Who needs to retire? Not Clint Eastwood apparently. At 94 years young, the legendary movie star and award-winning director has a 2024 new movie for audiences, Juror No. 2, a courtroom thriller.
Eastwood is just behind the camera for this one, after last appearing in his 2021 movie Cry Macho, but he has put together a star-studded cast for a story about a juror faced with a difficult choice as he sits on a murder trial. Could this movie be among the potential Oscar contenders for this year?
Before we find that out, here's everything you need to know about when Juror No. 2 is coming to screens, who's in it and more.
Juror No. 2 release date
According to multiple reports, Juror No. 2 is set to receive a limited release date on November 1 in the US and UK. It should then roll out to additional movie theaters in the US in the subsequent weeks, but the specifics of that expansion weren't shared at this time.
It'll have its world premiere just days ahead of that, as Juror No. 2 is set to serve as the closing night movie for the 2024 AFI Film Festival in Los Angeles on October 27.
Juror No. 2 joins a number of potential awards contenders premiering on November 1, as that date will also see Blitz and A Real Pain debut.
Juror No. 2 cast
Eastwood chose a group of his peers (highly acclaimed actors) to make up his cast in Juror No. 2. In the main role is Nicholas Hoult as Justin Kemp. Hoult is coming off his acclaimed performance in the fan-favorite Hulu series The Great, but has also starred in The Menu, The Favourite and Mad Max: Fury Road. He's got a few other notable upcoming movies, including 2024's Nosferatu and The Order.
Joining Hoult in the movie are Oscar nominee Toni Collette (The Sixth Sense, The Staircase), Oscar winner J.K. Simmons (Whiplash, Red One), Zoey Deutch (The Outfit, Set It Up), Chris Messina (AIR, I.S.S.), Gabriel Basso (The Strangers: Chapter 1, The Night Agent), Leslie Bibb (Palm Royale, About My Father) and Kiefer Sutherland (24, They Cloned Tyrone).
Juror No. 2 plot
An original script from Jonathan Abrams, here is the the synopsis:
"Juror No. 2 follows family man Justin Kemp who, 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."
Juror No. 2 trailer
Is Nicholas Hoult guilty? Start the debate by watching the Juror No. 2 trailer right here:
Clint Eastwood movies
Clint Eastwood is one of the most iconic stars in movie history. He made his name as a star of westerns, including the iconic Man with No Name trilogy with Sergio Leone, but he is also an accomplished director, including four Oscar wins, Best Director and Best Picture twice for Unforgiven and Million Dollar Baby. Here's a look at Eastwood's full directing resume up till now:
- Play Misty for Me (1971)
- High Plains Drifter (1973)
- Breezy (1973)
- The Eiger Section (1975)
- The Outlaw Josey Wales (19776)
- The Gauntlet (1977)
- Bronco Billy (1980)
- Firefox (1982)
- Honkytonk Man (1982)
- Sudden Impact (1983)
- Tightrope (1984)
- Pale Rider (1985)
- Heartbreak Ridge (1986)
- Bird (1988)
- White Hunter Black Heart (1990)
- The Rookie (1990)
- Unforgiven (1992)
- A Perfect World (1993)
- The Bridges of Madison County (1995)
- Absolute Power (1997)
- Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (1997)
- True Crime (1999)
- Space Cowboys (2000)
- Blood Work (2002)
- Mystic River (2003)
- Million Dollar Baby (2004)
- Flags of Our Fathers (2006)
- Letters from Iwo Jima (2006)
- Changeling (2008)
- Gran Torino (2008)
- Invictus (2009)
- Hereafter (2010)
- J. Edgar (2011)
- Jersey Boys (2014)
- American Sniper (2014)
- Sully (2016)
- The 15:17 to Paris (2018)
- The Mule (2018)
- Richard Jewell (2019)
- Cry Macho (2021)
