Cocaine Bear is a 2023 American dark comedy action film directed and co-produced by Elizabeth Banks and written by Jimmy Warden. It is loosely inspired by the true story of the "Cocaine Bear", an American black bear that ingested a duffel bag full of cocaine in 1985. The film features an ensemble cast that includes Keri Russell, O'Shea Jackson Jr., Christian Convery, Alden Ehrenreich, Brooklynn Prince, Isiah Whitlock Jr., Margo Martindale, Matthew Rhys, and Ray Liotta in one of his final performances before his death.Cocaine Bear was theatrically released in the United States on February 24, 2023, by Universal Pictures. Premise After ingesting a duffel bag full of cocaine, a 500 lb (230 kg) American black bear goes on a rampage, in a small town in the state of Georgia, where a group of locals and tourists must join forces to survive the attack. Cast Keri Russell as Sari, a nurse searching for her missing daughter Dee Dee O'Shea Jackson Jr. as Daveed, a fixer who works for Syd and is tasked with retrieving the cocaine ...