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Jimmy Warden is a filmmaker who has worked on Cocaine Bear, Borderline and The Babysitter. He is married to actress Samara Weaving since 2019.
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Mar 2, 2023 · Jimmy Warden, the screenwriter of Cocaine Bear, a comedy-horror film about a bear on a cocaine binge, talks to Sam Sanders about his inspiration, process, and collaboration with director Elizabeth Banks. He reveals his love for gore, violence, and absurdity in movies like Leprechaun and Puppet Master.
Feb 23, 2023 · Jimmy Warden wrote Cocaine Bear, a movie about a bear on a coke-fueled rampage, as a pipe dream. He talks about how Universal Pictures and director Elizabeth Banks made it a reality, almost note for note.
Feb 26, 2023 · Cocaine Bear is based on a true story, with writer Jimmy Warden adding his own imagination to the movie, which is roaring this weekend in theaters.
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- Jimmy Warden Teases His Directorial Debut Film
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MovieWeb: Cocaine Bear is inspired by a bizarre true story. When did you become aware of that story, and how soon after that did you know that it needed to become a film? Jimmy Warden:I became fascinated by the true story at some point in early 2019. I think I knew immediately that I wanted to write the script. I let the idea sit for a bit before I...
MovieWeb: Elizabeth Banks seems intrigued by doing a sequel called Cocaine Sharkin response to a recent news story about tons of cocaine getting dropped into the ocean. Would that be something you'd be interested in doing? JW: I’m not done with the Cocaine Bear saga yet but, as for spinoffs, I’ve seen some great ideas in the corners of the internet...
MovieWeb: I know you co-founded the production company Roscoe Pictures with your wife, Samara Weaving. What led to you two making movies together and venturing into this aspect of the business, and how's it been going so far? JW: It’s been going really well. We’ve started to put together a slate of projects that we’re really excited about. The prod...
Jimmy Warden, the screenwriter of Cocaine Bear, talks about the inspiration, the violence, and the potential sequels of the action-packed dark comedy. He also reveals his directorial debut film, Borderline, a violently romantic comedy starring his wife Samara Weaving.
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Feb 24, 2023 · Jimmy Warden tells IndieWire how he came up with the idea of a comedy-action film about a bear on cocaine, based on a true story. He also reveals what got cut from his script and why Elizabeth Banks was the perfect director.
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Mar 4, 2023 · Jimmy Warden talks about his comedy horror film Cocaine Bear, based on a true story of a bear that ate cocaine dropped from a plane in 1985. He reveals how he wrote the script, why he made the bear female and how he got Elizabeth Banks to direct.
