Sharknado production company set to release 'Attack of the Meth Gator'

‘Cocaine Bear, hold my beer’: Production company behind ‘Sharknado’ is set to release ‘Attack of the Meth Gator’ this summer

• The Asylum production company has announced Attack of the Meth Gator will be hitting screens this May
• In jest of the newest crazed animal film – Cocaine Bear, which is based on the 1985 event in Georgia – the company told the film to ‘hold my beer’ 
• The company pioneered the crazy animal movies after it debuted its uber-popular Sharknado franchise in 2013 

As Cocaine Bear excels in theaters, the production company that shook the world with Sharknado is now preparing to release another crazed animal story. 

As the newest weird animal story, Cocaine Bear – which is based off a real life event in Georgia in 1985 – takes off, The Asylum production company has announced Attack of the Meth Gator will be hitting screens this May. 

‘Hold our bear…I mean, beer. Coming for your life this summer,’ the company wrote on Twitter. 

Fans were so sure it was a joke, the film company had to reassure fans it was, indeed, coming out. They wrote on Twitter: ‘This is real! We’re pumping the meth into Florida’s fresh water reserves as we speak!’  

If a black bear high off 70 pounds of cocaine sounds entertaining, as it has scored a 70 percent on Rotten Tomatoes, this independent film company is sure a meth-infused alligator will knock your socks off. 

Like Cocaine Bear – which is directed by Hunger Games star Elizabeth Banks – Meth Gator is loosely based of a 2019 PSA from Tennessee police to not flush meth down the toilet. 

Cocaine Bear is so old news! The Attack of the Meth Gator will be hitting screens this May, brought to moviegoers by the same production that did all five Sharknado films 

The Asylum is so sure moviegoers will enjoy the film, they wrote on Twitter: ‘Hold our bear…I mean, beer. Coming for your life this summer,’ the company wrote on Twitter’

The announcement came after the Lorretto Police Department arrested a man for unsuccessfully trying to dump meth paraphernalia down a toilet, according to the Orlando Sentinel at the time.  

‘On a more or less serious note: Folks please don’t flush your drugs m’kay,’ the Lorretto Police Department wrote on Facebook at the time. ‘Now our sewer guys take great pride in releasing water that is cleaner than what is in the creek, but they are not really prepared for meth.’ 

The police department said the contaminated water was getting local animals sick and the water could reach the Tennessee River, where alligators could consume it. 

Sharknado took the world by storm in 2013 and five spinoffs later joined the lineup. The franchise has grossed an estimated $4.5billion, with the fifth film alone making nearly $800million. 

The newest crazed animal film, Cocaine Bear – which is directed by Hunger Games star Elizabeth Banks – was released in theaters three days ago, picked up $23million on opening weekend

It’s an outrageous comedy that absolutely delivers on its premise,’ Jim Orr, Universal’s president of domestic distribution, said. ‘People were ready to see something over the top’ 

The Sharknado universe that was once viewed as a joke, became the bestselling franchise in 2017, beating out The Marvel Cinematic Universe and Star Wars. 

Since then, Despicable Me has grossed $4.6billion. 

It was one of the first films of its time and became a major pop culture icon after its debut.  

Now, Cocaine Bear is the newest fad. The film, which was released in theaters three days ago, picked up $23million on opening weekend, falling behind the new Ant Man movie, which grossed over $100million.

Fans were so sure it was a joke, the film company had to reassure fans it was, indeed, coming out. They wrote on Twitter: ‘This is real! We’re pumping the meth into Florida’s fresh water reserves as we speak!’

‘It’s an outrageous comedy that absolutely delivers on its premise,’ Jim Orr, Universal’s president of domestic distribution, said, according to Variety. ‘People were ready to see something over the top.’ 

The film also received raved reviews from critics, with Kevin Maher from the UK Times, stating: ‘Elizabeth Banks takes this real-life curio and slams it up against the “killer animal” genre with mostly pleasing results.’ 

‘It may not be Grizzly Man meets Scarface, but it leaves Snakes on a Plane standing on the runway,’ the Observer wrote.  

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