‘Wild Wild Country’ Trailer: Welcome To One Hell Of A Utopia

For my money, the best thing about Netflix isn’t the high profile movies and splashy zeitgeist capturing shows they produce (and I say this as a fan of both “Mindhunter” and “The Crown”), but the space they afford for smaller films and niche programming. I’m thrilled the steaming giant has given a home to gems like “My Happy Family” and “On Body And Soul” (go watch them now), and if they spend some of their billions on projects like the upcoming “Wild Wild Country,” I’ll keep subscribing.

Directed by the team behind the excellent “The Battered Bastards Of Baseball” and executive produced by the Duplass Brothers (who recently inked a multi-film deal with Netflix), “Wild Wild Country” tells the unbelievable true story of a utopian society founded in Oregon that quickly earned the attention of the rest of the nation and government, leading to some truly jaw-dropping consequences. Here’s the official synopsis:

When the world’s most controversial guru builds a utopian city in the Oregon desert, a massive conflict with local ranchers ensues; producing the first bioterror attack in US history, the largest case of illegal wiretapping ever recorded, and the world’s biggest collection of Rolls-Royce automobiles. Over six episodes, Directors Chapman Way and Maclain Way (The Battered Bastards of Baseball) and executive producers Mark and Jay Duplass (Duplass Brothers Productions) take viewers back to this pivotal, yet largely forgotten moment in American cultural history, one in which our national tolerance for the separation of church and state was sorely tested. Wild Wild Country is historical filmmaking brought to life on an epic scale. It’s a tale so wild that seeing means barely believing.

“Wild Wild Country” hits Netflix on March 16th.