20 Summer 2018 Films You Aren't Excited About (But Should Be)
5. White Boy Rick
A heavyweight ensemble including Matthew McConaughey, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Piper Laurie and Bruce Dern line up behind newcomer Richie Merritt in this 1980s-set, fact-based crime drama about Richard Wershe Jr., a teenage drug dealer from Detroit who, at 14, became the youngest ever undercover informant for the FBI.
That's a hell of a cast, no two ways about it, with McConaughey no doubt hoping for a bit of a McConaissance revival in the wake of The Dark Tower. And with that premise, we could easily have some Goodfellas/Donnie Brasco-level crime drama.
Yann Demange (71) directs, while Darren Aronofsky produces.
Release: 17th August US, 31st August UK.