Comments on: Duh: ‘Jack Reacher’ Being Eyed As Franchise, While Viacom Chief Signals Death Of Original Ideas At Paramount

By: why lee??

why lee?? — Fri, 13 May 2016 11:30:41 +0000

Lee, why did you sell out such a wonderfully written character??? His physical presence was such a huge part of his persona. Tom Cruise as Jack Reacher? Maybe Tom can play Shaquille Oneal in his next movie…

By: Alice

Alice — Fri, 13 May 2016 11:30:41 +0000

There are those of us that read (every Reacher novel) and those of us that watch film. The readers will never accept TC as Jack Reacher, regardless of the box office take. As long as Lee Child does not pattern the written Reacher after TC, I, for one, will live with the decision. This would have been the perfect time to bring in a new actor, with the novelists depiction of size and demeanor…but it's obviously too late. Jim Caviezel would have been a reasonable choice.

By: heartland

heartland — Fri, 13 May 2016 11:30:41 +0000

And if I owned Paramount stock I would dump it right now, the CEO is so out of touch. Literally hundreds of posts on various sites disgusted w. TC playing iconic 6'5" brawny Jack Reacher and taking pass on film re epic miscast. Does Paramount seriously think the non-reading, young male demographic is enough to make a film with this much negative reaction a success? Even the trailer looks like TC playing TC in another MI + Drive film. Folks are actively rooting for film to bomb so maybe HBO will pick up options and do a decent job w. book series. NO-ONE wants TC as Reacher – too short, too high voiced, too metrosexual, too many blinding white teeth. It's like watching a chihuahua believe it's a mastiff.

By: MJ

MJ — Fri, 13 May 2016 11:30:41 +0000

Not to mention that Paramount had to watch Disney rake in the Marvel cash this year, & The Avengers practically made more than the 4 prequels they released combined.

By: Rohan

Rohan — Fri, 13 May 2016 11:30:41 +0000

At least they are aware that they are not taking sides with originality.

By: Wanda

Wanda — Fri, 13 May 2016 11:30:41 +0000

If the Jack Reacher movies are as good as the MI movies, then bring 'em on!

By: JaySmack

JaySmack — Fri, 13 May 2016 11:30:41 +0000

Paramount is out of original ideas. Or rather the hack "creative" teams and career executives who never had any ideas are fresh out. Now, what if they hired some –I don't know– OUTSIDE TALENT to come up with– awww, that would be too much like common sense, and we know Paramount hasn't done that in 20 years.

So, anyone want to wager on how many Transformers and Jack Ryan "reboots" can Paramount do before the studio finally goes under?

By: jon

jon — Fri, 13 May 2016 11:30:41 +0000

One more nail in the coffin that is our culture.