J.K. Simmons Takes The Call For Clint Eastwood’s ‘Juror No. 2’
deadline.comWhiplash Oscar winner J.K. Simmons has joined the cast of Clint Eastwood’s Juror #2 at Warner Bros. In the Jonathan Abrams penned movie, family man Justin Kemp, while serving as a juror in a high-profile murder trial, finds himself struggling with a serious moral dilemma; one he could use to sway the jury verdict and potentially convict — or free — the wrong killer.
Simmons will play a juror and joins the ensemble cast that counts Nicholas Hoult (Justin Kemp, juror), Toni Collette (prosecutor), Gabriel Basso (accused), Zoey Deutch (Kemp’s wife), Leslie Bibb (juror), Chris Messina (public defender) and Kiefer Sutherland’s (Kemp’s AA sponsor).
Producers on the movie are Eastwood, Malpaso’s Tim Moore and Jessica Meier, and Dichotomy’s Adam Goodman & Matt Skiena. EPs are Ellen Goldsmith-Vein & Jeremy Bell and David M.
Bernstein. Simmons won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of merciless jazz instructor, Fletcher in Sony Pictures Classics’ Whiplash.
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