White Boy Rick Movie
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Release Date:
Friday, September 14, 2018 (Nationwide)
language throughout, drug content, violence, some sexual references, and brief nudity
Plot: What’s the story about?
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.
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Who stars in White Boy Rick: Cast List
Matthew McConaughey … Richard Wershe Sr
Sing, Dallas Sting
Bruce Dern … Ray Wershe
Mid-Century, The Gateway
Sharp Stick, Morgan
Tyson’s Run, Encounter
Richie Merritt … Richard ‘White Boy Rick’ Wershe Jr
Clean
Eulogy, Hesher
Devotion, Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania
Mack & Rita, Sharp Stick
Brian Tyree Henry … Officer Jackson
Bullet Train, Eternals
The Bell Jar, Detour
Emergency, Power Rangers
Vesper, The Contractor
Who’s making White Boy Rick: Crew List
A look at the White Boy Rick behind-the-scenes crew and production team. The film’s director Yann Demange last directed ’71 and Anubis. The film’s writer Logan Miller last wrote Touching Home.
Director
Screenwriters
Producers
Darren Aronofsky
Scott Franklin
John Lesher
Julie Yorn
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Production: What we know about White Boy Rick?
Key Facts
- Jennifer Jason Leigh and Rory Cochrane will portray FBI agents who began working with Wershe as a confidential informant from the beginning (Deadline.com, 1/31/17).
- Based on the true story of Richard Wershe Jr., the only successful white boy gangster/drug kingpin in an African American dominated 1980’s Detroit.
Filming Timeline
- April 2018: The film was in Completed status.
- March 2017: The film was in Production status.
The film will shoot only a few scenes in Detroit; starts production March 21st in Cleveland.
- November 2016: The film was in Pre-Production status.
Readying to go before cameras in March 2017. Planning to shoot in Michigan and Ohio.
White Boy Rick Release Date: When was the film released?
White Boy Rick was released in 2018 on Friday, September 14, 2018 (Nationwide release). There were 22 other movies released on the same date, including The Predator, A Simple Favor and Unbroken: Path to Redemption.
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