The Devil’s Knot Given the Go

Steve Barton   |  

May 17, 2012

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The latest film documenting both the tragedy and the mystery surrounding the newly freed West Memphis Three, Devil’s Knot, has been given the green light in anticipation of its sale at Cannes. Read on for details.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, New York-based motion picture production and investment company Worldview Entertainment will finance and produce the project, which The Weinstein Co. is debuting to foreign buyers at the Marche du Film this week in Cannes. CAA is handling domestic rights.

Devil’s Knot, starring Colin Firth and Reese Witherspoon, 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.

More as it comes.

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