Director Clint Eastwood’s latest movie, the courtroom drama Juror No. 2, will hit the streaming platform Max in December. The film, which received a limited theatrical release on Nov. 1, will land on the streamer on Dec. 20,Variety reports.
Juror No. 2 stars Nicholas Hoult as Justin Kemp, a juror on a high-profile murder case struggling with a moral dilemma. It also stars Toni Colette, J.K. Simmons, Zoey Deutch, Chris Messina, and Kiefer Sutherland. In its three-day opening weekend, the movie took in between $260,000 and $275,000 in just 35 theaters in the United States, per Screen Rant.
Internationally, the film has made $9.6 million since its debut in France, Spain, Belgium, The Netherlands, Switzerland and The United Kingdom. The movie had a budget of $35 million. Juror No. 2 has a Certified Fresh 93% on Rotten Tomatoes with 118 critic reviews. Its Popcornmeter, or audience score, on Rotten Tomatoes, sits at 90%, with over 100 verified ratings.
Eastwood’s Swan Song?
Variety’s film critic Peter DeBruge reviewed the film and said Juror No. 2 “registers as something of an anomaly in (Eastwood’s) oeuvre: It ranks among his quietest films, forgoing spectacle in favor of self-reflection. One could argue the whole system is on trial, and yet, the only angry man here is Eastwood, not the jurors, as Dirty Harry goes out not with a bang but an ambivalent whisper.”
It remains to be seen if Juror No. 2 will be the Oscar-winning director’s swan song. At the premiere of the film at AFI Fest, Collette said of Eastwood, “He will do it as long as he wants.” She added that the director is “endlessly creative, he’s a true artist.”
Working with Eastwood Was a “Dream Come True” for Hoult
Hoult said he was glad to work with Eastwood, but would not confirm if Juror No. 2 may be his last film. Hoult said he was “just glad that whilst I was working I got to make one with him.” Hoult said of starring in an Eastwood film that it was a “dream come true.” He added that it was quite easy working with the iconic filmmaker.
They always say don’t meet your heroes, but this is a case where it’s amazing to meet your heroes…
“They always say don’t meet your heroes, but this is a case where it’s amazing to meet your heroes because he’s cool and calm and collected, he has an ease about life and with people and a charm and a glint in his eye and always a cracking sense of humor,” Hoult said.
Eastwood is a four-time Academy Award Winner, having won two for 2004’s Million Dollar Baby for Best Director and Best Picture. Eastwood’s 1992 film, Unforgiven, also won Best Picture and Best Director Oscars.
Hoult will next be seen in the new James Gunn Superman film in the summer of 2025, where he will portray Lex Luthor.Juror No. 2 will stream on Max starting Dec. 20.