Sony Pictures has released the first trailer for the upcoming crime drama White Boy Rick. Directed by Yann Demange, the film is based on the life of Rick Wershe Jr. – played by newcomer Richie Merritt – who become the youngest ever FBI informant at the age of 14, it features a cast that also includes Matthew McConaughey, Bel Powley, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Brian Tyree Henry, Rory Cochrane, RJ Cyler, Jonathan Majors, Eddie Marsan, Bruce Dern, and Piper Laurie; watch it here…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zHce56TtoVc
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.
White Boy Rick is set for release on December 7th.
