Clint Eastwood’s ‘Juror #2’ sets Max premiere date
If you’re tired of Hallmark movies, a legal thriller from a living legend is the perfect holiday counter-programming. “Juror #2,” which people keep describing as possibly Clint Eastwood‘s final film even though I wish they wouldn’t, is coming to Max on Dec. 20, the streaming service announced Tuesday.
The release date comes amidst a controversial limited theatrical run for the film. Warner Bros. Discovery only released “Juror #2” in about 35 theaters, mostly for awards-qualifying purposes, which some feel is disrespectful to a filmmaker of Eastwood’s stature for what could be his final film, which I hope we’re not willing into being by saying it over and over again. “Has everyone at that studio forgotten what they owe Eastwood’s legacy?” IndieWire’s Tom Brueggeman wrote in a column arguing that Warner Bros. Discovery owes “Juror #2” a theatrical release for all of the money and acclaim Eastwood has earned for the studio over the past 50+ years.
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In the theaters where it was released, “Juror #2” put up strong numbers, reportedly averaging over $9000 per screen at AMC theaters, so it could have been a smart financial decision to give it a proper theatrical release as well. But the studio always intended for the film to be a streaming release.
“Juror #2” stars Nicholas Hoult as a member of a jury who realizes he may have a personal connection to the case. Reporting it could free an innocent man but blow up his own life. As he struggles with this moral dilemma, he feels the walls closing in. The cast also includes Toni Collette, J.K Simmons, and Kiefer Sutherland, and the screenplay is by Jonathan Abrams.
You can decide for yourself whether it feels like a straight-to-streaming movie next month.
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