“Starz” is developing the scripted drama “WonderWorld,” about a Reagan era-FBI pornography sting, with Owen Wilson executive producing.
The project, which also comes from Rene Balcer, Fred Berner, and Regina Lee, is inspired by one of the biggest undercover operations in FBI history. It follows two straight-arrow FBI agents as they infiltrate the violent Mob-controlled porn industry of the 1980s.
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Balcer (“Law & Order) will be executive producer, writer and showrunner. Berner, another “Law & Order” vet, will also serve as executive producer. Lee will serve as a producer and development executive for Wilson’s production company, which recently entered TV.
Wilson is represented by UTA and attorney Bob Wallerstein of Hirsch Wallerstein, Balcer by UTA and attorney Don Walerstein of Rohner Walerstein, and Berner by Verve and attorney Jeanne Newman.