You can take a look at the phrases “Cocaine Bear” and assume you understand what they imply. But till you’ve seen these phrases via the eyes of director Elizabeth Banks, you gained’t actually be ready for what they really entail.

Cocaine Bear is the title of a darkish comedy from the Pitch Perfect 2 director that’s coming to theaters February 24. It is, in actual fact, a couple of bear that does cocaine—extra particularly, it’s based mostly on the true story of an actual bear that devoured up tons of medicine after encountering the aftermath of drug runner’s aircraft crash. But what would these medication do to a bear? Could they simply kill it? Would the bear get indignant? Would it begin speaking and working after ambulances, flying via the air in gradual movement? Who is to say? Find out for your self within the completely bonkers trailer for Cocaine Bear.

Now, you will not be stunned to study that regardless of Banks directing right here, the movie is produced by Phil Lord and Chris Miller, the mad geniuses behind The Lego Movie, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse and far, rather more. That additionally is perhaps why there’s a scene of Han Solo himself, Alden Ehrenreich, screaming on the high of his lungs about cocaine. (Lord and Miller solid the actor as Han after they had been connected to direct Solo, don’t overlook.)

Beyond that, the solid right here is simply superior. Keri Russell is the primary star, however then there’s additionally O’Shea Jackson Jr., Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Isiah Whitlock Jr., Margo Martindale, the late nice Ray Liotta, and even some recognizable youngsters like Sweet Tooth himself, Christian Convery-Jennings, and Brooklynn Prince. All the celebs are out to see what occurs when Hollywood takes the seemingly severe story of a bear doing cocaine and flips it right into a surreal, adrenaline-fueled curler coaster journey. It hits theaters on February 24.

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