Elizabeth Banks Directing New Movie “Cocaine Bear”

Yes…you read that movie title right.

We don’t know anything about casting yet, but we do know that Elizabeth Banks has signed on to direct.

As for the plot, it will be based on a real life story!

If you are familiar with the story of Andrew Thorton, you’re probably excited about this.

For those who don’t, it goes like this:

Back in 1985, a drug smuggler dropped a duffel bag filled with 70 pounds of coke from his plane over Georgia, on the way back from a drug run to Colombia.

A 175-pound bear found the bag, ate the contents, and died.

It can be assumed that the bear is only a gateway to the rest of the story, since Thorton’s life is pretty wild in itself.

He was a former narcotics cop who went rogue and started smuggling drugs.

An incident took place on September 11th, 1985. in which he apparently dropped some of the coke out of a plane because it was too heavy.

Then, he tried to jump out of the plane, but got caught in his parachute. He landed in a random driveway in Knoxville, Tennessee and died on impact.

When his body was discovered, Thornton was wearing a bulletproof vest and Gucci loafers (iconic). He also had night vision goggles, $15 million worth of coke, $4,500 in cash, gold Krugerrands, knives, and two pistols.

The body of the bear was discovered three months later, among 40 open plastic containers and some cocaine residue.

Don’t believe us? Check out this news clip about how the bear is literally a tourist attraction!

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This post was written by Tori Roovers