Paramount's shortlist of actresses to star with Tom Cruise in the adaptation the Jack Reacher novel "One Shot" has been reduced to one: Rosamund Pike.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Pike ("Made in Dagenham," "Die Another Day") beat out Hayley Atwell ("Captain America: The First Avenger," "The Duchess") and Alexa Davalos ("Clash of the Titans," "The Chronicles of Riddick") for the role, which is described as "a tough lawyer and daughter of the district attorney."
"One Shot" is one of 15 Lee Child novels featuring Jack Reacher, a drifting former military police officer traveling the country and getting involved in a variety of adventures. Cruise is physically nothing like the character of Reacher, who 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.
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.
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"One Shot" is one of 15 Lee Child novels featuring Jack Reacher, a drifting former military police officer traveling the country and getting involved in a variety of adventures. Cruise is physically nothing like the character of Reacher, who 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.
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.
