Evan Wright("HBO's Generation Kill") is set to write the feature film "Cocaine Cowboys" according to The Hollywood Reporter.The film follows Jon Roberts, an injured Vietnam War vet who by age 20 ended up involved in gangland takeovers of New York City nightclubs in the early '70s.
By the end of the decade, Roberts landed in Miami, dealt billions of dollars worth of coke for the Medellin drug cartel and ultimately spent 10 years in prison.
Mark Wahlberg and Peter Berg are attached to the feature.
Billy Corben's popular 2006 documentary of the same name dealt with some of Roberts' story.
Never saw the docu but if Wright does as good a job here as he has with "Kill" then this should be good--assuming Berg and Walberg remain.
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