another notable human death about 50 international mile away in Georgia’sChattahoochee National Forest . After the packet of cocaine landed in the timberland , they were discovered by a 175 - hammering black bear that has since been dubbed " Pablo Escobear " ( he ’s also known as " Cocaine Bear " ) . The bear ’s body was later unwrap besiege by the empty packages , and a medical examination revealed that his abdomen was stuffed to capacity with cocaine . His end was join to cerebral hemorrhaging , chance event , respiratory unsuccessful person , nephritic bankruptcy , heart nonstarter , and hyperthermy — all signs of a stern drug overdose .
We do n’t know exactly what Thornton and Cocaine Bear ’s net moments were like , but the forthcoming motion picture based on the account will give us an idea . According toDeadline , The baby-sitter : Killer Queenwriter Jimmy Warden is penning the playscript and filmmaking partner Phil Lord and Chris Miller are bring forth the labor along with Banks , with whom they previously collaborated onThe LEGO Movie .
Cocaine Bearcould start up filming as early on as summertime 2021 . If you ca n’t wait for the report to get the Hollywood treatment , you may see the tangible bear ’s taxidermied remains on show at theKentucky for Kentucky Fun Mallin Lexington .
