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Wild Boys: Strangers in Town
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Wild Boys: Strangers in Town actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Wild Boys: Strangers in Town reads strongest on Bingeability, Serialized and Tension.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The story
What it's about
In 2003, two young men emerge from the forests of British Columbia claiming to have been raised entirely off the grid. As a small town tries to help them, a mystery unfolds, testing how far people will go to believe the unbelievable.
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
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Dana J. Olkkonen
Executive producer
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Adam Hoff
Executive producer
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James Goldston
Executive producer
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Arun Gulati
Executive producer
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Terence Wrong
Executive producer
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Rita Baghdadi
Executive producer
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Matthew Shaer
Executive producer
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Max Heckman
Executive producer
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Marina G. Stadler
Executive producer
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Jeremiah Hammerling
Executive producer
Susan Zirinsky
Executive producer
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Dana J. OlkkonenExecutive Producer
- Adam HoffExecutive Producer
- James GoldstonExecutive Producer
- Arun GulatiExecutive Producer
- Terence WrongExecutive Producer
- Rita BaghdadiExecutive Producer
Direction
- Rita BaghdadiDirector
- Jeremiah HammerlingDirector
Cinematography
- David BolenDirector of Photography
Where to watch
Streaming
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