Colin Firth & Mireille Enos Board West Memphis Three Drama DEVIL’S KNOT movie news | 31 May 2012 (MOVIES)

Colin Firth (‘The King’s Speech’) and ‘The Killing’ star Mireille Enos are joining Reece Witherspoon on the cast of Atom Egoyan’s West Memphis Three drama ‘Devil’s Knot.’

The script is based on Mara Leveritt's 2003 book ‘Devil's Knot: The True Story of the West Memphis Three’ and will chronicle the prolonged murder trial of defendants Damien Echols, Jason Baldwin and Jessie Misskelley Jr. The trio were convicted of the murder of three eight-year-old boys in 1993; they were released from prison in August 2011 after nearly two decades.

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Colin Firth, Reese Witherspoon's West Memphis Three Pic Gets Financing (Exclusive) (HOLLYWOOD REPORTER)

CANNES -- Devil's Knot, Atom Egoyan's West Memphis Three biopic starring Colin Firth and Reese Witherspoon, is moving full speed ahead.

Devil's Knot is based on the 2002 best-seller by investigative journalist Mara Leveritt about the savage murders of three 8-year-old boys and the conviction of three teenagers accused of killing them as part of a satanic ritual. In August 2011, the defendants were released due to lack of evidence after spending 18 years in prison.

Actual defendants Jessie Misskelley Jr. and Jason Baldwin are executive producing Devil's Knot with Worldview's Molly Conners, Sarah Johnson Redlich, Maria Cestone and Hoyt David Morgan. Producers are Elizabeth Fowler, Clark Peterson, Richard Saperstein and Worldview CEO Christopher Woodrow.

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