Juror No. 2

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Juror #2
Juror No. 2 (2024).jpg
Theatrical release poster
Directed by Clint Eastwood
Written byJonathan Abrams
Produced by
  • Clint Eastwood
  • Tim Moore
  • Jessica Meier
  • Adam Goodman
  • Matt Skiena
Starring
Cinematography Yves Bélanger
Edited by
Music by Mark Mancina
Production
companies
Distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures
Release dates
  • October 27, 2024 (2024-10-27)(AFI Fest)
  • November 1, 2024 (2024-11-01)(United States)
Running time
114 minutes [1]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget~$35 million [2]

Juror #2 is a 2024 American legal thriller film directed by Clint Eastwood and written by Jonathan Abrams. The film stars Nicholas Hoult, Toni Collette, J. K. Simmons, and Kiefer Sutherland.

Contents

Juror #2 had its world premiere at AFI Fest on October 27, 2024, and is scheduled to be released in the United States by Warner Bros. Pictures on November 1, 2024.

Premise

Family man Justin Kemp, while serving as a juror in a high profile murder trial, finds himself struggling with a serious moral dilemma, one he could use to sway the jury verdict and potentially convict — or free — the accused killer. [3]

Cast

Production

It was announced in April 2023 that Clint Eastwood had set the project as his next film, [4] with Nicholas Hoult and Toni Collette in negotiations to star. [5] They were confirmed the following month, with Zoey Deutch and Kiefer Sutherland also joining the cast, [6] [7] and Gabriel Basso entering negotiations for a role. [8] In June, Leslie Bibb was added to the cast. [9] In November, Chris Messina joined the cast while Basso was confirmed. [10] J. K. Simmons, Amy Aquino, Adrienne C. Moore, Cedric Yarbrough, Chikako Fukuyama, Onix Serrano and Francesca Eastwood were added in December. [11] [12]

For Collette and Hoult, it would be their reunion on the big screen 22 years after playing mother and son in About a Boy (2002). For Deutch and Hoult, it would be the second time they have been seen on screen, after working together on the film Rebel in the Rye (2017).

Production began in June 2023, [4] with filming locations including Savannah, Georgia and Los Angeles, [13] [14] before it was suspended in July due to the 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike. [15] Production resumed in November upon the conclusion of the strike. [10]

Post-production had wrapped by April 2024. [16]

Music

By September 2024, Mark Mancina had composed the score for the film. [17]

Release

Juror #2 premiered as the closing film of the 38th edition of the film festival AFI Fest on October 27, 2024; the event continues a long-standing relationship between Eastwood and the American Film Institute (AFI), which previously launched the world premieres of American Sniper (2014), J. Edgar (2011), and Richard Jewell (2019) at the festival. [18] Originally set to be released on Max, it is scheduled to be released in limited theaters on November 1, 2024, by Warner Bros. Pictures. [19] Releasing the film in fewer than 50 theaters, Warner Bros. is expected to not report box office results; the decision to give an Eastwood film a limited release was described by Variety as "a peculiar approach for a filmmaker who still has commercial appeal", noting the successes of American Sniper, Sully (2016), and The Mule (2018) and the fact that Eastwood had made films with the studio for over 50 years. Warner Bros., under CEO David Zaslav, previously debuted his Cry Macho (2021) day-and-date on streaming. [2]

Reception

Metacritic , which uses a weighted average , assigned the film a score of 75 out of 100, based on 4 critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews. [20]

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