"Michael Winterbottom and Colin Firth Developing Film Based on Amanda Knox Murder Case
by Matt Goldberg Posted:October 4th, 2010 at 11:45 am
Director Michael Winterbottom (The Killer Inside Me) and Colin Firth are developing a feature film based on the recent murder case involving American student Amanda Knox. Last December, Knox was convicted by an Italian court for the murder of her roommate and sentenced to 26 years in prison. A representative for Winterbottom told Variety that the project is in its “early days”, and Winterbottom told the Guardian that he was not planning to take sides. Said Winterbottom, “I have no view on whether they did it, the film will not be about that. There is unlikely to be a character playing Knox. I talked to Firth about the idea of playing a journalist or a writer.” However, Variety adds that Winterbottom and Firth have been spending time with Rome-based American journalist Barbie Latza Nadeau, author of Angel Face: The True Story of Student Killer Amanda Knox whose book suggests Knox is guilty.
An Amanda Knox telefilm for Lifetime is already underway with Hayden Panettiere playing the Seattle-based student. Knox’s appeal trial begins November 24th."
(article from http://www.collider.com/2010/10/04/michael-winterbottom-colin-firth-amanda-knox-murder-case/#disqus_thread)
Well, I love movies about murders, specially when the killers are the main focus of the movie (Monster, starring Charlize Theron, for example). It seems that Colin Firth is on fire after his well-deserved Academy nomination for his performance in A Single Man and I would be satisfied if he was casted in this project. To portray Amanda Knox, there are a lot of beautiful and talented actresses with angel face that could get the role but I would cast Jennifer Lawrence as Knox, not only because of some physical similarities but also because of the critical attention she's getting with her well-praised performance in this year's Winter's Bone.
So, it would be an interesting movie, with such an interesting female leading role to watch. Academy loves assassins and Michael Winterbottom did a "not-bad-at-all-movie" about a serial-killer (The Killer Inside Me), but he must to improve in order to get raves from the critics and make the movie shinning high.
by Matt Goldberg Posted:October 4th, 2010 at 11:45 am
Director Michael Winterbottom (The Killer Inside Me) and Colin Firth are developing a feature film based on the recent murder case involving American student Amanda Knox. Last December, Knox was convicted by an Italian court for the murder of her roommate and sentenced to 26 years in prison. A representative for Winterbottom told Variety that the project is in its “early days”, and Winterbottom told the Guardian that he was not planning to take sides. Said Winterbottom, “I have no view on whether they did it, the film will not be about that. There is unlikely to be a character playing Knox. I talked to Firth about the idea of playing a journalist or a writer.” However, Variety adds that Winterbottom and Firth have been spending time with Rome-based American journalist Barbie Latza Nadeau, author of Angel Face: The True Story of Student Killer Amanda Knox whose book suggests Knox is guilty.
An Amanda Knox telefilm for Lifetime is already underway with Hayden Panettiere playing the Seattle-based student. Knox’s appeal trial begins November 24th."
(article from http://www.collider.com/2010/10/04/michael-winterbottom-colin-firth-amanda-knox-murder-case/#disqus_thread)
Well, I love movies about murders, specially when the killers are the main focus of the movie (Monster, starring Charlize Theron, for example). It seems that Colin Firth is on fire after his well-deserved Academy nomination for his performance in A Single Man and I would be satisfied if he was casted in this project. To portray Amanda Knox, there are a lot of beautiful and talented actresses with angel face that could get the role but I would cast Jennifer Lawrence as Knox, not only because of some physical similarities but also because of the critical attention she's getting with her well-praised performance in this year's Winter's Bone.
So, it would be an interesting movie, with such an interesting female leading role to watch. Academy loves assassins and Michael Winterbottom did a "not-bad-at-all-movie" about a serial-killer (The Killer Inside Me), but he must to improve in order to get raves from the critics and make the movie shinning high.
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