‘The Wire’ Creator David Simon Is Going Back To Baltimore In HBO Max’s Upcoming Series ‘We Own This City’

HBO has released an official teaser for its upcoming crime drama We Own This City, which tells the story of the creation and eventual implosion of the Baltimore Police Department’s Gun Trace Task Force. The series is based on the book by Justin Fenton, a reporter for the Baltimore Sun, and stars Jon Bernthal, Jamie Hector, and Josh Charles as three of the Baltimore Police officers who were part of the corrupt task force. Lovecraft Country‘s Wunmi Mosaku will also star as an attorney investigating their questionable policing practices. The series is based on true events which involved a 2017 FBI investigation of the task force and which led to the eventual arrest of seven of the officers who were involved for their roles in a criminal scheme involving robbery and extortion that targeted drug dealers and innocent civilians alike.

It may come as no surprise that this show about crime, law, and order on the streets of Baltimore is helmed by David Simon, whose most famous creation has been HBO’s The Wire, a show about crime, law, and order on the streets of Baltimore. Simon also created the series Homicide: Life On The Street, Treme, and The Deuce. Simon co-produced and co-wrote the new series with his frequent collaborator George Pelecanos, and the series is directed by Reinaldo Marcus Green.

We Own This City will premiere on HBO on April 25 a 9pmET/PT.