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BEGIN SLIDESHOW White Boy Rick poster highlights the crazy true story The McConaissance is set to have a new chapter with the upcoming crime drama White Boy Rick, which has released its first poster featuring star Matthew McConaughey and newcomer Richie Merritt as Richard Wershe, Sr. and Jr. Check out the full image in the gallery below and look for the full trailer tomorrow! 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 and his teenage son, who became an undercover informant and later a drug dealer, before he was dropped by his handlers and sentenced to life in prison. White Boy Rick stars newcomer Richie Merritt as Ricky Wershe Jr., and Academy Award winner Matthew McConaughey (Dallas Buyers Club) as Ricky’s father, Richard Wershe Sr. 15-year-old Richie Merritt was discovered in Baltimore during an extensive nationwide talent search.