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Robert Downy Jr. Stars in New Movie 'The Judge' Release Date October 2014, Watch Trailer Here (VIDEO)


Published: Aug 23, 2014 02:16 PM EDT
The Judge movie 2014
The Judge movie 2014


Robert Downy Jr. Stars in New Movie 'The Judge' Release Date October 2014, Watch Trailer Here (VIDEO)

Robert Downy Jr. stars in the upcoming comedy-drama movie The Judge from director David Dobkin. They have released the new trailer for the movie which you can check out above. 

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The film also stars Oscar nominee Vera Farmiga (Up in the Air, The Conjuring) and Oscar winner Billy Bob Thornton (Sling Blade, Friday Night Lights), and is directed by David Dobkin (Wedding Crashers).

The film also features a stellar supporting cast, including Vincent D'Onofrio (TV's "Law & Order: Criminal Intent"), Jeremy Strong ("Zero Dark Thirty," "Lincoln"), Dax Shepard (TV's "Parenthood"), Leighton Meester (TV's "Gossip Girl"), Ken Howard ("J. Edgar," "Michael Clayton"), Emma Tremblay (Elysium), Balthazar Getty (TV's "Brothers & Sisters"), David Krumholtz ("This Is the End"), Sarah Lancaster (TV's "Chuck"), Grace Zabriskie (TV's "Big Love") and Denis O'Hare (TV's "True Blood").

Plot: Henry "Hank" Palmer, a successful lawyer, returns to his hometown of Carlinville, Indiana for his mother's funeral only to discover that his estranged father, Judge Joseph Palmer, the town's judge, is suspected of murder. He has to now defend his father in court against Dwight Dickham, a prosecutor determined to see Joseph put away.

The Judge is being produced by Susan Downey (the "Sherlock Holmes" films), David Dobkin, and David Gambino ("The Brave One"), with Herbert W. Gains, Robert Downey Jr., Jeff Kleeman and Bruce Berman serving as executive producers. The screenplay is by Nick Schenk ("Gran Torino") and Bill Dubuque, story by Dobkin & Schenk.

The Judge is scheduled to be released on October 10, 2014 in the United States.

Downey Jr. shared with Indiewire "I'm so confident about it. It's the best script the studio has; it's the best thing I've read in years."

The Judge is also the first movie produced through their Team Downey Production Company at Warner Bros.