The BBC bring news that Hayden Panettiere who appeared as The Cheerleader in Heroes (and Remember the Titans if you want to go way back) will play Amanda Knox in a biopic based on the murder of her British housemate, Meredith Kercher in 2007.
Knox was jailed for 26 years and her boyfriend, Raffaele Sollecito for 25 years in Italy after they were convicted of the murder of Kercher but uncertainty still surrounds the case with both Sollecito and Knox insisting their innocence. The script is to be penned by Wendy Battles, who has worked on episodes of CSI New York and Law and Order.
The movie is going to head straight for US TV on the Lifetime channel and should be released 2011. Panettiere is currently filming Scream 4.
Head over to the BBC for more info.
