Film Adaptation of Lee Child's One Shot Now Titled Jack Reacher

Paramount Studios confirmed today that the film adaptation of Lee Child's 2005 thriller One Shot will be titled Jack Reacher.

Tom Cruise plays the now titular character, an ex-Army cop who gets drawn into the mystery surrounding the arrest of a sniper accused of killing five people. One Shot is actually the ninth book in the series … which means there is plenty of material from which to create a franchise.

Christopher McQuarrie is directing his own adapted screenplay. The film is scheduled to open in US theaters on December 21st, 2012.