Tom Cruise will play Jack Reacher in 'One Shot'

It's official. Tom Cruise is Jack Reacher.

Deadline is reporting that Cruise has been signed by Paramount and Skydance Productions to star in the adaptation of author Lee Child's "One Shot," one of 15 books featuring Jack Reacher.

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Reacher is a drifter, a former military police officer traveling the country and getting involved in a variety of adventures. Unlike Cruise, Reacher is described as 6'5", 220 to 250 and having dirty blond hair.

Reacher first appeared in 1997's "Killing Floor." "One Shot" is his ninth book, published in 2005.

In "One Shot," Reacher investigates a case involving a sniper accused of killing five people. He quickly realizes this isn't the open and shut case everyone else is making it out to be.

According to the report, Christopher McQuarrie will write and direct the adaptation. Although his only directing credit to date is 2000's "The Way of the Gun," his writing resume includes "The Usual Suspects," "Valkyrie" (which starred Cruise) and the forthcoming "Jack the Giant Killer."