A trailer and poster have been released for the biographical drama Trial By Fire. Based on David Grann’s 2009 New Yorker article of the same name, the film is directed by Edward Zwick and stars Jack O’Connell as Cameron Todd Willingham, who in 2004 was executed for the murder of his three children, along with Laura Dern as Elizabeth Gilbert who fought to prove Willingham’s innocence based on what she believed were questionable methods used to convict him; take a look here…
Trial by Fire is the true-life Texas story of the unlikely bond between an imprisoned death row inmate (Jack O’Connell) and a mother of two from Houston (Laura Dern) who, though facing staggering odds, fights mightily for his freedom. Cameron Todd Willingham, a poor, uneducated heavy metal devotee with a violent streak and a criminal record, is convicted of arson-related triple homicide in 1992. During his 12 years on death row, Elizabeth Gilbert, an improbable ally, uncovers questionable methods and illogical conclusions in his case, and battles with the state to expose suppressed evidence that could save him.
Trial By Fire is set for release on May 10th.