The story of two young brothers who emerge from the Canadian woods and claim to have been raised completely without a family environment is told in Paramount+’s new documentary series, Wild Boys: Strangers in the City.
The two-part series, which will premiere on February 18, chronicles the true story of brothers Will and Tom Green, who appear in a small British Columbia town in 2003 to tell the story of growing up in the wilderness. According to the logline, “When a local mother takes the brothers in to help them build a new life, a small-town obsession ignites, forcing journalists and authorities to dig deeper, raising disturbing questions about how far people are willing to believe a story they want to be true.”
This twisty true story was previously told on the podcast “Wild Boys” produced by Campside. The docuseries was in the works for nearly a decade before being picked up by Paramount+.
Wild Boys: Strangers in Town is produced by See It Now Studios, Candle True Stories, Vox Media Studios, Campside Media and Endless Eye, and directed and executive produced by Jeremiah Hammerling and Rita Baghdadi. James Goldston and Max Heckman will serve as executive producers for Candle True Stories, with Adam Hoff and Matthew Sher serving as executive producers for Campside Media, and Dana J. Olkonen, Marina Stadler and Arun Gulati for Vox Media Studios. For See It Now Studios, Susan Zirinsky and Terence Wrong serve as executive producers, and Aysu Saliba and Cara Tortora serve as supervising producers. Trent Johnson will serve as producer.
Watch the trailer below.
