' The size of Reacher is really, really important and it's a big component of who he is. But ultimately the readers are right,' said Childs.

Although Lee Childs enjoyed working with Cruise on the movies, he later agreed with those who deemed the actor to be physically unsuitable. One of the more distinctive aspects of Jack Reacher is his sheer size, as he's described in the novels as standing 6'5' with ' a six-pack like a cobbled city street' and hands ' the size of dinner plates.' If you're only familiar with the JACK REACHER movies, you can certainly understand why fans were questioning when Tom Cruise was cast in the role. The idea of staying anywhere for more than a few days is anathema to him. Reacher is completely competent, but he's just habituated to this fragmented life in the military, so he can't settle into civilian society.

Most people who are wanderers do it for other reasons-they are mentally ill, or something like that. The idea was to have a character that was plausibly rootless. He's an ex-military policeman, and he was demobilized in his middle thirties after having served all of his adult life in the Army and having grown up on Marine bases, because his father was a Marine. During an interview with The Atlas Society, Lee Childs explained Reacher's obsession not staying anywhere for too long. Army as a Major in the Military Police Corps, Jack Reacher left the service in his mid 30s and began roaming the United States taking odd jobs and investigating various suspicious and dangerous situations. By now I know these guys, and Reacher is in the perfect hands, believe me.'Īfter serving in the U.S. Lee Child, who will also be executive producing the Jack Reacher series, added, ' It's been great so far, but really, the fun starts here. He is the pulse of Reacher,' said Nick Santora in a statement. Child’s books – and luckily Lee has been there, and will continue to be there, to help guide us along the way in this series. ' Lee Child has created an incredible character and world it will be the goal of every writer, producer, actor, executive and crew member to capture the essence of Mr. The first season will be based upon 'The Killing Floor,' the first novel in the Jack Reacher series. Nick Santora, best known for his work on Prison Break, Breakout Kings, and Scorpion, is set to pen the series, as well as serve as executive producer and showrunner. After two feature-films which starred Tom Cruise as the title character, Amazon Studios is moving forward with a TV series based upon Lee Child's best-selling series of Jack Reacher novels.

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