Juror #2 had its world premiere at AFI Fest on October 27, 2024 and was released in the United States by Warner Bros. Pictures on November 1, 2024.

[5] In Savannah, Georgia, journalist and recovering alcoholic Justin Kemp is called for jury duty on a case concerning Kendall Carter's death.

A year prior, Kendall had a fight with her boyfriend James Sythe at "Rowdy's Hideaway", a local bar on Old Quarry Road.

Hoping to attract voters with a high-profile domestic violence conviction in her run for district attorney (DA), Faith Killebrew acts as prosecutor.

Additionally, the jurors learn Sythe has a criminal past, and the coroner testifies her injuries were consistent with battery by a blunt instrument.

Sythe's public defender, Eric Resnick, is overworked and makes several errors in the trial, such as failing to offer a competing medical opinion, and not raising questions about poor nighttime visibility.

Harold, a retired detective, recommends (at Justin's suggestion) examining the case more closely since the eyewitness might have been swayed by confirmation bias.

He collects data on body shop repairs following Kendall's death and narrows the search to 15 vehicles, including Justin's.

Ally, who is pregnant and due to deliver any day, speaks with Killebrew and repeats her husband's cover story that he damaged their car on Brimstone Pass (not on Old Quarry Road).

Larry cautions that the jury must reach a verdict: Killebrew has tied the case to her election campaign and will try it as often as necessary, so holding out and forcing a mistrial will not save Sythe.

[6] Ally delivers the baby safely, Killebrew is elected DA, and Justin sells his car to eliminate his connection to the crime.

[7] It was announced in April 2023 that filmmaker Clint Eastwood had set the project as his next film,[8] with Nicholas Hoult and Toni Collette in negotiations to star.

[9] They were confirmed the following month, with Zoey Deutch and Kiefer Sutherland also joining the cast,[10][11] and Gabriel Basso entering negotiations for a role.

[14] J. K. Simmons, Amy Aquino, Adrienne C. Moore, Cedric Yarbrough, Chikako Fukuyama, Onix Serrano and Francesca Eastwood were added in December.

[18] Production began in June 2023, when Eastwood was 93 years old,[8] with filming locations including Savannah, Georgia, and Los Angeles,[19][20] before it was suspended in July due to the 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike.

The website's consensus reads: "A legal thriller with a heavy conscience, Juror #2 is less a summation of Clint Eastwood's storied directorial career than another terrific reminder of his knack for plain-spoken drama.

... Eastwood treats celebrity as a diabolical tool and sees the gap between publicity and reality as a trap door to hell.