Werner Herzog to see villain in Tom Cruise pic

HerzogCruiseWerner Herzog originates on since the villain in Vital and Skydance's "One Shot" starring Tom Cruise.The pic also stars Rosamund Pike, Richard Jenkins and Robert Duvall.Christopher McQuarrie is pointing in the script he composed.It series by Lee Child follows Jack Reacher, a classic military policeman switched drifter. In "One Shot," Reacher checks the problem from the sniper billed with killing five people just before being taken.Herzog may have The Zec, an ex-prisoner of war who arranges and stages the killing which is your brain in the conspiracy. Componen had no discuss the casting.Cruise and David Ellison will produce along with Don Granger, Paula Wagner, Dana Goldberg and Gary Levinsohn through Mutual Film Company and Cruise/Wagner Productions."One Shot" might be the first acting role for your German auteur, aside from cameos plus an periodic voice-over concentrate on "The Simpsons."Herzog remains concentrating on docus lately, including "Grizzy Guy" and "Cave of Forgotten Dreams."Sources condition that McQuarrie had always aspired to make use of the auteur, and after winding up in Herzog, he saw the opportunity to do that along with his latest project.The helmer's latest docu, "Into the Abyss," opened up within the Toronto Film Festival.He's repped by Gersh. Contact Justin Kroll at justin.kroll@variety.com