Defying those who think you should slow down and take it easy once you pass 90, the 92-year-old Clint Eastwood is busy putting the pieces together for his next — and potentially final (on his own terms, at least) — film, Juror #2. The actor/director has Nicholas Hoult and Toni Collette in talks to star.
Written by Jonathan Abrams, Juror #2 will follow a member of the jury of a murder trial who suspects he may have had some part in the victim’s death –– in fact, possibly killed them himself in a vehicular accident –– and is caught in a moral conundrum of whether to use his secret to sway the jury away and protect himself or turn himself in to the justice system he is participating in. Hoult will be playing the lead role of the juror, with Collette as the district attorney on the case.
Oscar-winner Eastwood had reportedly been weighing several scripts and in recent months zeroed in on this film and began having talks with A-list talent to star, finally landing on Hoult and Collette, though they're still in the middle of making deals having worked out their schedules.
Warner Bros. is backing the film, though Eastwood is waiting on a final greenlight. Still, he's pencilling in a June shoot for the movie.