The story of teenager Richard Wershe Jr., who became an undercover informant for the FBI during the 1980s and was ultimately arrested for drug-trafficking and sentenced to life in prison.
Production Begins On “White Boy Rick” Starring Matthew McConaughey & Newcomer Richie Merritt
Principal photography has begun on the Studio 8 drama, “White Boy Rick,” which is being produced by LBI Entertainment and Protozoa Pictures. Based on true events, “White Boy Rick” is set in 1980s Detroit at the height of the crack epidemic and the War on Drugs, and tells the moving story of a blue-collar father …