Werner Herzog to experience villain in Tom Cruise pic

HerzogCruiseWerner Herzog originates on because 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 from the script he composed.It series by Lee Child follows Jack Reacher, an old military policeman switched drifter. In "One Shot," Reacher looks into the situation of the sniper charged with killing five people prior to being taken.Herzog will have The Zec, an ex-prisoner of war who arranges and stages the killing and it is the mind from the conspiracy. Componen had no discuss the casting.Cruise and David Ellison will produce together with Don Granger, Paula Wagner, Dana Goldberg and Gary Levinsohn through Mutual Film Company and Cruise/Wagner Productions."One Shot" may be the initial acting role for that German auteur, apart from cameos as well as an periodic voice-over focus on "The Simpsons."Herzog continues to be focusing on docus recently, including "Grizzy Guy" and "Cave of Forgotten Dreams."Sources state that McQuarrie had always aspired to use the auteur, and after ending up in Herzog, he saw the chance to do this together with his latest project.The helmer's newest docu, "In to the Abyss," opened in the Toronto Film Festival.He's repped by Gersh. Contact Justin Kroll at justin.kroll@variety.com