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Casting calls out for feature film 'Devils's Knot' starring Reese Witherspoon

Casting Calls Auditions Devils's Knot

"Devil's Knot" will begin filming June 25, 2012 in Louisiana.
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Dimension Films and The Weinstein Company's true crime drama feature film "Devil's Knot" starring Academy Award winners Reese Witherspoon and Colin Firth is currently casting thirteen lead roles, and numerous supporting and day player roles. The movie is based on the events surrounding the sensationalized trial of the West Memphis 3 murders and how the crime impacted the lives of those in the community. Filming begins June 25, 2012 in Louisiana.

A number of documentaries have been based on the West Memphis 3 case, and many celebrities and musicians have held fund raisers in the belief that they are innocent. "Devil's Knot" will have a much different viewpoint than the documentaries, getting out of the courtroom and showing how the murders impacted the lives of those in the community. Reese Witherspoon plays Pamela Hobbs, the mother of one of the victims. Colin Firth will play private investigator Ron Lax, who found the DNA strand that began to suggest Pamela's husband Terry Hobbs might have been involved in the crime.

Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Atom Egoyan will direct "Devil's Knot" from an adapted screenplay written by Paul Harris Boardman and Scott Derrickson, based on the novel of the same name by Mara Leveritt. Egoyan is a Canadian stage director and film director who has been nominated for two Academy Awards - "The Sweet Hereafter" for Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay. His biggest commercial success is "Chloe" starring Julianne Moore, Liam Neeson, and Amanda Seyfried. That film had a limited theatrical release in the U.S. and grossed over $3 million, however it made it's biggest profits from international pre-sales and the DVD/Blu-ray release.

Producing "Devil's Knot" are President and founder of Clear Pictures Entertainment, Elizabeth Fowler; Clark Peterson of Story and Film; President and CEO of Worldview Entertainment, Christopher Woodrow; and producer Richard Saperstein. The executive producers are Worldview Entertainment's Molly Conners; Jason Baldwin and Jessie Miskelly, who are two of the real West Memphis 3; and Holly Ballard, who is a close friend of Jason Baldwin.

"Devil's Knots" will hit theaters in 2013.

Principal Actor Casting

See the post titled Headshot and Resume Information regarding how to submit for acting roles.

Submit photos and resumes by mail only.
No phone calls or personal drop-offs.

Los Angeles:

"Devil's Knot"
Jen Smith
Tricia Wood
Aquila Wood Casting
1680 Vine Street
Suite 806
Los Angeles, CA 90028

Extras Casting

Louisiana:

Patrick Ingram
Janel Bersabal
Extras Casting Atlanta
1123 Zonolite Road
Suite 7A
Atlanta, GA 30306
devilsknotextras@gmail.com

Production Companies:

Do NOT send photos and resumes to the production companies, as they will most likely end up being thrown away. They do not cast the films, rather they hire casting directors who sort through the thousands of submissions.

Clear Pictures
12400 Ventura Blvd.
Suite 306
Studio City, CA 91604

Worldview Entertainment
20 West 21st Street
8th Floor
New York, NY 10010

Story and Film
2934 1/2 Beverly Glen Circle
Suite 195
Los Angeles, CA 90077

Producers: Jason Baldwin, Holly Ballard, Elizabeth Fowler, Clark Peterson, Richard Saperstein

Director: Atom Egoyan

Starring:

Reese Witherspoon - Pamela Hobbs
Colin Firth - Ron Lax

Story:

"Devil's Knot" is based on the true story of the West Memphis Three, a trio of men who were tried and convicted as teenagers in 1994 of the 1993 murders of three young boys in West Memphis, Arkansas. The story centers on Pamela Hobbs (Reese Witherspoon), who is the mother of one of the victims, and Ron Lax (Colin Firth), a private investigator working in the Arkansas area that found critical errors in the investigation against the West Memphis Three. He is the man who found the DNA evidence that proved the West Memphis Three were not responsible for the murders, and found the DNA strand in the knots that bound one of the victims that began to suggest Terry Hobbs, Pamela's husband, might have been involved in the crime.