A Bruckheimer Bay Reunion?

A Jerry Bruckheimer production, of a Michael Bay film. That single line was a staple in action flicks during the 90s – the uber producer and flashy director have made some entertaining flicks together (The Rock, Armageddon) as well as some not so entertaining ones (Pearl Harbor). Now it looks like they might reunite for a new HBO series, loosely based on the 2006 documentary Cocaine Cowboys.

Variety says, if a deal comes together, the series would revolve around the drug trade in Miami in the 1980s. Instead of the flash of Crockett and Tubbs, skein would focus on the cutthroat world of drug dealers and the Colombian cocaine kingpins who set up shop in the once-sleepy Florida city. Bruckheimer and Bay would serve as exec producers.

Insiders caution that no deal has been finalized between HBO and Warners, though the Time Warner siblings have been in discussions on the project for some time. There is no writer attached.

If the deal goes through, it won’t be the first time Cocaine Cowboys receives some attention from Hollywood - Paramount is developing a feature about Jon Roberts, one of the drug lords profiled in the doc, with Mark Wahlberg attached to star and Peter Berg onboard to direct.

The last movie the two collaborated on was Bad Boys II.