Stephen Moyer has joined the cast of Devil’s Knot in a lead role. He will play prosecutor John Fogleman in the film about the wrongfully convicted and imprisoned West Memphis 3.
Stephen joins Colin Firth, Reese Witherspoon, Alessandro Nivola and more in the cast and will begin work on the Atom Eyogen-directed film immediately to fit in shooting around his schedule for True Blood.
Devil’s Knot tells the true story of how, despite no psychical evidence, teens Jason Baldwin, Damien Echols and Jessie Misskelley were found guilty and jailed for a triple homicide in 1993. They were finally released last year. The movie is based on the 2003 book Devil’s Knot: The True Story Of The West Memphis Three by investigative reporter Mara Leveritt.
The IMDB page of the film doesn’t give us much details yet. But there is another True Blood actor on the cast list: Dane DeHaan who played Timbo from Hotshot.
The film will be shot in Atlanta, Georgia, Los Angeles and Louisiana and will be released in 2013.
source: Deadline
Image is the book cover, not the film poster
This is fantastic news. Stephen will be great and I can’t wait to see this. I love Collin and Reese as well.
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Congratulations to Stephen … a fantastic cast. Sounds like a marvelous project. I’m eager to see this one.
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That’s great! Stephen Moyer & Colin Firth! Two of my favourite actors in a movie together!
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Great, great news!!! I am happy for Stephen.. Yes, girls, Collin and Stephen in the same movie…..it is a dream that have become true.
As someone else has written: Two KINGS in the same movie. And you can interpret it as you want .. lol ..
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Anyone unfamiliar with the story behind this movie should do themselves a favor and watch all three Paradise Lost documentary films about this case. They are all aired on HBO, so those of you with HBOGO can probably watch them that way. That will give you the best insight into how crazy the plot of this movie is likely to be. Seems like they’ve cast a newcomer as Damien, which is disappointing since Michael Pitt is free from Boardwalk Empire and is a dead ringer for Damien. I’m curious to see who they’ll get to play the other boys, and to see how crazy the prosecutor who went after these teens is portrayed on the big screen.
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