Tuesday, February 7, 2012
Film / Books Depp options Echols' forthcoming prison memoir
Posted by David Koon on Tue, Feb 7, 2012 at 2:56 PM
- Brian Chilson
- Depp at a Little Rock WM3 benefit in 2010
Johnny Depp, one of the most vocal celebrity supporters of the West Memphis Three, has optioned Damien Echols' forthcoming prison memoir for possible development into a feature film. Depp and his Hollywood partner Christi Dembrowski bought the rights for their Infinitum Nihil production company. Echols' book is scheduled to be published this September by Blue Rider Press, an imprint of Penguin.
It's the latest in a star-studded series of film projects surrounding the release of the WM3 last August, including HBO Films' "Paradise Lost 3" (nominated for the Oscar for Best Documentary Feature), the Peter Jackson-produced doc "West of Memphis," and an in-development adaption of Mara Leveritt's "Devil's Knot" starring Best Actor Oscar winner Colin Firth and Best Actress Oscar winner Reese Witherspoon.
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Let's just hope people are fed up with the whole lie perpetrated by "supporters" and will refuse to spend the $10 -$12 to see this myth. These three murderers are free under an Alford Plea. They'll never be free under a moral microscope because they, in fact, killed three innocent 8-year-old boys are now sucking at the same profit teat that has attracted the "celebrities" to this case. Check out callahan8k.com and wm3truth to get some actual case facts.
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