Jackson Funding Look for 'Real Killer' in West Memphis Three Killings

'Lord from the Rings' director Jackson is not just thinking about vanquishing evil about the giant screen: He also wants to obtain the real killer within the still unsolved West Memphis Three situation. Despite the fact that the trio continues to be launched from prison, Jackson (who also directed 'The Lovely Bones') continues to finance your time and effort to obvious their names and discover the actual killer of three small boys, EW reviews. Jackson might not have been as vocal a supporter from the West Memphis Three as, say, The Actor-brad Pitt, as well as the past many years, he's silently funded private research and forensic experts in order to overturn their 1994 convictions. Jason Baldwin, Jessie Misskelley Junior., and Damien Echols were freed on August 19, but they are technically still considered guilty. "The continuing work will concentrate on showing the charged men's innocence, because it has,Inch Jackson's manager, Ken Kamins told EW. He added that Jackson and the partner Fran Walsh hope their efforts will "result in the unmasking from the actual killer." The situation was the topic of the award-winning 1996 Cinemax documentary 'Paradise Lost: The Kid Killings at Robin Hood Hillsides,' and celebs including Depp, Eddie Vedder, Natalie Maines, and Henry Rollins rallied to aid the teens whom they thought to become wrongly charged. "When Peter and Fran got involved, they needed to decide the proper way to serve the situation," Kamins told EW. "Everybody else who had been raising money and getting public focus on the situation. Peter and Fran, therefore, made the decision to place their attention into funding and spearheading DNA work, employing forensic along with other experts, plus extensive private research into every aspect from the situation." Kamins ongoing: "Because Peter and Fran's role needed an extremely close relationship using the defense lawyers, particularly Damien's team, they've always respected and understood their role needed to constitute a private character." He added that through the years, Jackson is becoming close buddies with Damien and the wife Lorri. "They've always thought when they might get Damien free, Jason and Jessie would benefit too." Now the 3 have the freedom, however the filmmakers don't consider their work over. "Peter and Fran are heavily involved with ongoing research, and also the discharge of the men is not even close to the finish from the story." Director Atom Egoyan ('Chloe') is mounted on a movie in line with the situation: Why do you consider the storyline is really compelling to more and more people? [via EW] photo thanks to Getty Images