TV series Jack Reacher without Tom Cruise in preparation, according to Lee Child

Jack Reacher Author Lee Child agrees with the fans of his books: Tom Cruise is too short for the film role. The creator of the character has therefore announced that a new contract was in place to adapt the property to a television series with a new face.

BBC Radio Manchester presenter Mike Sweeney spoke about the stature of Cruise in the Jack Reacher movies on his schedule Wednesday (starting at 1:23:22). Sweeney noted that some fans did not think that the Impossible mission The star perfectly fulfilled her role and Child responded with a "world exclusive".

"I really enjoyed working with Cruise," said Child. "He's a really nice guy. We had a lot of fun, he works very hard and he takes it very seriously. During your downtime, you do crazy things with him, but in the end, readers are right: the size of Reacher is really important and it is an important part of his personality. "

"The idea," he continued, "is that when Reacher enters a room, you're all a little nervous just for the first minute, and Cruise, despite his talent, did not have that look."

Cruise has for the first time played the role of incumbent Jack Reacher, a former brutal investigator of the army, in the 2012 film, directed by his MID Director Christopher McQuarrie. The actor took over the role for 2016 Jack Reacher: never go back, this time with director Edward Zwick.

"It's just a brand new contract, we only did it last week," said Child. "There will not be any more movies with Tom Cruise, instead we'll go to Netflix or something like that – a long form streaming TV – with a completely new actor, and I want all readers who were unhappy with Tom Cruise help me in. Participate in choosing the right actor for the TV series.We are restarting and starting again and we will try to find the perfect guy. "

Anyway, it's not like Cruise was missing at work. After the success of Mission: Impossible – Fallouthe's back to work Top Gun following with future projects to reunite with his Edge of tomorrow director Doug Liman for a science fiction project Luna Park.

Representatives of Cruise and Paramount (who distributed the Jack Reacher films) did not immediately respond to EW's requests for comment.

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