In the novels Alex Cross is a forensic psychologist who hunts down killers. Morgan Freeman played the role twice in 1997's Kiss the Girls and 2001's "Along Came a Spider".
Tyler Perry, best known for writing and directing his own films, stars as Cross in the pic.Matthew Fox plays the role of Michael Sullivan, a killer known as the Butcher of Sligo. When Cross thwarts one of his killing attempts, Sullivan makes his retribution personal, by gruesomely killing the detective’s wife. Ed Burns has also signed on to play Tommy Kane, Cross's partner. Jean Reno co-stars.
Esposito will play a crime boss.
Rob Cohen (The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor) will direct the film. Patterson and Kerry Williamson wrote a draft of the script that will be polished by Marc Moss which includes several twists that are different from the book
Production is scheduled to start in August.
I, Alex Cross comes to theaters in 2012
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