Matthew McConaughey's 'White Boy Rick' to release in September

Press Trust of India  |  Los Angeles 

The release of "White Boy Rick" has been pushed back by a month.

Pictures has announced that the film, which also stars Richie Merritt, Bel Powley, and Jennifer Jason Leigh, will get a limited release on September 14 before expanding countrywide on September 21, reported Variety.

Directed by Yann Damange, it is set in 1980s at the height of the crack epidemic and follows the real-life story of Rick Wershe (Merritt), a teenage police undercover informant who became a McConaughey plays his father.

also said that "Alpha", directed by and starring Kodi Smit-McPhee, will release on August 17, the original release date of "White Boy Rick".

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First Published: Wed, April 11 2018. 10:55 IST