As Reacher is walking along a road, he is surprised when a phone Samantha had slipped into his pocket rings. He finds a text message from her reading, "Miss me yet?". Reacher smiles as he sticks out his thumb to hitch a ride. In addition, Lee Child, author of the "Jack Reacher" novel series, makes a brief appearance as a TSA Agent. While "Jack Reacher" was intended to be a tent-pole for a film series, it was initially reported that a sequel would be unlikely due to its lackluster run at the North American box office. In February 2013, a sequel became more likely after the film surpassed a gross of $200 million worldwide. On December 9, 2013, it was announced that Paramount Pictures and Skydance Media were moving forward with the development of a second film, reportedly based on the 2013 Jack Reacher novel "Never Go Back". On May 14, 2014, it was reported that Tom Cruise would reprise his role as Jack Reacher. On May 19, 2015, "Deadline" reported that Edward Zwick would re-team with Cruise, and direct the film. Zwick wrote the script along with Marshall Herskovitz, and also Richard Wenk. Zwick and Cruise had previously worked together on "The Last Samurai". On August 14, 2015, Cobie Smulders was added to the cast to play the female lead. On September 15, Danika Yarosh signed on to star in the film, on September 17, Aldis Hodge was added to the cast, and on September 22, Patrick Heusinger was cast in the villain role. On October 20, Holt McCallany joined the film, as did Austin Hebert. On November 12, 2015, Robert Catrini joined, and on January 20, 2016, Robert Knepper was cast as General Harkness, a retired general, and CEO of a private military firm. Principal photography on the film began on October 20, 2015, in New Orleans, Louisiana. On November 23, 2015, filming took place in Baton Rouge, and in January 2016, filming also took place in St. Francisville. Henry Jackman composed the film's music, making this Zwick's first film since "Blood Diamond" (2006) not to be scored by James Newton Howard. On June 14, 2016, "Entertainment Weekly" premiered a preview of the first trailer, with Cobie Smulders introducing the footage. The official "Jack Reacher" Twitter account announced that a full trailer would be released on June 22, 2016.