Paramount+ Sets True-Crime Docuseries ‘Wild Boys,’ About Two Young Brothers Who Claimed to Be Raised in the Woods (EXCLUSIVE)

The story of two young brothers who emerged from the Canadian forest and claimed they had been raised entirely off the grid will be explored in a new Paramount+ docuseries, “Wild Boys: Strangers in Town.”

Premiering Feb. 18, the two-part series chronicles the true story of brothers Will and Tom Green, who in 2003 appeared in a small town in British Columbia with tales of growing up in the wilderness. Per the logline, “When a local mother takes them in hoping to help the brothers build a new life, a small-town obsession is ignited with journalists and authorities digging deeper and raising unsettling questions about how far people are willing to go to believe a story they want to be true.”

The twisty true story was previously told in the podcast “Wild Boys,” produced by Campside. According to Paramount+, the docuseries has been in the works for a decade.

“Wild Boys: Strangers in Town” is produced by See It Now Studios, Candle True Stories, Vox Media Studios, Campside Media and Endless Eye and is directed and executive produced by Jeremiah Hammerling and Rita Baghdadi. James Goldston and Max Heckman serve as executive producers for Candle True Stories, with Adam Hoff and Matthew Shaer executive producing for Campside Media, and Dana J. Olkkonen, Marina Stadler and Arun Gulati for Vox Media Studios. For See It Now Studios, Susan Zirinsky and Terence Wrong are executive producers, with Aysu Saliba and Cara Tortora serving as supervising producers. Trent Johnson serves as Producer.

Watch the trailer below.