Clint Eastwood is delivering a twisty new authorized drama full of ethical dilemmas.
Juror #2 stars Nicholas Hoult as Justin Kemp, a “household man” who, “whereas serving as a juror in a high-profile homicide trial, finds himself battling a critical ethical dilemma, one he may use to sway the jury verdict and doubtlessly convict — or free — the accused killer,” per a synopsis.
Eastwood, 94, tells PEOPLE in an announcement, “It is a movie I might wish to see, that I feel lots of people would get pleasure from. It appears to be like on the grey areas between the black and white of on a regular basis circumstances and makes you resolve for your self.”
The director provides that it began with a “good script” by Jonathan Abrams and a “stable story that I believed would make an excellent image.”
He provides, “It actually intrigues me when a narrative locations a personality in an ethical dilemma, and that is one which we may all think about ourselves in or relate to not directly.”
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The all-star solid contains Hoult, 34, plus Toni Collette, Zoey Deutch, Kiefer Sutherland, Gabriel Basso, Leslie Bibb, Chris Messina, J. Ok. Simmons and extra.
Eastwood says the solid and crew shared “all of the laughs” on set.
“We had a extremely nice group of actors, led by Nicholas Hoult, who I used to be actually impressed with — he’s what I feel a film star is,” says Eastwood. “Everybody was very skilled, got here ready and able to work, however greater than that they got here and we laughed day-after-day. Whether or not I’m directing or performing, I feel it’s essential to benefit from the work, and we did.”
Juror #2 indicators the return of Eastwood to the director’s chair. The Oscar winner’s most up-to-date movies as director and producer are 2021’s Cry Macho, 2019’s Richard Jewell and 2018’s The Mule and The 15:17 to Paris.
Messina, 50, beforehand referred to as Eastwood an “superior” collaborator in a dialog with PEOPLE in December 2023.
“I actually liked him. Ninety-three years outdated and utterly with it, nice notes, up on his ft behind the digicam — only a badass,” the actor mentioned. “You suppose you are going to get some robust man and he’s utterly light and calm and enjoyable and cracking jokes.”
Sutherland, 57, revealed on the BBC’s The One Show in Could that he earned his half in Juror #2 after hand writing a letter to Eastwood “telling him how a lot I admired his work, which particular movies [I loved] and why… he was type sufficient to present me a job. So, youngsters, discover ways to hand-write,” he joked.
“I had learn in one of many commerce magazines that he was directing his final movie,” added Sutherland, “and I believed, ‘That is my final likelihood.’ ”
Juror #2 could have its world premiere because the closing evening film of this 12 months’s AFI Film Festival on Oct. 27. It’s going to launch in choose theaters Nov. 1.
