by Matt Goldberg
Colin Firth
is set to co-star with Reese Witherspoon in Atom Egoyan‘s adaptation of Devil’s Knot. The film is based off Mara Leveritt‘s novel of the same name, which centers on the West Memphis Three. For those who don’t know, the West Memphis Three were three non-conformist teenagers who were arrested and convicted for the murder of three eight-year-old boys despite flimsy evidence and the jury’s ignorance and prejudice. The three remained in prison for almost 20 years on a crime they obviously didn’t commit. Their story was chronicled in the documentary Paradise Lost (and its two subsequent sequels) and the new documentary, West of Memphis.
Per Deadline, “Firth will play Ron Lax, a private investigator who was the first pro bono supporter of the defendants as they headed to trial in 1993. Lax built one of the most prominent private investigative firms in the Southeast, and offered his services for free to the defendants, who at the time were reviled because of the heinous nature of the crime and the sensationalized reports about devil worship and ritualistic sacrifice.”
Read more: http://collider.com/colin-firth-devils-knot-west-memphis-three/142122/
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