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In 1985, a black bear living in the Chattahoochee National Forest in north Georgia stumbled upon \u2013<\/strong>\u00a0and eventually consumed \u2013<\/strong>\u00a0million of pounds worth of cocaine that had been dropped from a drug smuggler\u2019s plane.<\/span><\/p>\n Now, the bizarre story of the \u2018cocaine bear\u2019 is getting the Hollywood movie treatment and being transformed into a horror-comedy directed by actor Elizabeth Banks.<\/span><\/p>\n The first trailer for Cocaine Bear landed on 1st December, with many fans stunned by the claim that<\/span> it\u2019s \u201cinspired by true events\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n The footage shows a drug kingpin (Ray Liotta) order two of his mercenaries to track down and recover the lost cocaine, but\u00a0<\/span>the pair\u2019s task takes a disastrous turn when they discover a bear has reached it first.<\/span><\/p>\n Elsewhere in the trailer, a worried mother (Keri Russell) searches for her lost daughter (Brooklynn Prince) and her friend (Christian Convery) who stumble across some of the cocaine in the woods. They\u2019re unaware, of course, that a bear has consumed a load of the drug and is on the loose\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n Don\u2019t coke the bear. #CocaineBear<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/3FmY8WmAdv<\/a><\/p>\u2014 Cocaine Bear (@cocainebear) November 28, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote>