Spec Script Deal: “White Boy Rick”

Studio 8 acquires drama bio spec script “White Boy Rick” written by Logan Miller and Noah Miller. From Deadline:

At the age of 14, [Richard] Wershe became an undercover informant for local and federal law enforcement agencies in the mid-80s, and grew in that role enough to establish himself as a major drug dealer. He went from being an asset to an eyesore for law enforcement in the drug trafficking wars, and he was brought down in 1988–found with 17 pounds of coke at age 17–and sentenced to life without parole.

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This becomes the second major studio project on Wershe, as Universal Pictures, director Joseph Kosinski and Scott Stuber’s Bluegrass are developing a drama on the same subject.

Hollywood’s interest in real-life stories continues. Also another in Hollywood’s succession of competing projects with the same story material.

Deal also includes a blind script commitment.

The Millers are repped by Thruline Entertainment.

By my count, this is the 8th spec script deal in 2015.

There were 9 spec script deals year-to-date in 2014.