there's a little something inside that won't let me ♪ this is "nightline." >> tonight a major development in the case of two 12-year-old girls who allegedly stabbed their friend 19 times to impress the fictional character, slender man. the victim survived. tonight, those girls are heading to an adult court after the judge finds them competent to stand trial. plus, we're behind the scenes of the multitalented oprah on the set of his latest film. selma, already a top contender in award season. and tis the season for chocolate. it may be a $20 billion industry. but here at jacques torres'

headquarters it's an elite art form as well. welcome to santa's other wo workshop. but first the nightline 5. ♪ ♪ it's a marshmallow world in the winter. ♪

♪ ♪ good evening, tonight a major development in case that shocked parents around the world. the two 12-year-old wisconsin

girls accused of luring their friend into the woods and then stabbing her 19 times and leaving her for dead. all to impress a character they learned about on the internet. now a big court ruling. here's abc's alex perez. >> reporter: girls just 12 and 13 years old. yet accused of a brutal crime. stabbing a friend 19 times and leaving her for dead. all to please a fictional horror character, made up on the internet, today, a judge finding both anissa and morgan competent to stand trial. the judge wouldn't let cameras in court. we could hear anissa. >> i consider myself incompetent, sir. >> reporter: the judge disagreed. >> she's competent to be able to make the decisions that need to be mad. >> reporter: this testimony

after two doctors. >> the court has officially said i believe they're competent to stand trial, they understand the proceedings against them. they can assist in their defenses. >> reporter: the judge later found morgan geyser competent after her lawyers waived her right to a hearing. the two girls are likely to be tried as a adults. in wisconsin, anyone older than 10 is presumed to be an adult. the parents of payton sat down with david muir for this. >> it's about making sure payton feels safe and that she can move on with the rest of her life with no fear. >> reporter: it all started seven months ago in wisconsin, just outside of milwaukee. >> appears to be stand. >> she appears to be what? >> stabbed. >> reporter: the three girls

were on a birthday sleepover where they went missing. payton came crawling out of the woods with wounds. >> they had run away and the police hadn't found them yet and we just knew that payton told us that morgan stabbed her and the police hadn't been able to find the girls. >> police believed those girls were walking. >> yeah. >> they were going to find a mansion in the woods. >> yeah, the mansion in the woods. >> reporter: slender man a fictitious character that the girls wanted to impress. >> a major search by ground. >> police are still on the scene here. >> two 12-year-old girls stabbing their friendly nearly to death is unimaginable any time, but especially for a safe community like this city. >> reporter: five hours later, police found the girls along interstate 94, a knife with a

5-inch blade in one of the girls' bags. >> the knife from the stabbing was located in the backpack that was in the possession of the two suspects. >> reporter: police say they were carrying clothes, gra nola bars, water bottles. one girl was carrying her parents. neither girl put up a fight and were taken into custody and questioned. payton's parents were asking her what happened, too. >> has payton talked at all about the horror of that moment sf. >> she told me she was scared. she said all i remember is the pain. >> how well did you know these two other girls. >> payton's best friend. >> any red flags. >> they would have arguments. >> reporter: what drove best friends to allegedly to commit such a heinous crime?

they told police it was their devotion to slender man, who lurks in the background of images, sometimes appearing over the shoulders of children. giving this fictional character new life every day. >> it's the thing that we fear that we don't actually see. >> what was shocking to me how planned out this was. anissa revealed that it was morgan's idea to kill payton. payton's parents took david to those woods and recalled their daughter's harrowing story. >> she told me she didn't want to play hide and seek in the

woods. she said she was forced to go. >> reporter: the girls told police about that game of hide and seek. >> anissa and the victim were hiding. >> reporter: anissa tells police that she sits on payton and she couldn't breathe. >> at that point, one girl says to the other, just go crazy. >> yeah, yeah. >> reporter: a short time later, anissa tells police that morgan takes the knife, i'm not going to until you tell me. payton is stabbed 19 times, stumbling trying to get up. >> where on earth do you think she got the strength to crawl out of those woods. >> we asked her and she said, i wanted to live. >> reporter: today payton has recovered from her wounds. her bedroom is covered in purple hearts, messages of support that

she has received from around the world after that horrible day. now, morgan and anissa await their trial. >> pretrial hearings, motions, they all begin now. now that the court has said, they're competent to stand trial. >> reporter: for "nightline," i'm alex perez. next, she acts, produces and tonight, oprah herself takes us behind the scenes of her new movie "selma."

