The film, directed by Elizabeth Banks and produced by Universal Pictures, takes some liberties with that story, thanks to Warden’s own sense of where this story could go. I was like, ‘OK, this has to be a movie.'” “I was just like, ‘Fuck me, let’s just get through the day.’ And I found the story of Andrew Carter Thornton and the Cocaine Bear, and then I just couldn’t stop clicking on links. “I was just scrolling through the internet, doing absolutely nothing, I should have been working probably, and I was sitting at my desk, not looking for a movie idea,” Warden said of his initial inspiration. (The now-stuffed bear is on display in Kentucky.) Thornton III dumped a bunch of cocaine out of his plane (he had, alas, too much cocaine, and the payload was too heavy), where it promptly landed in northern Georgia and was eaten by a black bear. In the winter of 1985, convicted drug smuggler Andrew C. As crazy as “Cocaine Bear” sounds, it is based on a true story. The film is Warden’s second produced film - the first was McG’s Netflix slasher “The Babysitter: Killer Queen” - and was born from every writer’s favorite activity: scrolling the internet and avoiding actual work. So, at that point, that was a pretty good sign.”Ĭeline Song Dissects That Amazing Final Shot in ‘Past Lives’ “I actually will say, to their credit, when I pitched it to - you know, because you go home for Thanksgiving or whatever it is and they’re like, ‘What are you working on?’ and I was like, ‘Well, I do have this idea for this movie called “Cocaine Bear” - they were really into it. Just picture those early pitches. “I think everybody was like, “OK…great,’ when I was writing the movie, like, ‘Good luck with that,’ and then as it just kept gaining momentum, they have gotten pretty excited,” Warden said in recent interview with IndieWire. If you think it’s wild that a film called “Cocaine Bear” got made - and is in theaters right now - you’re feeling a bit like its own creator: screenwriter Jimmy Warden. Who says the movies aren’t original anymore? But while that tempting two-word title sure sounds funny and frisky and different, imagine being the guy who pitched the initial story. ![]() It’s the sort of title that sells itself: “ Cocaine Bear.” It’s about a bear…who does cocaine.
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