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Tom Cruise’s ‘Jack Reacher’ Director Reflects on Box Office Bomb: ‘I Certainly Don’t Blame Tom for Not Being 6’2″‘
2016's Tom Cruise vehicle 'Jack Reacher: Never Go Back' underperformed at the box office and effectively killed the film franchise.
That movie’s sequel, 2016’s “ Jack Reacher: Never Go Back,” underperformed at the box office and effectively killed the film franchise. “Never Go Back” director and co-writer Edward Zwick discussed the film in his new memoir, “Hits, Flops, and Other Illusions: My Fortysomething Years in Hollywood.” He said he tried to do something different with the script and audiences weren’t ready to get on board — and he also mentioned a frequent fan complaint about Cruise. “I blame myself (and my willing accomplice, Don Granger) for thinking the audience might enjoy a mash-up of ‘Jack Reacher’ and ‘Paper Moon,’ when in fact they just wanted more red meat.
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