Jury No. 2 surprised even the most skeptical with the home stretch of Clint Eastwood’s career as a director. This is not surprising, knowing that the filmmaker is now 94 years old and that Warner Bros. a despicable cast in American cinemas to the man who gave the studio immortal classics in the heyday of No forgiveness, Mystical river, Million dollar baby either Greater Turin. One more strategic failure in the erratic path that the company led by David Zaslav has maintained over the past decade. But at the same time as this legal drama could be the farewell movie from the winner of four Oscars, also marks the birth of a screenwriter with no prior experience in the field of feature films: Jonathan Abrams. Of course, Hollywood already lives up to his name and he will surely have no shortage of work in the years to come. At the moment we already know that he wrote the script for the filming of one of the greatest. Christmas movie classics.
We’re talking about Frank Capra’s masterpiece, How beautiful it is to live! A story featuring James Stewart which received five nominations at the 1947 Oscars and which unfortunately unfairly ended up leaving empty-handed. However, it is today considered one of the best feature films in history, without some adaptations who attempted to replicate their success. But as always, Capra showed himself ahead of his time with this vital song of just over two hours that is among the favorite films of countless directors. SO, this metacinema exercise around the figure of an almost mythological title for the celluloid figure is excellent news for movie fans, especially since those responsible for making said piece will be the Russo brothers. This will be the first time we see Joe and Anthony Russo in a production far from the big budgets that these filmmaker brothers have managed since they both directed in 2014, Captain America: The Winter Soldier.
The new screenplay by Jonathan Abrams
The dominant classicism of the man after Jury No. 2 will move in the nearer future in the context of the filming of How beautiful it is to live! and it seems that with his talent and his way of writing It is intended to make us relive this type of cinema which once explored certain humanist themes. Of course, after returning to Marvel in the future Avengers: ApocalypseThis project seems a bit strange if we look at the concepts of excessive action and humor that the Russos have always imprinted in their films.
The script, according to Abrams, was sold to the independent entertainment company AGBOalthough we still don’t know if production will see the light of day at any point. But perhaps, thanks to the impact it produces Jury No. 2all development of the film with the unofficial title could accelerate and begin to move fast next 2025.
This promising new screenwriter announced the news in a recent interview with GQ: “I have finished the script and we are preparing it. This is a biographical film about the making of How beautiful it is to live!“but it’s really about James Stewart overcoming his PTSD when he came back from World War II, where he was a bomber pilot, and how he overcame it playing George Bailey,” Abrams explained.
For the writing, Abrams drew inspiration from Capra’s own work, who collaborated in filming numerous information films to help the war effort troops and the work documented by Mark Harris which would lead to the later documentary, The war in Hollywood.
“Capra is a key character in the script, so yes, I read it. It’s a love letter to Hollywood and the best Christmas movie ever made and, without a doubt, one of the best actors of all time. It’s a story that I love and, I repeat, I’m very excited to be able to do this and get paid for it, and I hope we can make this movie too,” he finished. explaining in the interview.
What is “Jury No. 2” talking about?
The official summary of Jury No. 2 introduces us Justin Kempa father who must serve on the jury in a murder trial, while grappling with a powerful moral dilemma. A decision that could influence the jury’s final verdict and potentially “convict or release the accused murderer”.
The film is still in theaters and features stars such as Nicholas Hoult, Toni Collette, JK Simmons, Kiefer Sutherland, Chris Messina and Zoey Deutch in its cast.
