Bruckheimer In Saddle With HBO For "Cowboys"
Jerry Bruckheimer, creator of crime dramas CSI and Without A Trace, has reportedly become a willing accomplice in Cocaine Cowboys, a new HBO drama about the Miami drug trade in the 1980s. Bruckheimer is teaming with director Michael Bay for this series, based on a documentary written by Billy Corben.
So hasn’t this already been done, you may ask, with the old TV series, Miami Vice? Well, maybe, but HBO is known for its original and gritty programming. This series may prove to be Miami Vice on speed.
Bruckheimer is also the executive producer for CBS crime series, Eleventh Hour, and Cold Case. Notably, he’s producing a new drama fantasy starring Nicholas Cage, called The Sorcerer’s Apprentice. As an aside, it sounds like Mr. Cage is taking a break from portraying the guy who knows everything (National Treasure, Bangkok Dangerous, Next, etc.)…or is he?
Kudos for Mr. Bruckheimer taking a step in the 1980s Miami drug scene, and in the meantime, let’s hope the series is as influential as Vice was in its time.
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