Warner Bros.’ “Juror No. 2,” the new thriller from Oscar-winning director Clint Eastwood, will have its world premiere as the closing night of the 38th edition of AFI Festival on Sunday, October 27 at the TCL Chinese Theatre.
The studio will also release the movie in limited theaters on Friday, November 1.
Eastwood is one of America’s most prolific actors and filmmakers. He is well known for playing "The Man With No Name" in Sergio Leone’s Dollars Trilogy of Spaghetti Westerns. He also directed some well-received movies such as "Unforgiven", "Million Dollar Baby", and "Mystic River".
The 93-year-old director is helming from a script by Jonathan Abrams.
"Juror No. 2" is a legal drama taking place during a murder trial and is centered around a juror (played by Nicholas Hoult), who realizes that he may be the murderer and struggles with the dilemma of turning himself in or manipulating the jury to get away with the crime. Toni Collette will play the prosecutor.
Zoey Deutch, Kiefer Sutherland, and Leslie Bibb are also attached to star in the movie.
Eastwood is producing the movie with Adam Goodman, the former production president of Paramount-turned-producer who now runs his banner, Dichotomy.
Tim Moore, Matt Skiena, and Jessica Meier are also producing. Ellen Goldsmith-Vein and Jeremy Bell will exec produce.
Ellen Goldsmith-Vein and Jeremy Bell of The Gotham Group, who have been steering the script through Hollywood for the last 15 years, are executive producing.
The movie will be distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures.
The full festival lineup will be unveiled on October 1.