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Elizabeth Banks will direct 'Cocaine Bear,' a movie based on a true story involving, yep, cocaine and a bear.

Elizabeth Banks has found her next project. The  Charlie’s Angels director has signed on to direct a Universal Pictures thriller produced by her  The Lego Movie directors  Phil Lord and Chris Miller. The movie’s title?  Cocaine Bear. And that’s how you get people’s attention, folks, in spite of Banks’ underwhelming directorial career so far. Deadline reports that Elizabeth Banks has signed on to direct Universal Pictures’  Cocaine Bear, a film written by  Jimmy Warden and described as a “a character-driven thriller inspired by true events that took place in Kentucky in 19...

Elizabeth Banks, Phil Lord and Chris Miller Reunite for 'Cocaine Bear' at Universal Pictures Angelique Jackson, provided by FacebookTwitterEmail Elizabeth Banks has set her next directing gig — inspired by an (almost unbelievable) true story involving cocaine smuggling and a 175-pound bear. Banks has signed on to direct “Cocaine Bear,” which is described as a “character-driven thriller inspired by true events that took place in Kentucky in 1985,” produced by “The Lego Movie” filmmakers Phil Lord and Chris Miller. More from Variety As such, the project also serves as a reunion f...

Elizabeth Banks has landed her latest directorial project. The Charlie's Angels filmmaker has signed up to direct Universal Pictures' Cocaine Bear, which is being described as a character-driven thriller inspired by true events that took place in Kentucky in 1985, according to Deadline. The 175-pound black bear died of an apparent cocaine overdose after discovering a batch of the drug and it was found in northern Georgia among 40 opened plastic containers with traces of cocaine. "The cocaine was apparently dropped from a plane piloted by Andrew Thornton, a convicted drug smuggler who d...

Mar. 10—Lexington's well-known "cocaine bear," a black bear that died of a drug overdose during the "Bluegrass Conspiracy" era, is about to make it to the big screen. Elizabeth Banks is set to direct a movie called "Cocaine Bear" for Universal Pictures. Deadline.com reported Tuesday that the movie is said to be "a character-driven thriller inspired by true events that took place in Kentucky in ...