Tom Cruise's "Jack Reacher 2" has finally found its villain.

Patrick Heusinger, who shot to fame after his breakout role in Bravo's "Girlfriend's Guide to Divorce" will play a mysterious villain described only to be "the hunter," according to Comic Book Movie.

The "Jack Reacher" sequel will be produced by Paramount Pictures and Skydance Productions, and will be directed by Ed Zwick, who has worked with Cruise previously in "The Last Samurai."

Heusinger will join three time Academy Award-nominee Cruise in "Jack Reacher 2," who recently starred in "Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation." Other stars of the film include Cobie Smulders ('Avengers: Age Of Ultron'), Aldis Hodge ('Straight Outta Compton'), and Danika Yarosh ('Heroes Reborn'). 

Heusinger's past works include appearances in Darren Aronofsky's "Black Swan," as well as the television series "Gossip Girl" by The CW, NBC's "30 Rock," Fox's "Bones," and ABC's "Castle."

Production for "Jack Reacher 2" will begin this November. It will be adapted from Lee Child's novel "Never Go Back," which will have Reacher going back to Washington D.C. to meet up with an old flame, only to discover that she's been arrested, and it is up to him to unravel the mystery behind her arrest.

"The nice thing about the franchise to me is that it's almost an anthology," Zwick told Collider in an interview. "He gets involved in something very different in each of those books with a different cast of character and a different set of circumstances of things that happen to him. I like to think this will satisfy those who really like the character, but they will see him and see this very much as a standalone movie as each of them hopes to be."

He also said that they will try to continue to maintain the momentum of the first film, and try to be as grounded as possible.

"It's going to be very grounded. The emotions are grounded. The action is grounded. 'Mission: Impossible 5' is an extraordinary accomplishment of a very particular kind, and I think we would be foolish to try and replicate it for a different genre, so this is going to be itself," the director explained.

Zwick has already read the "Jack Reacher" novel himself just to better get a grasp of the characters and their lives. He said they will try to remain faithful to "Never Go Back" but still try to make it his own movie.

And even though they will not be making any stunts as "grand and operatic as hanging from a plane," there will still be "something in this in particular" that should impress audiences.