Witherspoon Untangles Devil's Knot

For Atom EgoyanNo stranger to questionable subject material, director Atom Egoyan walked aboard Devil's Knot, the dramatic interpretation from the West Memphis Three situation in August. Now he's found the very first of the items promises to become a large ensemble cast: Reese Witherspoon.Devil's Knot is dependant on reporter Mara Levitt's 2003 book, subtitled The Real Story From The West Memphis Three. Inside it, she adopted the twisted, prolonged murder trial of Damien Echols, Jason Baldwin and Jessie Misskelley Junior, who offered 17 years imprisonment prior to being launched earlier this August. These were charged with killing three 8-year-old cub scouts present in a wooded section of Arkansas known as Robin Hood Hillsides. While they are now free, the judge did not permit them to seek compensation for that lost years.Witherspoon will switch into drama mode to experience Pam Hobbs, mom of among the sufferers who initially thought these were guilty but because the situation pulled on, found believe these were innocent.Having a script came from by Mark Sevi after which re-compiled by Scott Derrickson and Paul Harris Boardman, Egoyan intends to start shooting next summer time.