According to author and creator of the character, Lee Child, the franchise is heading for a reboot.

Jack Reacher will be ditching Tom Cruise in favor of casting a new actor. Read on…

CelebNMovies247.com has learned that the plan is to create a small screen version of the popular novel series.

This will make for a major streaming service as a long-form drama of Jack Reacher.

Lee Child didn’t come right out and say that Tom Cruise is ‘too short’ to play Reacher. The problem is The 56-year-old actor is just 5 ft. 7 in, while the novel character stands at 6 ft. 5 in.

In a recent interview, Childs confirmed that there will be no more movies with Cruise, while also expressing some of the actor’s physical shortcomings.

I really enjoyed working with Cruise. He’s a really, really nice guy. We had a lot of fun. But ultimately the readers are right. The size of Reacher is really, really important and it’s a big component of who he is. The idea is that when Reacher walks into a room, you’re all a little nervous just for that first minute. And Cruise, for all his talent, didn’t have that physicality.

Lee Child has decided that they are looking to bring the franchise to a streaming service such as Netflix instead of another installment. Instead he explains how he wants to tell a long-form story.

So what I’ve decided to do is, there won’t be any more movies with Tom Cruise. Instead we’re going to take it to Netflix or something like that. Long form streaming television, with a completely new actor. And I want all those readers who were upset about Tom Cruise to help me out, participate in choosing the right actor for the TV series. We’re rebooting and starting over and we’re going to try and find the perfect guy.

This could be a good look for Reacher since Amazon recently found success with their Jack Ryan TV series.