But there is a possible light at the end of HBO's dark, dark tunnel – a project executive produced by Bay and Bruckheimer based on the 2006 documentary "Cocaine Cowboys" is being negotiated. Although no deal is in place, the proposed series would mark the first time Bay and the Bruck have joined forces since 2003's "Bad Boys 2."

"Cocaine Cowboys" would be based in the drug-soaked landscape of Miami in the mid-1980s. The proposed series would chronicle the drug dealers and smugglers who helped to make Miami the home of the rolled up hundred dollar bill – sort of like an updated "Miami Vice" where Crockett and Tubbs do lines. The 1980's Miami scene is already well-established in films like "Scarface" and "Blow," but HBO is obviously betting that Bruckheimer and Bay can bring something fresh to the topic - beyond pastel T shirts and bad hair, one assumes.

Meanwhile, the documentary "Cocaine Cowboys" on which the Warner Brothers' backed series will be based has already sparked interest in the feature film department. Paramount has poached one of the doc's main dealers, John Roberts, and is bringing his story to the big screen with Mark Wahlberg starring and Peter Berg ("Friday Night Lights") attached to direct. Let the battle of the cocaine cowboys begin.

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