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scrutiny and racial injustice in the spotlight a new movie is bringing the original march to freedom on the big screen, selma comes out an important time and the backing of a producer named oprah. she talked to robin roberts about looking at awards season from the inside this year. >> i'm just here trying to register to vote. >> reporter: that's oprah in selma. >> do you know what the preamble is? >> reporter: repeatedly humiliated when she tries to register to vote. her brave attempt to have a voice heard made her a little-known hero of a voting rights movement. >> i did it for everybody. who's taken that walk.

and who literally took that walk for me. so that i could and you could be sitting here today. >> we must march! >> reporter: selma chronicles the 1965 the montgomery march led by dr. martin luther king jr. often brutal violence african americans faced when they tried to vote. the release of this film comes at perhaps the right moment in time. >> strategic intention. that had to happen in order for real progress to be made. got to have a clear strategic intention of what it is you want to accomplishment and you can't be heard unless you come in peace. >> those of us who have gone before us. >> reporter: the leader dr. martin luther king is portrayed

by a british actor. >> i said yes to coming on as producer because i loved david, and we became friends during the butler. >> i'm sorry, mr. butler, i didn't mean to make fun of your hero. >> reporter: david showed me this little tape of himself. on his phone. of him doing an audition for martin luther king. i said, david, i'm going to tell you the truth it's really good but it's not there yet. you're not there yet. i would like to do what i can do help you get there. >> reporter: oprah certainly did. the film has earned four golden

globe awards. but oprah found its biggest challenge in its director after other directors all men turned it down. what did you see in her that stood out? >> what she's able the do is make every person like you're special, valued and your being here really matters to the film. >> reporter: while she brings the pivotal moment in history to life on screen, off screen, she's hoping to make history herself and indeed she has, she's the first after can american woman to be nominated for golden globe for best director. has it sunk in now? >> it has. it's fun. it's bringing attention to the film which is the most important thing. >> reporter: you're very quick to point to others who paved the way. >> it's bittersweet.

my mother is very happy. but certainly i know that i'm not the first black woman deserving of this. >> reporter: while her time on the red carpet is only just beginning -- >> action. >> -- she's not the first female director get there. in 2010, kat lin bigolo won. >> my cameramen are going to be walking along the crowd. >> reporter: the scenes that were the most impactful were also the hardest to direct. i got to tell you this story. we're out with the extras. you're trying to get the people and they're lovely people, white people come, first time, they'll all dressed in the period time. a woman comes up to eva now, do you want me to say the "n" word

or do you want to say the actual word? >> i said, no, ma'am, i want you to say the n-word. do i say n-word or do i say the real word. >> i said, no ma'am, the real n-word. >> i can't see life sometimes. because of the fog. >> reporter: the film gives us an intimate portrayal of dr. king and his marriage. another perspective that you brought to so delicately address dr. king's infidelity through kcorkor coretta scott king. >> to do it with within the context of the marriage. >> another director. >> we have seen some scripts by

male directors. >> reporter: as she reiterates the fill system much bigger than the story of any one man. >> the film is called "selma" not king for a reason. >> reporter: i hard you say your hope is this will help in the conversation that we're having as a nation about race? >> yes. it was jaw-dropping that this piece of art is coming out in this time, so robust with this energy of time. i hope this film adds to that change and maybe spark some new ideas. very interesting stuff to reconsider. >> for such a time as this. >> beautiful. >> if you believe all are created equal, come. >> reporter: for "nightline," i'm robin roberts in new york. you can catch selma in movie theaters on christmas day. next, a total chocolate

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these halls are decked with something just as synonymous with the season -- chocolate. consider this santa's worksh workshop -- don't mind if i do. only the elf es are working for jacques or the ris. the star french pastry chef. he's turned into it a chocolate empire. >> everyone loves chocolate. any gender, any age. i mean, this is great product to two work with. >> reporter: he opened this 39,500-square-factory in brooklyn. you can smell the chocolate. this kind of year, torres and his elves work practically around the clock for good reason -- americans spend more

than $20 billion on chocolate, eat more than 11 pounds every year. i tried my hand at one test. getting these candy orange peels covered in chocolate. in an onhomage to "i love lucy." >> not fast enough. fa faster, linsey. >> reporter: the cost of sinking your teeth into this deck dance -- it will set you back $ $66. a statue of the men of the season in chocolate is a bit more -- >> 120. >> reporter: the chocolate is crafted by hand with chocolate artisans personally painting each detail. if you think this looks easy -- >> you'll do this one and i'll do this one. >> reporter: i'm nervous. >> that's okay. ♪

>> reporter: think again, i learned firsthand trying to make my own chocolate christmas tree. after filling our tree in chocolate. when i envision heaven it looks something like this. then freezing it. the finished product was ready -- >> voila! >> reporter: look at this. >> what do you think? >> reporter: the gift that keeps on giving until it's gone. for "nightline" i'm linsey davis in brooklyn, new york. >> thank you. >> what's not to love about chocolate. on a personal note this is my final night anchoring this great program. it's been an honor and pleasure. i'll be around outside the anchor desk covering the law for all of the abc shows. until then, thank you for watching abc news, tune into "good morning america" tomorrow and as always we're online at abcnews.com. good night.