The Writer of COCAINE BEAR Wants To Make Lots of Sequels and Jokes About Taking It To Space
Cocaine Bear was released this past weekend and for the most part, audiences seem to be enjoying it! I had a blast watching it! For a movie titled Cocaine Bear, it’s exactly what I was expecting it to be. It’s just a silly blood-drenched comedic franchise and the writer of the film, Jimmy Warden, wants to make lots of sequels that are sure to get more and more ridiculous.
In a recent interview with Variety, he says that he wants "Not just a sequel. Many sequels," saying that '"Cocaine Bear in Space' is where we would probably end." While he is joking about that, it’s probably something that he’s actually considered. He explained:
"I'm f***ing with you about 'Cocaine Bear Goes to Space.' But for the sequels, I definitely have ideas for that. The bear's not the bad guy in this movie. What happened is a product of circumstance and everybody else's poor decisions. I think that is a story that we can continue to tell over and over again. I'd be excited to tell it because there are some really good ideas that we have for the subsequent movies."
As someone who enjoyed the first movie, yeah, I’d be up for watching sequels! I’m curious to see what other ideas Warden’s got cooking! It looks like the movie is going to have a successful theatrical run, so I won’t be surprised to see the studio want to make a sequel.
With how crazy the first movie is, he didn’t think that it would even get made! He said:
Yeah. If I’m being completely honest — maybe I shouldn’t say it — I never thought anybody was going to make this movie. When you have a script, you want to do anything to get people to read it. So there was never any question in my mind that the movie would be called “Cocaine Bear.” I think that if you asked me back then I would have been like, if it ever gets made, I assume people are probably going to want to change the name. But Universal never did.”
That’s because the title is one of the biggest selling points of the movie! Cocaine Bear is a great title and it’s the first thing people see and hear that sparks interest. You hear that title and you know it’s going to be a fun and crazy movie!
The film is inspired by the bizarre true story of a giant 500-pound American black bear that died ingesting a ridiculous amount of cocaine after a drug runner's plane crashed. It ingested 70 pounds of cocaine!
The movie was directed by Elizabeth Banks and it stars Keri Russell, Margo Martindale, the late Ray Liotta, Alden Ehrenreich, O'Shea Jackson Jr., Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Kristofer Hivju, Kahyun Kim, Christian Convery, Brooklynn Prince, and Scott Seiss. This movie is going to be a blast to watch!
Here’s the synopsis:
"Don't coke the bear." Inspired by the 1985 true story of a drug runner's plane crash, missing cocaine, and the black bear that ate it. This wild thriller from director Elizabeth Banks finds an oddball group of cops, criminals, tourists and teens converging in a Georgia forest where a 500-pound apex predator has just ingested a staggering amount of cocaine and gone on a coke-fueled rampage for more blow… and blood.
The movie was produced by Phil Lord and Chris Miller. Did you enjoy Cocaine Bear? Would you want to see lots of sequels?