Lucrative TV, book offers might woo Knox
As Amanda Knox walks free from Italy and the closely-watched murder trial, speculation is rife that she might become the most sought-after interview in the United States and end up making a fortune in movie and book deals.
Many American networks and TV interviewers are said to be in the running to grab the lucrative first sit-down with the woman who was also referred to by the dubious title of ‘Foxy Knoxy’.
Among the frontrunners for the supposed interview are networks such as ABC, CNN, CBS, NBC and TV personalities Barbara Walters and Meredith Vieira.
According to news reports, a Seattle radio station even offered Knox “a job” minutes after the verdict was announced.
"KQMV has a job for Amanda Knox," read the headline from the radio station that also issued a statement.
"We're glad you’re free Amanda and look forward to welcoming you home! We believed in you all along, so much so, that we would like to extend an offer of $10,000 to you to come host our morning show for one week," it read.
The Italian press also reported that an American TV network hired a private jet to whisk Knox and her family back to Seattle.
Knox's story has already found air-time in Lifetime channel’s controversial movie titled Amanda Knox: Murder on Trial in Italy.
The film, that starred Hayden Panettiere as Knox generated controversy after the families of both Knox and murder victim Meredith Kercher objected to some scenes.
But if reports are to be believed, that might not be the only movie about the salacious murder.
According to The Guardian, director Michael Winterbottom is keen on making a movie about Knox, with Oscar-winning actor Colin Firth starring as a journalist covering the trial.
There are also murmurs of a possible book deal.
"I think that anything with her name on it and her face on it will create an interest," Gene Grabowski, a crisis management expert with Levick Strategic Communications, told MSNBC. "This is the United States of Entertainment. There’s a constant market for entertainment".
