Film Adaptation
The novel was adapted into the 2012 film Jack Reacher. Written and directed by Christopher McQuarrie, the film stars Tom Cruise as the title character. The film entered production in October 2011, and concluded in January 2012. The setting, however was changed from Indiana to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; the film was shot entirely on location in Pittsburgh. Lee Child has a cameo role as the property desk officer in the police station after an arrest. Jack Reacher was released on December 21, 2012. A premier at Pittsburgh's Southside Works megaplex on December 15, to have been attended by the film's stars and Mr. Child, was postponed following the Sandy Hook Elementary School shootings.
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