Movies: TOM CRUISE BACK AS AMERICAN RONIN JACK REACHER IN “NEVER GO BACK”

Tom Cruise returns as lone-wolf hero Jack Reacher with his particular brand of justice in Paramount Pictures' highly anticipated, action-packed sequel Jack Reacher: Never Go Back, opening in Philippine cinemas Oct. 19.

(Watch a TV Spot for Jack Reacher: Never Go Back at https://youtu.be/7T3TpnNz5dQ.)

The film follows Reacher as he races to uncover the truth about active duty soldiers, once under his command, who are being killed. Based upon “Never Go Back,” author Lee Child’s 18th novel in the best-selling Jack Reacher series, that has seen 100 million books sold worldwide.

The film reunites Cruise with director and co-writer Edward Zwick who previously worked with Tom Cruise in 2003’s award-winning The Last Samurai. “I immediately connected with this story and this character,” says Zwick. “Jack Reacher is an archetypal American hero and a modern day ronin: he’s traded a life of rules and structure to live this nomadic life, free of emotional attachments and responsibilities.”

“I was excited when Ed said yes to the project,” says Tom Cruise. “Ed and I have been looking for something to do together ever since The Last Samurai. I have such admiration for Ed as a writer and a filmmaker. You look at his movies; he fully immerses you in a time and a place. That is what I love about movies: feeling the texture of the characters and the environment that they’re in that Ed captures so well.”

“Never Go Back is unique in that it’s not primarily a stunt movie; it’s a character piece,” muses Cruise. “Even so, Reacher as a character has his own very unique brutality.”

To bring this very ‘unique brutality’ to the screen, Zwick and Cruise enlisted Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation’s Stunt Coordinator, Wade Eastwood.

When it came to designing the action for this film, Eastwood reveals, “It starts with the director. Ed has a vision and he gave me a sort of scope to work in. I try to find ways to build tension, and most importantly, keep it within the story.”

“Wade is a storyteller,” commends Zwick. “When you sit down to write a fight scene, you can visualize the beats, but it’s a whole different experience when you’re on set. Wade and Tom are so experienced and they know what exactly what they’re capable of, what they’ve done before, and what movement they’d like to try. You write these scenes with bodies in space. Like any scene, there’s a beginning, middle and end, but instead of telling your story in words and dialogue, you’re telling your story in movement, punches and counterpunches.”

Though Never Go Back boasts the same stunt coordinator and star as the Mission Impossible series, Zwick makes a clear delineation. “Jack Reacher is less charismatic and much more direct than Ethan Hunt, and our stunts reflect that. There’s a showiness inherent to the spy genre that’s absent here. What we’re going for owes a bit more to character based crime stories of the seventies, like Bullet and The French Connection. Tom’s doing some very difficult stunts. He’s jumping from a car to a rooftop, climbing a drain pipe, and driving a car that goes down steps, but everything is within the realm of physics.”

“The most boring job on set is Tom’s stunt double,” adds Zwick. “Tom loves to be involved of every aspect of this production.”

“For me, filmmaking is all about collaboration,” Cruise sums up. “If we’re all working towards the common goal of making absolute best movie we can, that in itself is valuable. If the people I work with have a good experience, I’ll probably get to work with them again. Same goes for audiences. When we make a great movie that the audience connects with, we get to make another one. I hope people love this movie, because we loved making it.”

“Jack Reacher: Never Go Back” is distributed by United International Pictures through Columbia Pictures.

Movies: COBIE SMULDERS AVENGES HER ARREST IN “JACK REACHER: NEVER GO BACK”

Popularly known as S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent Maria Hill in Marvel's The Avengers franchise, Cobie Smulders stars opposite Tom Cruise in Paramount Pictures' new action-packed thriller Jack Reacher: Never Go Back.

The film is based upon author Lee Child’s 18th novel in the best-selling Jack Reacher series that has seen 100 million books sold worldwide,

Years after resigning command of an elite military police unit, the nomadic, righter-of-wrongs Reacher is drawn back into the life he left behind when his friend and successor, Major Susan Turner (Smulders) is framed for espionage. Reacher will stop at nothing to prove her innocence and to expose the real perpetrators behind the killings of his former soldiers

The creative team had a very specific idea in mind when casting the role of Major Susan Turner. As commander of Reacher’s former division, the actress would not only need to convincingly fill Reacher’s shoes, but also hold her own on screen opposite Tom Cruise. They found that and more in Cobie Smulders.

“We fell in love with Cobie the minute we met her,” recalls screenwriter Marshall Herskovitz. “There’s just something about her that makes you instantly think ‘I like that person.’ She’s charming, athletic, and strong, but most importantly, you believe she’s a soldier; a leader and has no trouble going toe to toe with Reacher.”

"Reacher is drawn in by Major Turner because she used to have his job, and he knows just how difficult it can be," says Cruise. "He only has to hear her voice on the phone to know she's intelligent, attractive, and charming, and we all loved how Cobie brought all of that to the role."

