The team behind the HBO’s hit Baltimore crime drama The Wire is making a comeback with We Own This City. The forthcoming miniseries, which will also air on HBO, will chronicle the rise and fall of the Baltimore Police Department’s Gun Trace Task Force and the corruption within it.
Based on journalist Justin Fenton’s novel of the same name, the show is helmed by The Wire’s creator David Simon and writer and producer George Pelecanos. Reinaldo Marcus Green of King Richard will direct.
Jon Bernthal stars as Sgt. Wayne Jenkins, a central figure in the department. Wunmi Mosaku plays attorney Nicole Steele from the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice and Jamie Hector portrays BPD homicide detective Sean M. Suiter. Additional cast members include Josh Charles, McKinley Belcher III and Darrell Britt-Gibson.
The first trailer for We Own This City previews a heated trial against the police force, cut with a tense montage of Jenkins traversing the city on the job.
HBO’s limited series We Own This City premieres on April 25.
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