Christopher McQuarrie Reworking, Maybe Directing, One Shot« FirstShowing.net

Much ofChristopher McQuarrie'ssuccess in screenwriting is paired with the success of Bryan Singer. Early on the two collaborated on the little known thrillerPublic Accessonly to break out with crime drama favoriteThe Usual Suspects. Over a decade later the two found reasonable success withValkyrie. Between their collaboration, McQuarrie directed his first film to mixed reviews withThe Way of the Gunin the year 2000. Now it looks like McQuarrie may be hopping in the director's chair again asHeat Visionreports he's been hired to rework the script for the thrillerOne Shotfor Paramount and may potentially direct the film.

Though the novel on which the film is based is actually theninth in a series, this is still shaping up to be the start of a potentially lucrative new franchise for Paramount. Written by Lee Child, theseries of novelscenter on Jack Reacher, a military police officer-turned-drifter and McQuarrie plans to bring the same grittiness ofThe Way of the Gunto this adaptation. Here's the teasing logline for the novel:

Six Shots. Five dead. One heartland city thrown into a state of terror. But within hours the cops have it solved: a slam-dunk case. Except for one thing. The accused man says: You got the wrong guy. Then he says: Get Reacher for me.

Sounds interesting enough. Meanwhile, McQuarrie is fresh off his work on the another thriller,The Touriststarring Johnny Depp and Angelina Jolie. McQuarrie has a couple projects on his plate coming up including rewritingJack the Giant Killerfor Singer and writing the sequel toX-Men Origins: Wolverine. McQuarrie is a pretty great writer, and I'm surprised he doesn't get more consistent features work outside of collaborating with Bryan Singer, but there you have it. Recently McQuarrie has been working on his own TV series calledPersons Unknown, an emsemble mystery which has been hit or miss, but certainly keeps you guessing. Stay tuned for any updates onOne Shotand the rest of McQuarrie's future projects as more becomes available.

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