“Cobie was our secret weapon,” says director Ed Zwick. “She’s got a gift for the comedic, but she’s got significant dramatic chops that she hasn’t always had the opportunity to show to the world. The character Lee wrote is a lot more than the beautiful, badass woman that’s become something of a trope in Hollywood. Turner has a lot more going on and Cobie took that very seriously. She met with a number of women in the military and our technical advisors to bring authenticity to her performance.”

Smulders explains, “I thought about all the things my character would’ve had to endure to become a female major in the U.S. Army, and it that really helped me feel physically stronger, more capable, and more in command.”

“I’m pretty fortunate to have landed this role,” Smulders recalls, “because the first time I met with Ed, I had a broken leg. I hobbled in on crutches and tried to convince him to give me a role in his action movie.”

“Cobie was incredibly professional and willing to train in a pretty physically demanding way,” says Zwick. “Cobie worked hard to sell the combat, despite her injury. It was important to her to make her character look like a plausible badass, not a damsel in distress.”

“I had broken my leg about six weeks previous to starting any of the training, so I was the weakest state I could’ve been in my entire adult life. Wade and his team basically trained me like they would a boxer. Lots of repetition, just getting specific moves, how to hold yourself, how to connect your body to your hips, and then slowly adding more. The thing that stunt coordinator Wade Eastwood and his team emphasized was always having intent with what you’re doing; not just doing the moves because this is how you do it. It was thinking about your character throughout the training, thinking about where you character would be emotionally and mentally while you are training. And that was really helpful.” Smulders laughs, “Now, I’m probably in the best shape of my life.”

Opening across the Philippines on Oct. 19, “Jack Reacher: Never Go Back” is distributed by United International Pictures through Columbia Pictures.

Movies: LEE CHILD BESTSELLER “JACK REACHER: NEVER GO BACK” EXPLODES IN THE BIG SCREEN

Based upon author Lee Child’s 18th novel in the best-selling Jack Reacher series that has seen 100 million books sold worldwide, Paramount Pictures presents the highly anticipated action-packed thriller Jack Reacher: Never Go Back starring Tom Cruise.

In the film, years after resigning command of an elite military police unit, the nomadic, righter-of-wrongs Reacher is drawn back into the life he left behind when his friend and successor, Major Susan Turner (Cobie Smulders) is framed for espionage. Reacher will stop at nothing to prove her innocence and to expose the real perpetrators behind the killings of his former soldiers

Since 1997, readers have been riveted by the exploits of Jack Reacher, who first appeared in the pages of author Lee Child’s “Killing Floor” and continued on in a series now spanning twenty novels.

Producer Don Granger brought the hit series to Tom Cruise’s attention, which led to Cruise starring and producing 2012’s Jack Reacher, an adaptation of the Child’s ninth Reacher novel “One Shot” that went on to gross over $200 million in worldwide box office

After the success of Jack Reacher, producers immediately started developing the next film, basing it on “Never Go Back,” a more recent book in the series.

“The great thing about the Jack Reacher novels is that they’re not chronological,” Granger explains. “There’s not a lot of continuity that you need to be familiar with to enjoy the story. With the exception of Reacher and his toothbrush, there are very few characters that carry over from book to book.”

Child describes the lasting appeal of his character: “Reacher is a modern iteration of the mysterious stranger. The American paradigm is the Western, where a mysterious rider comes in off the range, sorts out the problem, and rides off into the sunset, but this character is universal. Medieval Europe had the knight-errant, and feudal Japan had the ronin - banished knights forced to wander the land, doing good deeds.”

Appropriately, director and co-writer Edward Zwick previously worked with Tom Cruise in 2003’s The Last Samurai. “I immediately connected with this story and this character,” says Zwick. “Jack Reacher is an archetypal American hero and a modern day ronin: he’s traded a life of rules and structure to live this nomadic life, free of emotional attachments and responsibilities.”

“There’s a wish fulfillment in a character like Reacher,” says co-writer Marshall Herskovitz. “We all want to be somebody who’s going to stand up to the bad guys, and Reacher is this one man retaliatory force for justice. He’s on his own and he doesn’t take crap from anybody.”

Opening across the Philippines on Oct. 19, “Jack Reacher: Never Go Back” is distributed by United International Pictures through Columbia Pictures.

Movies: “JACK REACHER: NEVER GO BACK” TO PUNCH HARD IN IMAX PH CINEMAS OCT 19

Paramount Pictures and IMAX Corporation has announced that “Jack Reacher: Never Go Back,” the latest film in the Jack Reacher franchise starring Tom Cruise, will be digitally re-mastered into the immersive IMAX® format and will be released into IMAX® theatres in the Philippines on October 19th.

(Watch the IMAX trailer of “Jack Reacher: Never Go Back” at https://youtu.be/2Boa-bWQGgo.)

