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Patrick Heusinger is Jack Reacher villain

Patrick Heusinger (“Girlfriend’s Guide to Divorce”) is in talks to play the villain in Paramount and Skydance’s “Jack Reacher” sequel.

Tom Cruise is on board to reprise his starring role opposite Cobie Smulders, Aldis Hodge and Danika Yarosh. Ed Zwick will direct.

The film franchise is based on Lee Child book series. The upcoming sequel will be based on the book “Never Go Back”, which sees Reacher travel from South Dakota to the Virginia headquarters of the U.S. Army Military Police Corps to finds that his new commanding officer has been arrested.

Cruise and Don Granger are producing.

Variety first reported the news.

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