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EXCLUSIVE: Wunmi Mosaku is set to join the growing ensemble of HBO’s We Own This City limited series, from The Wire’s EP David Simon and producer George Pelecanos. Jon Bernthal, Josh Charles and Jamie Hector are also on board. Reinaldo Marcus Green is set to direct and executive produce the series, based on Baltimore Sun reporter Justin Fenton’s book We Own This City: A True Story of Crime, Cops and Corruption. Production is set to begin in July.

EXCLUSIVE: Darrell Britt-Gibson, Rob Brown, McKinley Belcher III and Larry Mitchell have been cast as leads in We Own This City, HBO’s upcoming limited series from The Wire’s executive producer David Simon and producer George Pelecanos. They will star alongside previously cast Jon Bernthal, Josh Charles and Jamie Hector in the project, which will kick off production in July.

Formerly titled “Good Joe Bell,” the slightly adjusted “Joe Bell” is from the Oscar-winning writers of “Brokeback Mountain” and tells the true story of a father’s walk across the U.S. to raise awareness about the harms of bullying.

Josh Charles is headed back to television in a new, limited series from HBO.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterJon Bernthal, Josh Charles, and Jamie Hector are set for three of the lead roles in the HBO limited series “We Own This City” from the team behind “The Wire.”In addition to the castings, Reinaldo Marcus Green has joined the series as director and executive producer. Variety reported that the series was set up at the premium cabler back in March.Based on the book of the same name by Baltimore Sun reporter Justin Fenton, “We Own This City” is a six-hour limited series

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorHulu has put in development Wild Rabbit, a one-hour drama from writer Randy McKinnon (Chambers), Richard Brown’s Passenger, Fremantle and 20th Television. Reinaldo Marcus Green (Monsters and Men, Top Boy) is attached to direct and executive produce.Written by McKinnon, Wild Rabbit is described as a love story exploring perseverance, passion, and true partnership.

In today’s film news roundup, Jon Bernthal is cast in “King Richard,” FilmFreeway sets a Toronto Film Festival deal and “Phoenix, Oregon” gets distribution.

By Amanda N'Duka