The real true crime story about "Cocaine Bear" is far more complex than the upcoming film based on a drug operation gone awry.
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If you assumed such a tale must have a Knoxville connection, well, you were right: A parachuting smuggler — clad in combat fatigues, carrying several weapons and tied to a bag of cocaine — fell from the sky Sept. 11, 1985, and died just minutes from downtown.
Elizabeth Banks has signed on to direct the "Cocaine Bear" film, which will be produced by "The Lego Movie" filmmakers Phil Lord and Chris Miller, Variety reported. Few details about the project have been released, but the movie has been described as a "character-driven thriller inspired by true events that took place in Kentucky in 1985."
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