Witherspoon installed on West Memphis 3 pic

WitherspoonReese Witherspoon is installed on star in Atom Egoyan's West Memphis Three drama "Devil's Knot."Pic is founded on investigative reporter Mara Leveritt's 2003 book "Devil's Knot: The Actual Story in the West Memphis Three," which chronicled the prolonged murder trial of accused Damien Echols, Jason Baldwin and Jessie Misskelley Junior., who offered 18 years jail time just before being released in August. The trio were billed with killing Christopher Byers, Michael Moore and Stevie Branch, three 8-year-old boys who've been found very wiped out and hog-tied in the wooded portion of West Memphis, Arkansas known to as Robin Hood Slopes.Witherspoon may have Pam Hobbs, mother of one of the sufferers. Hobbs initially believed that Echols, Baldwin and Misskelley wiped out her boy, but since the situation drawn on plus much more particulars increased being available, she found believe that the trio did not commit the heinous crime.Scott Derrickson and Paul Boardman written the script, they began concentrating on in 2006 when the project was setup at Dimension Films. Egoyan recently labored with Boardman to develop the newest draft.Former Dimension prexy Richard Saperstein ("Hancock") will produce with Elizabeth Fowler, Clark Billings ("Rampart") and Boardman.While you'll find no rights deal with Echols, Baldwin or Misskelley, the producers have guaranteed existence rights to a lot of figures mixed up in questionable situation, including detective agency Ron Poor.Production round the under-$20 million feature is predicted to start inside the summer season.Free Air travel Memphis 3 situation has attracted elevated media attention together with the eye of Healing For Healing For Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh, who produced Amy Berg's documentary "West of Memphis," which will debut at Sundance.Witherspoon, who was simply last noticed in "Water For Tigers," next stars alongside Chris Pine and Tom Sturdy in McG's "This Means War." Thesp, who won an Oscar for "Walk the street,In . recently wrapped Rob Nichols' indie "Grime" with Matthew McConaughey.Witherspoon is repped by CAA and Management 360. Contact Rob Sneider at rob.sneider@variety.com