Elizabeth Banks to direct ‘Cocaine Bear’ movie about a real-life bear that ate 70 pounds of cocaine

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"Cocaine's a hell of a drug ... " - Rick James, Superfreak

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By Kevin Slane, Boston.com Staff
March 9, 2021

After paltry box office returns for her 2019 “Charlie’s Angels” reboot, Elizabeth Banks (“The Hunger Games”) is hoping audiences find her newest directorial project more bearable.

According to multiple reports, the Pittsfield native will make her return to the director’s chair for Universal with “Cocaine Bear,” a thriller based on a true story about a Kentucky black bear that consumed more than 70 pounds of cocaine dropped in the woods by drug trafficker Andrew Thornton. ...