Winterbottom Set for Dueling Knox Biopic
Michael Winterbottom is developing a feature film about the Amanda Knox murder case with Colin Firth in talks to play a journo or writer investigating the trial’s elements. Winterbottom, the prolific British helmer most recently of serial killer thriller “The Killer Inside Me,” mingled with the international press pack Friday outside a closed hearing in Perugia, Italy, where Knox appeared in court for a slander case related to her 26-year murder sentence. A rep for Winterbottom confirmed that a project based on the Knox case is in “early days.” It will be the the second Knox project: Cabler Lifetime has a telepic starring Hayden Panettiere as Amanda Knox in production titled “The Amanda Knox Story,” with plans to air Stateside next year.
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