UPDATE 8/18/11: Pike a "Great Piece of Casting" for "One Shot" With Cruise, Says Author Lee Child
“I think that's a great piece of casting, but then, I wouldn't expectanything less from (writer-director Chris) McQuarrie," Child toldPopcornBiz via email.Great news! Rosamund Pike landed the female lead role opposite Tom Cruise in One Shot!
As I previously posted here, Rosamund Pike was reportedly testing/reading to get the female lead role along with Hayley Atwell (Captain America) and Alexa Davalos (Clash of the Titans) for Tom Cruise's One Shot this past weekend. And looks like Miss Pike won the part! (The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed!) According to Deadline, Rosamund is now in negotiations to play the lead role. Congrats to RP!!!
Here's the Deadline article:
EXCLUSIVE: Rosamund Pike is negotiating for the female lead opposite Tom Cruise in One Shot, the Christopher McQuarrie-directed adaptation of the bestselling Lee Child novel series for Paramount Pictures and Skydance Productions. Pike was among a small group of actresses vying for the role. The British actress played Andromeda in Clash of the Titans 2, and she recently wrapped the David Frankel-directed The Big Year opposite Owen Wilson, Jack Black and Steve Martin, and the Rowan Atkinson comedy Johnny English Reborn.More about One Shot (via Collider)...
Cruise is playing Jack Reacher, the retired military policeman who wanders the country with only his passport, bankbook, toothbrush and the clothes on his back. He finds his way into scrapes, taking the side of the underdog. 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. Don Granger and Cruise will produce through Mutual Film Company and C/W Productions. Skydance's David Ellison and Dana Goldberg are producing as is Gary Levinsohn and Paula Wagner, and Ken Kamins is exec producer. UTA reps Pike with Shelly Browning and UK-based Dallas Smith.
Christopher McQuarrie (Way of the Gun) wrote the script and will direct the adaptation of Lee Child’s novel. Paramount plans to begin shooting this fall and release One Shot on February 8, 2013.
Here’s the synopsis for Lee Child’s One Shot:
Six shots. Five dead. One heartland city thrown into a state of terror. But within hours the cops have it solved: a slam-dunk case. Except for one thing. The accused man says: You got the wrong guy. Then he says: Get Reacher for me.Related Articles
And sure enough, ex—military investigator Jack Reacher is coming. He knows this shooter–a trained military sniper who never should have missed a shot. Reacher is certain something is not right–and soon the slam-dunk case explodes.
Now Reacher is teamed with a beautiful young defense lawyer, moving closer to the unseen enemy who is pulling the strings. Reacher knows that no two opponents are created equal. This one has come to the heartland from his own kind of hell. And Reacher knows that the only way to take him down is to match his ruthlessness and cunning–and then beat him shot for shot. [Amazon]
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