Tom Cruise’s "Jack Reacher 2" release date set

PanARMENIAN.Net - Although 2012's "Jack Reacher" wasn't a huge hit at domestic box office, it will get a sequel after all. The homicide investigator will return to bring justice as Paramount has announced that "Jack Reacher 2" will be released in the U.S. on October 21, 2016, according to AceShowbiz.

The second installment of the action movie franchise replaces Warner Bros.' disaster-themed movie "Geostorm", which was moved to January 2017. "Jack Reacher 2" will face off against horror flick "Ouija 2" and "Underworld: Next Generation".

Tom Cruise returns as the titular character, a drifter and former U.S. Army Military Police Corps officer. Cobie Smulders is in talks to play Danika, the female lead in the sequel.

Based on Lee Child's novel "Never Go Back", the sequel follows Reacher facing a complicated problem when he heads back to his old military base in Virginia. He reunites with his old commander only to discover that she's been arrested. Everything goes worse when Reacher finds himself being charged with multiple crimes.

Ed Zwick is set to direct "Jack Reacher 2" with the script written by Richard Wenk. Zwick recently rewrote the script with longtime collaborator Marshall Herskovitz.

Christopher McQuarrie directed the first movie which grossed $218 million globally against a budget of $57 million. $80 million of the total gross was from the U.S.