Clint Eastwood’s ‘Juror #2’: Cast, Plot, and Everything We Know So Far About the Final Film From the Hollywood Legend
The legendary filmmaker is making his curtain call with this legal thriller.
Clint Eastwood, to put it bluntly, is a living legend. Even as his 93rd birthday draws near, the 4-time Academy Award winner is still making movies and likely plans to continue to do so until he physically can’t anymore. Who’s to stop him, he’s directed two Best Picture winners in Unforgiven and Million Dollar Baby, has directed 41 films, worked with multiple generations of Hollywood’s top talent, and is arguably the most iconic movie cowboy to ever grace the silver screen. Now, Eastwood is looking to make his way back to the big screen with Juror #2 which is rumored to be the final film of his legendary career.
When Is Juror #2 Coming Out?
There is currently no set date as to when Juror #2 will be hitting the big screen. The film was only announced just recently, but Eastwood is known to work quite fast, partly because of his famous (or infamous depending on who you ask) directing style of usually only shooting one take for his scenes. Take for example Richard Jewell, after numerous starts and stops, Warner Bros officially greenlit the film in May 2019, Eastwood quickly lined up a cast and began filming in June, and the film was released in theaters the following December. This wasn’t the first time that Eastwood churned out a movie that quickly either as The Mule, American Sniper, Million Dollar Baby, and Gran Torino all had speedy productions.
With all that being said, don’t be all that surprised if Juror #2 ends up being released in November or December of this year.
Where Can You Watch Juror #2?
In 2021 Warner Bros notoriously released their entire film slate day-and-date in theaters and on their streaming service HBO Max, including Eastwood’s last film Cry Macho. That likely won’t be the case with Juror #2 as Warner Bros Discovery’s CEO David Zaslav made it quite clear that they want all their films in theaters first, moving films like Magic Mike’s Last Dance and Evil Dead Rise, which were initially meant to be streaming-only releases, to theaters first.
Is There a Trailer for Juror #2?
Considering that filming hasn’t even started yet for the film, and it was just recently announced, you shouldn’t be too surprised to learn that there isn’t a trailer for Juror #2 yet.
What Is the Plot of Juror #2?
As you might have expected from the title, Juror #2 will be a courtroom drama. The film is set during a murder trial where juror and family man Justin Kemp starts to come to the realization that he was the one who killed the victim in a case of reckless driving. Now he’s put into the position where he is trying to save the defendant on trial without incriminating himself by doing anything that would reveal he is the one at fault.
Who Stars in Juror #2?
Nicholas Hoult will be playing Justin Kemp, the lead role in Juror #2, which marks his first time working with the seasoned filmmaker. Hoult has been working in the industry ever since he was a child and broke out in a big way when he starred opposite Hugh Grant in the 2002 dramedy About a Boy. Hoult starred as the mutant Hank McCoy (aka Beast) in X-Men: First Class, X-Men: Days of Future Past, and X-Men: Dark Phoenix, was a major scene-stealer as Nux, a henchman looking for redemption in George Miller‘s Mad Max: Fury Road, played the role of the snarky statesman Robert Harley in Yorgos Lanthimos‘ The Favourite, and took on the role of the obnoxious foodie Tyler in the 2022 satirical horror hit The Menu. He also stars as Peter III of Russia opposite Elle Fanning in the Hulu series The Great, a role that earned him an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series in 2022. Most recently he played the titular role in Universal’s horror-comedy Renfield which also starred Nicolas Cage as Count Dracula. He recently wrapped filming for Robert Egger‘s highly anticipated Nosferatu remake where he plays the role of Thomas Hutter.
Toni Collette will be reuniting with her About a Boy co-star in Juror #2, which also marks her first time collaborating with Eastwood. She’ll be playing the district attorney in the film. Collette first broke out for playing the lead role in the musical comedy Muriel’s Wedding. In 2000, she received her first Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Lynn Sear in The Sixth Sense
Gabriel Basso, who most recently broke out in a big way with his starring role on the smash-hit Netflix series The Night Agent, will be playing the man on trial.
Other key cast members joining Juror #2 include Zoey Deutch (Set It Up), Kiefer Sutherland (24), and Leslie Bibb (Iron Man). Much like with Hoult and Collette, this will mark Eastwood’s first time working with all three of these actors. Though Eastwood did star alongside Sutherland’s father, Donald Sutherland, in the 1970 film Kelly’s Heroes.