Alex Cross (film)

Alex Cross
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Rob Cohen
Screenplay by	Marc Moss Kerry Williamson
Based on	Cross by James Patterson
Produced by	Bill Block Steve Bowen Randall Emmett Leopoldo Gout Paul Hanson James Patterson
Starring	Tyler Perry Matthew Fox Edward Burns Rachel Nichols Cicely Tyson Carmen Ejogo Giancarlo Esposito John C. McGinley Stephanie Jacobsen Werner Daehn Jean Reno
Cinematography	Ricardo Della Rosa
Edited by	Matt Diezel Thom Noble
Music by	John Debney
Production companies	QED International Block/Hanson Emmett/Furla Films Envision Entertainment Corporation IAC Productions James Patterson Entertainment Summit Entertainment
Distributed by	Lionsgate
Release date	October 19, 2012 (2012-10-19)
Running time	101 minutes[1]
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$35 million[1][2]
Box office	$34.6 million[1]

Alex Cross is a 2012 American action thriller film^[3][4][5] directed by Rob Cohen, and starring Tyler Perry as the title character, and Matthew Fox as the villain Picasso. The adapted screenplay was written by Marc Moss and Kerry Williamson. It is based on the 2006 novel Cross by James Patterson and is the third installment of the Alex Cross film series, which was considered as a reboot of the series. The title character was previously portrayed by Morgan Freeman in Kiss the Girls (1997) and Along Came a Spider (2001).

Unlike the previous films, which were distributed by Paramount Pictures, the film was released by Lionsgate Films on October 19, 2012. It was panned by critics and became a box office bomb, and a planned sequel was cancelled.