Paramount Pictures and Skydance Prods. are re-teaming to develop a sequel to Tom Cruise�s �Jack Reacher,� based on the series of Lee Child novels.
The project is based on �Never Go Back,� published in September as Child�s 18th book in the series, in which Reacher heads to the Virginia headquarters of his old military unit and is arrested for a crime he doesn�t remember committing 16 years earlier.
The studio is seeking a writer to adapt �Never Go Back� and has not selected a director. Christopher McQuarrie directed �Jack Reacher� from his own script with Cruise, Paula Wagner, Gary Levinsohn and Dana Goldberg producing.
�Jack Reacher,� released last Dec. 21, grossed $216 million worldwide.