Reese Witherspoon is attached to star in Atom Egoyan's West Memphis Three drama "
Devil's Knot."
Pic is based on investigative reporter Mara Leveritt's 2003 book "
Devil's Knot: The True Story of the West Memphis Three," which chronicled the prolonged murder trial of defendants Damien Echols, Jason Baldwin and Jessie Misskelley Jr., who served 18 years in prison before being released in August. The trio were accused of killing Christopher Byers, Michael Moore and Stevie Branch, three 8-year-old boys who were found brutally murdered and hog-tied in a wooded area of West Memphis, Arkansas known as Robin Hood Hills.