Michael Bay and Jerry Bruckheimer to Produce Cocaine Drama Pilot for TNT

The mega-producers team up for the long-gestating project about the wild and unpredictable world of the Florida drug trade in the 1970s.

September 19, 2014

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TNT has given a pilot order to "Untitled Cocaine Project" from producers Michael Bay and Jerry Bruckheimer. The two also team up with Jonathan Littman, Billy Corben and Alfred Spellman for the long-gestating project.

The serialized character drama will bring "the audience into the captivating, wild and unpredictable world of the Florida drug trade in the 1970s." "Masters of Sex" creator/executive producer Michelle Ashford will pen the script.

The potential new series is based on Corben and Spellman's 2006 documentary "Cocaine Cowboys". The project was originally set up at HBO.

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Bay and Bruckheimer have previously worked together on blockbuster movies like "Bad Boys", "Armageddon", "The Rock" and "Pearl Harbor". Bay is currently executive producing post-apocalyptic drama "The Last Ship" which became a new hit last summer on TNT. The show has been renewed for a 13-episode season 2 by the network.