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| Tom Cruise action thriller Jack Reacher is to get a long-mulled over sequel, according to Deadline. The 2012 film based on Lee Childs' bestseller One Shot was, at the time, considered to have performed too disappointingly at the box office to merit a follow-up, but that now appears not to be the case. | Tom Cruise action thriller Jack Reacher is to get a long-mulled over sequel, according to Deadline. The 2012 film based on Lee Childs' bestseller One Shot was, at the time, considered to have performed too disappointingly at the box office to merit a follow-up, but that now appears not to be the case. |
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| The sequel is reportedly to be based on the eighteenth and most recent Reacher novel, Never Go Back, in which Reacher's attempt to meet up with the commander of his old unit is thwarted when she is arrested. | The sequel is reportedly to be based on the eighteenth and most recent Reacher novel, Never Go Back, in which Reacher's attempt to meet up with the commander of his old unit is thwarted when she is arrested. |
| The first Jack Reacher film, directed by Christopher McQuarrie, starred Cruise as the eponymous ex-US army-policeman, opposite Rosamund Pike as a lawyer trying to save an army sniper from the death penalty. It took some $218m at the worldwide box office, including $80m in the US. | The first Jack Reacher film, directed by Christopher McQuarrie, starred Cruise as the eponymous ex-US army-policeman, opposite Rosamund Pike as a lawyer trying to save an army sniper from the death penalty. It took some $218m at the worldwide box office, including $80m in the US. |
| However, despite his personal-life troubles, Cruise's reputation has taken a shot in the arm after the success of Mission Impossible - Ghost Protocol, and the commissioning of a fifth Mission Impossible film as a putative blockbuster for Christmas 2015. | However, despite his personal-life troubles, Cruise's reputation has taken a shot in the arm after the success of Mission Impossible - Ghost Protocol, and the commissioning of a fifth Mission Impossible film as a putative blockbuster for Christmas 2015. |
| There is no word on who might be behind the camera, but director McQuarrie is not available as he is – ironically - too busy working on MI5. | There is no word on who might be behind the camera, but director McQuarrie is not available as he is – ironically - too busy working on MI5. |
| • Mission: Impossible 5 chooses to accept Christmas 2015 release • Stuart Heritage: No Jack Reacher sequel? How else will Tom Cruise rescue this ridiculous film? | • Mission: Impossible 5 chooses to accept Christmas 2015 release • Stuart Heritage: No Jack Reacher sequel? How else will Tom Cruise rescue this ridiculous film? |
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