Cotton Tale

Jennifer Thompson-Cannino's memior Picking Cotton is being adapted for the big screen says Variety.

The autobiographical book recounts when Thompson-Cannino was raped as a college student in 1984 and later identified the 22-year-old Ronald Cotton as her attacker, leading to a jury conviction and sentence of life in prison. Cotton maintained his innocence and was freed 11 years later, thanks to DNA testing..

Thompson-Cannino and Cotton then met, became friends and began traveling together through The Innocence Project to promote understanding about flaws in the criminal-justice system.

Todd Komarnicki will adapt the screenplay

David Friendly, Mark Clayman and Michael Menchel are set to produce the true tale pic.