Will Ferrell is partnering with Netflix again. The prolific actor and producer is set to star in a feature film adaptation of Theo Love’s documentary “The Legend of Cocaine Island” which is available on the streaming service.  And once you hear the crazy story behind the doc you’ll understand why its right up Ferrell’s alley.

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The true-story centers on Rodney Hyden, a Southern family man wiped out during the Great Recession who hatches a plot to find 70 pounds of cocaine buried on Culebra, an island of Puerto Rico.  

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At last year’s Tribeca Film Festival, the documentary titled “White Tide” caught our attention. The filmmaking, combined with the incredible story, created one of the most fun docs that we saw in any film festival in 2018. And as with most documentaries nowadays, Netflix went ahead and snatched it up and gave it a new title “The Legend of Cocaine Island.”

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And as you can see in the new trailer for the doc, which premieres later this month, this film is a “southern fairy tale,” which is very different than what you’re probably used to.

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