The first teaser trailer for David Simon’s HBO limited series We Own This City was released, highlighting the rise and fall of the Baltimore Police Department’s Gun Trace Task Force.
We Own This City will be written by Simon, Pelecanos, and Dwight Watkins along with The Wire writers Ed Burns and Bill Zorzi.
Simon, who is best known for creating the iconic television series The Wire for HBO, will act as showrunner for We Own This City, which is based on the book of the same name by Baltimore Sun reporter Justin Fenton.
The video shows the rise and fall of the task force and includes stars Jon Bernthal, Wunmi Mosaku, Jamie Hector, and more.