‘Reacher’ Needs Original Stories Like ‘Cross’ That Don’t Just Adapt the Books

Lee Child’s debut novel, Killing Floor, introduced Jack Reacher in 1997. By the 2010s, Child had written numerous follow-up books, leading Paramount to create two films starring Tom Cruise. However, the recent Prime Video series has become much more popular than those films, and is even gaining a larger following than the original books. Despite its success, it’s interesting to note how this Amazon series is handling the adaptation compared to other similar projects.








