THE LAST SAMURAI Director Ed Zwick Set To Reunite With Tom Cruise For JACK REACHER 2
The upcoming sequel to the 2012 hit Jack Reacher may have just found its director! It's being reported that Ed Zwick has officially signed on to direct the action sequel, which will reunite him with his The Last Samurai star Tom Cruise. Come check it out!
The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed that Paramount and Skydance have enlisted both Ed Zwick and Marshall Herskovitz to re-write Richard Wenk's script for the upcoming sequel to their 2012 hit Jack Reacher. Zwick has also signed on to direct the yet-to-be titled sequel, which will reunite the Academy Award-winner with megastar Tom Cruise, who he directed in the critically acclaimed 2003 film The Last Samurai. Cruise will also produce alongside Chris McQuarrie and Don Granger.
The original Jack Reacher grossed over $218M worldwide on about a $60M budget, and managed to do very well on home video raking in another $23M or so, which made green lighting a sequel a no-brainer for the studios. Jack Reacher 2 is set to adapt Never Go Back, a more recent Lee Child novel, which finds Cruise's titular hero back at his old military base and quickly caught up in a conspiracy involving old colleagues, love interests, and deeply held grudges. The novel was extremely well-received, so hopes for the upcoming film adaptation are quite high.
Currently, Ed Zwick is finishing up his biographical drama Pawn Sacrifice, which stars Tobey Maguire (Spider-Man) and Liev Schreiber (X-Men Origins: Wolverine). Elsewhere, superstar Tom Cruise recently finished up the high-octane action sequel Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation, which is expected to hit theaters July 31st.
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