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Kristopher Higgins poised to join Atom Egoyan's `Devil's Knot' cast
June 9, 2012 - 17:03 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - Kristopher Higgins is in talks to join the cast of
Devil's Knot. Higgins, who appeared in season 3 of The Secret Life Of
The American Teenager, joins the already announced Colin Firth and
Reese Witherspoon in the drama about the West Memphis 3 that Atom
Egoyan is directing, Deadline reported.
The film tells the true tale of teens Jessie Misskelley, Damien
Echols, and Jason Baldwin, who were convicted in Arkansas of murdering
three 8-year-olds in 1993 despite no physical evidence.
Higgins will play Misskelley. The trio were finally released last year.
Scott Derrickson and Paul Boardman, the team behind The Exorcism Of
Emily Rose, originally wrote the film's script; Egoyan is now working
with Boardman on a rewrite.
The film is based on the 2003 book Devil's Knot: The True Story Of The
West Memphis Three by investigative reporter Mara Leveritt.
The book offered an in-depth chronicle of the satanic panic that
gripped the town and sensationalized trials that sent the three to
prison. Higgins is repped by ICM and Luber Roklin.
June 9, 2012 - 17:03 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - Kristopher Higgins is in talks to join the cast of
Devil's Knot. Higgins, who appeared in season 3 of The Secret Life Of
The American Teenager, joins the already announced Colin Firth and
Reese Witherspoon in the drama about the West Memphis 3 that Atom
Egoyan is directing, Deadline reported.
The film tells the true tale of teens Jessie Misskelley, Damien
Echols, and Jason Baldwin, who were convicted in Arkansas of murdering
three 8-year-olds in 1993 despite no physical evidence.
Higgins will play Misskelley. The trio were finally released last year.
Scott Derrickson and Paul Boardman, the team behind The Exorcism Of
Emily Rose, originally wrote the film's script; Egoyan is now working
with Boardman on a rewrite.
The film is based on the 2003 book Devil's Knot: The True Story Of The
West Memphis Three by investigative reporter Mara Leveritt.
The book offered an in-depth chronicle of the satanic panic that
gripped the town and sensationalized trials that sent the three to
prison. Higgins is repped by ICM and Luber Roklin.