McQuarrie directed this summer’s “Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation” and previously worked with star Tom Cruise on “Jack Reacher.”

The film stars Gere as a wealthy yet troubled philanthropist who enters the lives of a young married couple.

Putin hailed the military's performance, but added that "there is still a lot of work to do ... to rid Syria of militants and terrorists."

The sci-fi novel from the Australian authors is told through a dossier of hacked documents such as emails, schematics, military files and medical reports.

Hart and Johnson are joined by the likes of Ed Helms, Amy Ryan, Danielle Nicolet, Bobby Brown and Aaron Paul in the cast.

"We must respond not by closing doors but by opening our hearts with unity, tolerance, and pluralism and compassion," Ban said.

Although Twitter is actively pushing Moments in its marketing campaigns, until recently, it was difficult to keep track of highlighted users.

His group now claims to have stormed the Radisson Blu hotel in Bamako in a joint operation with al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb.