Warner Bros. Has Made Just Mercy Available to Rent For Free

When we interviewed Just Mercy director Destin Daniel Cretton back in January, we, of course, had no idea that the world was going to change so drastically shortly after the film’s January 10 release. First, it was the spread of COVID-19, which has taken the lives of more than 100,000 Americans, disproportionately affecting Black, Hispanic, Latino and ...

By Bryan Abrams  |  June 3, 2020

Interview

Director

Director Destin Daniel Cretton on Adapting Bryan’s Stevenson’s Just Mercy

Destin Daniel Cretton remembers the exact moment back in 2015 when he first came to learn of Bryan Stevenson, the founder of the Equal Justice Initiative. The day didn’t seem out of the ordinary for the filmmaker. But looking back, it turned out to be a career-defining moment for Cretton. “I was sitting in a ...

By Chris Koseluk  |  January 14, 2020

Interview

Editor

In Fact-Based Just Mercy, Editor Nat Sanders Cuts to the Truth

Before editor Nat Sanders earned an Oscar nomination for cutting Barry Jenkins’ Moonlight, he forged a tight bond with filmmaker Destin Cretton. Their latest collaboration, Just Mercy (opening wide Friday, Jan. 10), casts Michael B. Jordan as real-life lawyer Bryan Stevenson who goes to bat for Death Row inmate Walter McMillian (Jamie Foxx) by proving ...

By Hugh Hart  |  January 8, 2020
Michael B. Jordan is Trailblazing Civil Rights Attorney Bryan Stevenson in Just Mercy Trailer

A stellar cast, an incredible true story, and a super talented co-writer and director? Such are the ingredients of Destin Daniel Cretton‘s Just Mercy, which stars Michael B. Jordan as civil rights attorney Bryan Stevenson (the film is adapted from Stevenson’s book “Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption”), as he tries to free a death ...

By The Credits  |  September 4, 2019