According to Paramount Picures and Skydance Productions, Tom Cruise will return in Jack Reacher 2, which will now hit theaters on October 21, 2016. Edward Zwick is directing the sequel to 2012's action hit, which reunites Cruise with his Last Samurai director. Zwick will also rewrite with frequent collaborator Marshall Herskovitz from a previous screenplay written by Richard Wenk (The Equalizer).