The first trailer for Yann Demange’s White Boy Rick, starring Matthew McConaughey has arrived.
Based on a true story of one youngest rise as an undercover police informant to the top of the drug running business in the 80’s after being abandoned by the same cops he was hired to help.
Directed by 71’s Yann Demange, the film has a cast of Matthew McConaughey, Richie Merritt, Bel Powley, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Brian Tyree Henry, Rory Cochrane, RJ Cyler, Jonathan Majors, Eddie Marsan with Bruce Dern and Piper Laurie.
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 and his teenage son, Rick Wershe Jr., who became an undercover police informant and later a drug dealer, before he was abandoned by his handlers and sentenced to life in prison.
Richie Merritt, left, and Matthew McConaughey star as Richard Wershe Jr. and Richard Wershe Sr. in Columbia Pictures’ and Studio 8’s WHITE BOY RICK.Bel Powley stars as Dawn Wershe and Richie Merritt stars as her notorious brother Richard Wershe Jr. in Columbia Pictures’ and Studio 8’s WHITE BOY RICK.Matthew McConaughey stars as Richard Wershe Sr. in Columbia Pictures’ and Studio 8’s WHITE BOY RICK.(l to r) “White Boy Rick” (Richie Merritt), FBI Agent Alex Snyder (Jennifer Jason Leigh) and FBI Agent Frank Byrd (Rory Cochrane) discuss their plans in Columbia Pictures’ and Studio 8’s WHITE BOY RICK.(l to r) “Boo” (RJ Cyler), “White Boy Rick” (Richie Merritt), “Big Man” (YG), and “Lil Man” (Jonathan Majors) negotiate for guns in Columbia Pictures’ and Studio 8’s WHITE BOY RICK.(l to r) “Lil Man” (Jonathan Majors), Cathy (Taylour Paige), “White Boy Rick” Richie Merritt, “Boo” (RJ Cyler) and “Big Man” (YG), in Las Vegas for a boxing fight in Columbia Pictures’ and Studio 8’s WHITE BOY RICK.
