A first official poster has been unveiled for White Boy Rick, the upcoming crime drama movie starring Matthew McConaughey, Richie Merritt, Bel Powley, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Brian Tyree Henry, Rory Cochrane, RJ Cyler, Jonathan Majors, Eddie Marsan, Bruce Dern, Piper Laurie:
In 1980s Detroit Ricky Wershe Jr. was a steet hustler, FBi informant and drug kingpin – all before he turned 16.
Based on the true story.
“Set in 1980s Detroit at the height of the crack epidemic and the War on Drugs, WHITE BOY RICK is based on the moving true story of a blue-collar father, Richard Wershe Sr. (Matthew McConaughey), and his teenage son, Rick Wershe Jr. (Richie Merritt), who became an undercover police informant and later a drug dealer, before he was abandoned by his handlers and sentenced to life in prison.”
Do you judge people who name their kids after themselves?
Release date: September 21, 2018.
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This will be huge, Multiple Oscar nominations feeling…