The IMAX presentation of “Jack Reacher: Never Go Back” is part of Paramount Pictures and IMAX Corporation's multi-picture agreement that consists of future tentpoles from the Paramount Pictures slate, including the fifth film in the global blockbuster franchise—“Transformers: The Last Knight” and “Ghost in the Shell.”

"IMAX and Paramount Pictures, along with such esteemed filmmakers as Michael Bay, Tom Cruise and the Bad Robot team, together have achieved incredible global box office success over the years," said Greg Foster, Senior Executive Vice President, IMAX Corp. and CEO of IMAX Entertainment, in a previous statement. "With this new multi-picture agreement we are excited to grow that tradition of bringing heart-pounding, awe-inspiring entertainment to IMAX audiences around the world and particularly excited to do so with these long-standing friends and partners."

"Paramount is pleased to partner with its friends at IMAX to present an exciting and diverse lineup of films," said Rob Moore, Vice Chairman, Paramount Pictures, in a previous statement. "Filled with thrilling action sequences and spectacular effects, these movies in the immersive IMAX format will captivate audiences around the world."

The IMAX release of “Jack Reacher: Never Go Back” will be digitally re-mastered into the image and sound quality of The IMAX Experience® with proprietary IMAX DMR® (Digital Re-mastering) technology. The crystal-clear images, coupled with IMAX's customized theatre geometry and powerful digital audio, create a unique environment that will make audiences feel as if they are in the movie.

Jack Reacher (Tom Cruise) returns with his particular brand of justice in the highly anticipated sequel “Jack Reacher: Never Go Back.” When Army Major Susan Turner (Cobie Smulders), who heads Reacher’s old investigative unit, is arrested for Treason, Reacher will stop at nothing to prove her innocence and to uncover the truth behind a major government conspiracy involving soldiers who are being killed.

Based upon “Jack Reacher: Never Go Back,” author Lee Child’s 18th novel in the best-selling Jack Reacher series, that has seen 100 million books sold worldwide.

Directed by Edward Zwick, the film's screenplay by Richard Wenk and Edward Zwick & Marshall Hershkovitz

Did you like the song in the trailer? Well-it's IMAGINE DRAGONS! 

Yup! That's "I'm So Sorry" from their "Smoke + Mirrors" album. 

LISTEN! 

“Jack Reacher: Never Go Back” is distributed by United International Pictures through Columbia Pictures.

Movies: CRUISE GOES SOLO IN U.S. POSTERS OF “JACK REACHER: NEVER GO BACK”

While the international posters for Paramount Pictures' action-thriller “Jack Reacher: Never Go Back” show both stars Tom Cruise and Cobie Smulders, the U.S. (or domestic) one-sheets aggressively sell Tom Cruise by his lonesome.

Check out the U.S. posters and watch the film when it opens across the Philippineson Oct. 19^th.

Tom Cruise returns as Jack Reacher with his particular brand of justice in the highly anticipated sequel. In the film, Major Susan Turner (Smulders) is the Army Major who heads Reacher’s old investigative unit. She is arrested for Treason and knowing that she is innocent, Reacher must break her out of prison and uncover the truth behind a major government conspiracy in order to clear their names and save their lives. On the run as fugitives from the law, Reacher uncovers a potential secret from his past that could change his life forever.

Based upon Jack Reacher: Never Go Back, author Lee Child’s 18th novel in the best-selling Jack Reacher series, that has seen 100 million books sold worldwide.

Directed by Edward Zwick, the film's screenplay by Richard Wenk and Edward Zwick & Marshall Hershkovitz

“Jack Reacher: Never Go Back” is distributed by United International Pictures through Columbia Pictures.

Movies: “JACK REACHER: NEVER GO BACK” LAUNCHES PAYOFF POSTER

Tom Cruise and Cobie Smulders have each other's back in the newly released the main poster art for Paramount Pictures' action-thriller “Jack Reacher: Never Go Back” due in Philippine cinemas on Oct. 19^th.

Cruise returns as Jack Reacher with his particular brand of justice in the highly anticipated sequel. In the film, Major Susan Turner (Cobie Smulders) is the Army Major who heads Reacher’s old investigative unit. She is arrested for Treason and knowing that she is innocent, Reacher must break her out of prison and uncover the truth behind a major government conspiracy in order to clear their names and save their lives. On the run as fugitives from the law, Reacher uncovers a potential secret from his past that could change his life forever.

Based upon Jack Reacher: Never Go Back, author Lee Child’s 18th novel in the best-selling Jack Reacher series, that has seen 100 million books sold worldwide.

Directed by Edward Zwick, the film's screenplay by Richard Wenk and Edward Zwick & Marshall Hershkovitz

Executive Producers are Paula Wagner Herb Gains David Ellison Dana Goldberg. Produced by Tom Cruise, p.g.a. Don Granger, p.g.a. Christopher McQuarrie.

“Jack Reacher: Never Go Back” is distributed by United International Pictures through Columbia Pictures.