I don’t know about anyone else, I have a bit of West Memphis 3 fatigue, at least as far as Hollywood’s fascination with the case goes. The three guys recently got out, which is great, but filmmakers are just still not tired of the subject yet, even with at least four documentaries already having been made and released. “The Devil’s Knot,” though, is at least a dramatization of the events, so it’s a new approach, but this first trailer doesn’t seem to offer anything new on the issue.
Then again, it is only just a trailer, the first one at that. Reese Witherspoon as Pam Hobbs, one of the murdered boys’ mother, takes center stage in her grief, as does Colin Firth as Ron Lax, a private investigator who takes a special interest in the case as he begins doubting the guilt of the WM3. As for the WM3 themselves, they are being played by a trio of young newbies: Seth Meriwether as Jason Baldwin, Kristopher Higgins as Jessie Misskelley Jr. and James Hamrick as Damien Echols, the perceived leader of the trio. Meanwhile, he’s barely in it, but Alessandro Nivola should have a juicy role as Terry Hobbs, eventually suspected of the crime himself. Dane DeHaan is also seen walking around but his role remains unknown.
This trailer seems to indicate the film even further sensationalizes the alleged satanic worship that the prosecutors argued was the motive behind the killings, which seems to be missing the point a bit. But we’ll see. “The Devil’s Knot” has no release date yet, but we should see it in 2014. The trailer, plus some new photos via The Playlist are below.
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