White Boy Rick Movie Cast, Plot and Everything to Know

Plot

What's the story about?

Plot

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.

Cited as official plot version from sonypictures.com

Action Crime Drama Gangster

Top Cast

The lead cast starring in White Boy Rick.

• 
  Matthew McConaughey

  ... Richard Wershe Sr

  Sing, Interstellar

• B
  Bruce Dern

  ... Ray Wershe

  Nostalgia, Bloodline Killer

• J
  Jennifer Jason Leigh

  The Spectacular Now, In the Cut

• R
  Rory Cochrane

  Hostiles, Encounter

• R
  Richie Merritt

  ... Richard 'White Boy Rick' Wershe Jr

  Clean, Lola

• P
  Piper Laurie

  Hesher, Eulogy

• J
  Jonathan Majors

  Magazine Dreams, Avengers: Secret Wars

• T
  Taylour Paige

  Magazine Dreams, The Toxic Avenger

• B
  Brian Tyree Henry

  ... Officer Jackson

  Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire, Golden

• B
  Bel Powley

  Turn Me On, The Diary of a Teenage Girl

• 
  RJ Cyler

  The Book of Clarence, Sierra Burgess Is A Loser

• E
  Eddie Marsan

  The Contractor, Back to Black

Crew Behind the Film

The White Boy Rick behind-the-scenes crew and production team.

The film's director Joseph Kosinski last directed Spiderhead and Top Gun: Maverick. The film's writer Logan Miller last wrote Touching Home and G20.

Director

Joseph Kosinski
Yann Demange

Screenwriters

Logan Miller
Noah Miller
Steve Kloves

Producers

Darren Aronofsky
Dylan Clark
Scott Franklin
John Lesher
Scott Stuber

Production Details

What we know about the White Boy Rick movie production.

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.
• Based on the article first published by The Atavist on September 29th, 2014.

Production Updates for White Boy Rick

Apr 2018

Completed

Changed White Boy Rick movie production status. The movie is ready for release.

Mar 2017

Production

Changed the movie production status to Production. The film will shoot only a few scenes in Detroit; starts production March 21st in Cleveland.

Nov 2016

Pre-Production

Changed the movie production status to Pre-Production. Readying to go before cameras in March 2017. Planning to shoot in Michigan and Ohio.

Oct 2014

Development

Changed the movie production status to Development. The movie is likely in scripting, budgeting, or stuck in "development hell."

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