Rosamund Pike is negotiating for the female lead opposite Tom Cruise in One Shot, the Christopher McQuarrie-directed adaptation of the bestselling Lee Child novel series for Paramount Pictures and Skydance Productions. Pike was among a small group of actresses vying for the role. The British actress played Andromeda in Clash of the Titans 2, and she recently wrapped the David Frankel-directed The Big Year opposite Owen Wilson, Jack Black and Steve Martin, and the Rowan Atkinson comedy Johnny English Reborn.
Cruise is playing Jack Reacher, the retired military policeman who wanders the country with only his passport, bankbook, toothbrush and the clothes on his back. He finds his way into scrapes, taking the side of the underdog. In One Shot, Reacher investigates a case in which a lone sniper murders five victims before being captured. Reacher discovers it's more than a simple open-and-shut case.
Pike will play Helen Rodin, a local defense attorney defending the man arrested for the shootings. She works with Reacher to bring the true culprits to justice. Don Granger and Cruise will produce through Mutual Film Company and C/W Productions. Skydance's David Ellison and Dana Goldberg are producing as is Gary Levinsohn and Paula Wagner, and Ken Kamins is exec producer. UTA reps Pike with Shelly Browning and UK-based Dallas Smith.
http://www.deadline.com/2011/08/rosamund-pike-gets-female-lead-in-tom-cruises-one-shot/
<i>One Shot</i> will be released on the
8th of February 2013 21st of December 2012 in the USA.
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But the problem here isn't simply that Reacher is 6'7 where Cruise is not. Reacher's built is practically all there is to the character. Without it there is nothing left that makes Reacher even halfway believable. The guy goes into each fight as if he was 12 feet tall and made of granite. That kind of confidence would seem simply ludicrous with someone like Cruise. Cruise can do action, even quite convincing and entertaining action. But for Reacher he's not the right man IMO.
However, having read one or two Reacher novels, I have to say I have no hope for this film. The books were terrible.
Side note: Along with this move, Marc Forster's World War Z has been pushed back to Summer 2013 from late this year.
Yes, I agree his size is a factor. Although, I would personally never cast Cruise (for a few reasons) - but I have read nearly all the Reacher books (I do enjoy them) so I can say that Reacher's size is a factor in all of the stories. The filmmakers will have to emphasize some other traits the character has in spades: watchfulness, quiet, self contained, sharp, and totally self confident man who is really in control of his temper and is always going fight for the helpless or downtrodden. Come fo think of it, rather like the great archtypical western: A loner comes to town ...
So I do not like Cruise in many regards, but I am trying to be hopeful they do this right. Ghost Protocal drew great reviews from fans, even those who do not wholeheartedly like Cruise, so I am hoping this will be ok since I do like the Reacher character.
As for Rosamund, I do like her and I hope she shines well in this film and gets good reviews for it. It's nice to see her in a lead role.