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| Amanda Knox lawyers demand Hayden Panettiere trial movie is scrapped - Daily Mirror Posted: 06 Feb 2011 01:05 AM PST Lawyers for American student Amanda Knox and her ex-boyfriend, who were found guilty of killing her British roommate Meredith Kercher in Italy, are demanding that US television channel Lifetime scraps a planned film about the trial. Carlo Dalla Vedova and Luca Maori said they had sent letters to Lifetime warning they would go to court in the US to try to sequester the film unless it was cancelled and a trailer removed from Lifetime's website. Amanda Knox: Murder on Trial in Italy, which features Heroes star Hayden Panettiere in the title role, is due to be shown on February 21. Les Eisner, a spokesman for Lifetime's parent company A&E Television Networks, said the network was not commenting at this time. Knox, 22, and ex-boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito, 25 were convicted in 2009 of sexually assaulting and murdering Ms Kercher, 21, from Coulsdon, Surrey, in the apartment she shared with Knox in the central Italian city of Perugia. Ms Kercher was stabbed to death on the night of November 1 2007. Knox received 26 years in prison and Sollecito 25 years. Both deny wrongdoing and their appeal is under way. The film is based on the trial. Advertisement - article continues below » A preview posted to Lifetime's website shows scenes from the run-up to the murder - including one split-second scene showing the actress playing Ms Kercher, wearing a grey bra, being attacked by two men. In its 2009 ruling, the Perugia court said that on the night of the murder Knox and Sollecito were at the house with a fourth person, Rudy Guede, an Ivory Coast citizen who has also been convicted of murder in separate proceedings. The court said Knox and Sollecito assisted Guede's sexual desire for Ms Kercher, becoming her brutal assailants together with Guede and ultimately killing her when she resisted the advances. Ms Kercher's father Jon has described the re-enactment scenes as "absolutely horrific". Knox's lawyer Mr Della Vedova said he had sent a warning on Thursday to Lifetime to cancel the film and trailer, which was not loading on the Lifetime website yesterday. Sollecito's lawyer Mr Maori said the warning included a threat to go to court to sequester the film to ensure it was not shown. He said it presented scenes that were "beyond any logic" and hyped up to attract viewers. This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service — if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read our FAQ page at fivefilters.org/content-only/faq.php This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| The search is on for extras in George Clooney's new movie - WXIX Posted: 05 Feb 2011 06:28 AM PST CINCINNATI, OH (FOX19) - George Clooney fans or aspiring actors living in the Tri-State will get a chance to prove themselves on Saturday. There is an open casting call for extras in Clooney's new movie, "Ides of March", on Saturday in Cincinnati. Anyone who is over 18 can go to Longworth Hall from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. to audition. Bring a picture of yourself and contact information. Dare to Dream Casting, who is hosting the event, says that if you have already emailed your information to them you do not need to show up today. Copyright 2011 FOX19. All rights reserved. This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service — if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read our FAQ page at fivefilters.org/content-only/faq.php This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
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