'We Own This City' Trailer: Jon Bernthal Leads Baltimore Cops In A New Mini-Series By 'The Wire' Creators & Director Reinaldo Marcus Green

The Wire” is widely regarded as one of the best shows on television and certainly one of the best shows HBO has ever produced. So fans of that show will want to catch “We Own The City,” a new series from “The Wire” creator and writer David Simon, his producing partner George Pelecanos (who co-created the HBO series “The Deuce” with Simon) and director by Reinaldo Marcus Green, who is coming off the success and Best Actor win of his most recent film, “King Richard.” The three of them have teamed up for “We Own This City’ which is a series about Baltimore Cops, specifically Baltimore’s failed Police Department’s Gun Trace Task Force. Marcus Green directs all six episodes.

The series stars Jon Bernthal (“The Punisher”), Wunmi Mosaku (Loki”), Jamie Hector (“The Wire”) and Josh Charles (“The Good Wife”), but the cast is pretty huge. Viewers will recognize numerous “The Wire” cast members, led by Jamie Hector, including Darrell Britt-Gibson, Domenick Lombardozzi, Trey Chaney, Delaney Williams, Jermaine Crawford, Anwan Glover, Chris Clanton, Nathan Corbett, Maria Broom, Susan Rome and Michael Salconi.

Previously announced, the leading cast also includes McKinley Belcher III, Dagmara Domińczyk, Rob Brown, Don Harvey, David Corenswet, Larry Mitchell, Ian Duff and Lucas Van Engen.

Here’s the official synopsis:

Developed by George Pelecanos and David Simon, and directed by Reinaldo Marcus Green, WE OWN THIS CITY chronicles the rise and fall of the Baltimore Police Department’s Gun Trace Task Force and the corruption and moral collapse that befell an American city in which the policies of drug prohibition and mass arrest were championed at the expense of actual police work. Starring Jon Bernthal, Wunmi Mosaku, Jamie Hector and Josh Charles, WE OWN THIS CITY debuts MONDAY, APRIL 25 (9:00-10:00 pm ET/PT) and is executive produced by George Pelecanos, David Simon, Reinaldo Marcus Green, Nina K. Noble, Ed Burns, and Kary Antholis.

For WE OWN THIS CITY, acclaimed director Reinaldo Marcus Green (“King Richard”) joined a team who twenty years ago created HBO’s groundbreaking series “The Wire.” Along with executive producers Pelecanos, Simon, Noble and Burns, and co-executive producer William F. Zorzi, WE OWN THIS CITY brings together much of the talent from that iconic series, both on the crew and on screen, where viewers will recognize numerous “The Wire” cast, led by Jamie Hector, Darrell Britt-Gibson, Domenick Lombardozzi, Trey Chaney, Delaney Williams, Jermaine Crawford, Anwan Glover, Chris Clanton, Nathan Corbett, Maria Broom, Susan Rome and Michael Salconi.

HBO will debut “We Own This City” on Monday, April 25. Watch the new full official trailer below.