The film's plot differs from real-life events in a number of ways. Notably, the real-life Cocaine Bear is not known to have killed anyone after consuming drugs, and what transpired in the time leading up to its death from overdose is unknown. [14] [15] In an interview with Variety 's Adam B. Vary, Banks stated that "this movie could be seen as that bear's revenge story." [16] Response to the film Jan/Feb have turned from the dumping ground to the most unhinged and camp time of the year, Cocaine Bear and M3GAN shall rule 2023," @sydney_volpe wrote. M3GAN, coming out on January 6, is a horror film about a child's robotic doll.

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a b Anderton, Ethan (December 17, 2019). "Phil Lord & Chris Miller To Produce A Bear-Driven Horror Comedy From Ready Or Not Directors". /Film. Archived from the original on August 25, 2021 . Retrieved August 25, 2021. Cocaine Bearwas produced by Phil Lord, Chris Miller, and Aditya Sood of Lord Miller, Elizabeth Banks and Max Handelman of Brownstone Productions, and Brian Duffield. Robin Fisichella and Nikki Baida serve as executive producers. Intoxicating 'Cocaine Bear' goes hilariously off the rails". Chicago Sun-Times. February 23, 2023. Archived from the original on February 25, 2023 . Retrieved February 26, 2023. Later, Stache hitchhikes to New York with a duffel bag of cocaine, while Eddie, accompanied by Daveed and Bob's dog, reunites with his son. Directed by Elizabeth Banks (Charlie’s Angels, Pitch Perfect 2) from a screenplay by Jimmy Warden (The Babysitter: Killer Queen), Cocaine Bear is produced by Oscar® winners Phil Lord and Chris Miller (Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse, The Mitchells vs. The Machines) and Aditya Sood (The Martian) for Lord Miller, by Elizabeth Banks and Max Handelman (Pitch Perfect franchise) for Brownstone Productions, and by Brian Duffield (Spontaneous). Robin Fisichella (Ma) will executive produce.

Glasner, Eli (February 24, 2023). "Cocaine Bear: Killer title, but the movie kinda blows". cbc.ca. Archived from the original on February 24, 2023 . Retrieved February 24, 2023. Mostly no, but at the same time it is impossible to say precisely what went down because investigators only found the bear’s decaying remains; they have no record of what the bear may or may not have done while on drugs. Still, contemporaneous reports allow us to sketch a possible picture. Shachat, Sarah (February 24, 2023). "Meet the Man Who Became the Titular Cocaine Bear". IndieWire . Retrieved May 3, 2023. Osterman, Kyle (August 21, 2021). "Elizabeth Banks' Cocaine Bear Set Photo Reveals Movie's Bold Logo As Filming Starts". Screen Rant. Archived from the original on August 21, 2021 . Retrieved August 21, 2021.In December 2019, Phil Lord and Christopher Miller were announced to be producing an untitled horror comedy project inspired by the true story, and based on a spec script written by Jimmy Warden. The producers approached Radio Silence collectives Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett to direct, but both opted out of the film in favor of making the fifth Scream installment. [6] Elizabeth Banks was announced as director in 2021 Northrup, Ryan (March 14, 2023). "Cocaine Bear Is Now Streaming After Just 2 Weeks In Theaters". Screen Rant. Archived from the original on March 14, 2023 . Retrieved March 24, 2023. Writing for CBC.ca, Eli Glasner found the film disappointing, writing: "Does the bear roar? Does it live up to the hype? Does it fulfil the potent promise of that amazing title? Technically yes, but there's a wide chasm between what the audience wants Cocaine Bear to be, and what it delivers." [47] In a negative review, Nicholas Barber of BBC criticised the human characters and their interactions. He wrote, "Instead of showing us the moment when the title character discovered and ingested the drugs, the film keeps introducing more and more characters who could have been in the first draft of a Coen brothers script". [48] Accolades Massie, Graeme (March 10, 2021). "True story of infamous bear who consumed duffel bag of cocaine to get Hollywood treatment". The Independent. Archived from the original on March 10, 2021 . Retrieved March 10, 2021.