One Shot and today one of them has been chosen as Rosamund Pike (Die Another Day) beat out Alexa Davalos (Clash of the Titans) and Hayley Atwell (Captain America: The First Avenger).
The film is based on the Lee Child novel series and will feature Cruise as Jack Reacher, a retired military policeman who wanders the country with only his passport, bankbook, toothbrush and the clothes on his back. In One Shot, Reacher investigates a case in which a lone sniper murders five victims before being captured. Reacher discovers it’s more than a simple open-and-shut case. Pike will play Helen Rodin, a local defense attorney defending the man arrested for the shootings. She works with Reacher to bring the true culprits to justice. Christopher McQuarrie is directing the feature with plans to go into production this fall for a February 8, 2013 release date. [Deadline]
Bradley Cooper has dropped out of the lead role in Juan Carlos Fresnadillo‘s (28 Weeks Later) remake of The Crow and word now is Channing Tatum and Mark Wahlberg are both listed as possible replacements. The film is a new adaptation of the James O’Barr comic series, which is said to be a gritty reboot following the 1994 adaptation directed by Alex Proyas. The new film will again tell the story of Eric Draven, who returns from the grave to avenge the death of his wife. Ironically, Cooper’s departure is due to a scheduling conflict with Paradise Lost which will be directed by, yup, Alex Proyas, in which Cooper is taking on the role of Lucifer in the John Milton adaptation. [The Hollywood Reporter]
Matthew McConaughey is set to join Channing Tatum and Alex Pettyfer in Steven Soderbergh‘s indie drama Magic Mike in which Tatum stars as the title character, a stripper and dancer who takes Pettyfer’s character under his wing and mentors him on how to hustle both on and off the stage. McConaughey will play Dallas, a former exotic dancer who now owns and operates Xquisite, the club where “Magic Mike” works.The film is drawing on Tatum’s experiences working as a teen stripper in Tampa. [Variety]
Brad Pitt is set to star in The Gray Man, an adaptation of Mark Greaney’s thriller novel, for James Gray (We Own the Night). The film centers on a former CIA operative-turned-ultimate assassin who is targeted by a powerful multinational corporation and must fight his way across Europe and past special forces teams from around the world in order to save the life of his handler and the handler’s family. Filming is looking to begin first-quarter 2012. [Deadline]
