The latest movie trailer to take the internet by storm is one for the upcoming film, Cocaine Bear. As seen in the extended preview for the upcoming action-packed, blood-filled horror comedy, which is (shockingly) inspired by true events, a black bear goes on the offensive after consuming an insane amount of cocaine and terrorizes a variety of people in the local area.
The film stars the late Ray Liotta (his final role) and includes Kristofer Hivju, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Ice Cube, Matthew Rhys, and Margo Martindale.

Surprisingly, Cocaine Bear is based on true events. You heard that right, it’s based on a black bear that devoured waaay too much cocaine.

In 1985, drug smugglers dropped $20 million worth of cocaine packages in Georgia’s Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest.

Investigators discovered a torn duffel bag in the forest, and estimated that the bear had consumed “several million dollars worth of cocaine.”

According to Universal Pictures, after a trafficker’s plane crashes in a Georgia forest, a 500-pound apex predator ingests the drugs that fell out before turning on a “group of cops, criminals, tourists and teens” while “on a coke-fueled rampage for more blow … and blood.”

Directed by Elizabeth Banks, who shared the trailer on Twitter with the caption, “the forest is a dangerous place,” the film stars Keri Russell, O’Shea Jackson, Jr., Christian Convery-Jennings, Alden Ehrenreich, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Brooklynn Prince, Isiah Whitlock Jr., Kristofer Hivju, Hannah Hoekstra, Aaron Holliday and Margo Martindale. The late Ray Liotta is also set to appear in one of his final onscreen performances.
Following the release of the trailer, the internet had a field day with the unexpected film with one Twitter user claiming “it’s as bonkers as it sounds,” while another is already proclaiming “that the Oscar goes to…” Cocaine Bear. Not only that, but the movie appears to mark an unofficial Americans reunion for Russell, Martindale and Matthew Rhys, prompting another user to ask if the wigs from the acclaimed FX espionage drama will also make an appearance.

One thing is for sure, Cocaine Bear is not “about a jacked hairy gay man that got crazy in the West Hollywood club scene during the late 90s,” as actor Devon Sawa had hoped. But maybe there will be sequel.

Cocaine Bear debuts in theaters on Feb. 24, 2023.