Following the box office success of the action-comedy, many are already wondering whether or not we'll see any more drugged-up animals go on murderous rampages anytime soon.
Luckily for us, this is something that's also been on the mind of screenwriter Jimmy Warden, who teased ideas for potential spin-offs (and a wider Cocaine Cinematic Universe) in an exclusive interview with Zavvi last month.
He said: “Cocaine Hogs would be pretty good. I’ve heard stories about cocaine found in the ocean, so maybe there are cocaine sharks. I’ve also heard about meth gators and cocaine hippos – it is endless and so much fun.
“As long as it stays fun and doesn’t get too sad, I’m in. The Cocaine Cinematic Universe is just beginning!”
So, with all this in mind, what can we expect from Hollywood's most unlikely franchise next?
Cocaine Hogs
Not to be confused with the 30 to 50 feral hogs that kept ambushing a poor man's back garden in 2019, a group of cocaine hogs instead caused a stir in Tuscany that same year.
The critters sniffed out, dug up, and destroyed approximately $22,000 worth of Colombia's finest cocaine that had been buried by local drug traffickers.
Whilst these hogs were clearly acting on the side of the law, it is unknown how they reacted to the cocaine - but using a bit of artistic licence, this could still be transformed into a fact-based monster movie about their coke-fueled rampage.
A 2019 statistic showed that 13 people in Italy were killed in car accidents caused by hogs during that year, with farmers across the country even heading to Rome to protest the animals running amok.
What better set-up for a revenge movie, with the rural communities facing off against their drugged-up enemy, than this?
Cocaine Sharks
Earlier in February, the largest drug bust in New Zealand's history took place, with $315 millions worth of cocaine discovered floating in the Pacific Ocean.
If sequels are going to up the ante on their predecessors, this is the perfect vehicle for it: whereas Cokey the bear came into contact with 81 kilograms of coke, the amount uncovered off the coast of New Zealand weighed 3.5 tons - more than 3,000 kilograms. Imagine what a shark could do with that in their system.
Director Elizabeth Banks has already been asked as to whether she'd like to adapt this story next, telling People: "Jaws with cocaine, I don't see how that loses."
Cocaine Hippos
Despite their intriguing nickname, these hippos aren't actually on cocaine - instead, they were brought over to Colombia in the 1970s by drug kingpin Pablo Escobar and have been causing havoc in the country ever since.
Escobar initially smuggled the hippos over to the country to keep on his private estate, but following his death in 1993, they were released to roam near the Magdalena River as they were too big to maintain.
They increased in number from four to approximately 100, and as they aren't native to the country's habitat, have killed several fish species since increasing their population.
The hippos are currently well positioned away from humans, but as they grow in number, they could become deadly: let us not forget 500 people die every year from a hippo attack in Africa.
Combined with the US government declaring that the hippos are legally people (yes, really) to stop them being killed, you have a brewing recipe for disaster should they ever mix with mankind once again.
Now, take all of this and add cocaine to the mix, you have yourself one hell of a motion picture.
Meth Gator
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Those three films might be years away from seeing the light of day - if ever - but luckily for Cocaine Bear fans, there's another drugged-up critter that will be hitting our screens in 2023.
The Asylum, the studio best known for their straight-to-DVD parodies of blockbuster movies, have announced that they will be releasing Attack Of The Meth Gator later this year.
Not much is known about the plot yet, but the studio did announce on Twitter that they are "pumping the meth into Florida's fresh water reserves as we speak".
Cocaine Bear 2?
Of course, it's not just spin-offs that are being considered - screenwriter Warden has also revealed that he's got plans for several sequels, joking to Variety that this will eventually lead up to the inevitable finale, Cocaine Bear In Space.
He said: "I definitely have ideas [for sequels]. 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."
So, once again, an innocent bear is going to be forced into harm's way - and a mountain of cocaine. We look forward to rooting for Cokey once again.
You can read our full interview with screenwriter Jimmy Warden in the latest issue of our free digital magazine The Lowdown.Cocaine Bear is out now in cinemas.
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