While it’s been widely reported that Juror #2 would be Clint Eastwood’s final outing as a director, that might not be the case if recent rumors prove to be true. The courtroom drama starring Nicolas Hulot hits theaters on November 1 from Warner Bros. Pictures, and focuses on a juror in a high profile murder trial who finds himself struggling with a moral dilemma that he could use to sway the jury verdict, and potentially either convict the accused killer, or set him free.
A supposed source close to World of Reel’s Jordan Ruimy told him back in July that Eastwood was already reading scripts for what could be his next movie, claiming the 94-year-old star is in no hurry to call it quits. As to when we might expect the news to break about the supposed film? Ruimy believes it could be as soon as later this month following Juror #2’s world premiere at AFI Fest in Los Angeles on October 27. Check out the quote from his source below.
Clint’s a workaholic and he’s already looking at scripts for a possible next movie. He had a great time making this one and wants to continue on.
The source was recently backed up by another industry pundit, Jeff Sneider of The InSneider, who claims that he’s heard “that Eastwood would like to get back behind the camera again one last time.” While it’s a testament to Eastwood’s commitment to cinema, it’s best to take these rumors with a grain of salt given the fact that he is in his twilight years, and while his intentions might be pure, it’s hard to imagine that – at 94 – he’d be in the position to take on the grueling task of committing another year or more of his life to sitting behind a camera to shoot another movie.
The Oldest Film Director Was 103 Years Old
That being said, if Eastwood does decide to make another movie, he wouldn’t be the oldest director in history to take on such a task. That honor falls to Portuguese filmmaker Manoel de Oliveira, who was 103 when he made his final film in 2012, Gebo and the Shadow. He passed away three years later at the age of 106. Another centenarian, German director Leni Riefenstahl, helmed the 2003 documentary film Underwater Impressions when she was 101, and Japan’s Kaneto Shindo made his final movie – 2010s Postcard – when he was 100.
All that is to say that it’s not beyond the realm of possibility for Eastwood to step back behind the camera at age 94, but again, that is just pure speculation at this point, given the fact that no official word has come from either his camp, or Eastwood himself. For now, audiences can flock to theaters on November 1 to see Juror #2 for what is sure to be another fantastic entry in the storied history of one of Hollywood’s most beloved and celebrated stars.