The film is ONE SHOT, based on a series of books by Lee Child, which focuses on a character named Jack Reacher, a military police officer-turned-drifter. One Shot, the ninth book in Child’s series, “tells the story of a military sniper accused of murder who seeks Reacher’s help,” says THR’s Heat Vision.
The story was originally adapted by Josh Olson who penned David Cronenberg’s incredible 2005 effort A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE. McQuarrie is set to rewrite the current script while also keeping “an eye to direct.”