Cocaine Bear is raging into theaters on February 24th. It's the latest film directed by Elizabeth Banks. You may find yourself wondering what would draw a filmmaker to a movie about a bear who goes on a coked-up murder spree. According to Banks, sexism!

Banks tells Variety she is tired of Hollywood executives (aka men) telling her women don't like directing action movies. Or *checks notes* math.

“I wanted to break down some of the mythology around what kinds of movies women are interested in making. For some bizarre reason, there are still executives in Hollywood who are like, ‘I don’t know if women can do technical stuff.’ There are literally people who are like, ‘Women don’t like math.’ It just persists."

This is not Banks' first time directing an action movie. She directed 2019's Charlie's Angels, a reboot of the 2000 movie which was a reboot of the 1976 TV show. When the movie flopped, Banks blamed men.

The filmmaker is giving action films another shot with Cocaine Bear. Who and/or what is Cocaine Bear, you ask?

Everyone is excited Cocaine Bear will finally have his story told.

It also features the film debut of the guy who makes those funny TikToks about retail workers. You know, the ones you wait for someone to put in one big video they share on Instagram and Twitter. This guy.

The story of Cocaine Bear begins in 1985 when a drug smuggler unloaded $15 million worth of cocaine over Chattahoochee National Forest because his plane was too heavy. A bear -- we'll call him C.B. -- confused the package for a picnic basket and went to town on all $15 million worth. Though C.B. swore to the other bears he didn't like cocaine. He only liked the smell.

C.B. died of a massive overdose, as you would imagine one would after ingesting $15 million worth of coke. C.B. was taxidermized and later owned by Waylon Jennings. Which makes total sense.

That's the "based on true stories" part of the Elizabeth Banks movie. Where Cocaine Bear goes on a drug-fueled killing spree is Hollywood using its creative license.

If this will be the new Hollywood trend, I can think of a few other animal-centric "based on real events" that would make good movies. The monkey who stole the Schmovid samples is one. The other monkeys who took over an entire city in Thailand are another. But my personal favorite? The elephant who killed a woman, then showed up at her funeral to further send a message.

If you'll excuse me, I'm going to open up Final Draft. There are screenplays to write.

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