John Krasinski is Jack Ryan (Amazon TV series)

[Aragorn]

Found lots of Jack Ryan threads but none about this, so let's start a new one. He'll be the fifth Jack Ryan in six attempts, following Alec Baldwin, Harrison Ford, Ben Affleck and Chris Pine.

John Krasinski To Star In ‘Jack Ryan’ Amazon TV Series From Carlton Cuse & Paramount TV

John Krasinski is the next Jack Ryan. The Office alum has closed a deal for the title role in Jack Ryan, the TV series project based on Tom Clancy’s popular CIA hero, which is set at Amazon through Paramount TV. In a competitive situation, the package, which includes the former Lost duo of co-showrunner Carlton Cuse and writer Graham Roland, Michael Bay’s Platinum Dunes and Skydance Media, landed at Amazon with a series commitment and the intention to go straight-to-series. While there is no official green light yet, the casting of Krasinski, who had been highly sought after by TV casting directors, would likely tip the scales and help net a series order. The project reunites Krasinski with Bay who recently directed him in the 13 Hours feature.

Read complete Deadline article here.

 

[bigdaddy]

Interesting....

 

[Chekov's Phaser]

I loved the early books as they were entertaining pulp, but by Debt of Honor they were becoming truly terrible. If they could stick to the the tone and excitement of Hunt for Red October, then it might be good.

Though half of what made the early books entertaining was the setting. I'd love to see the show set in the Cold War 80s, but it looks like they are going with a modern setting. Oh well...

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

I'd like to see a President Ryan film or two.

Starring Vaughn Armstrong, of course.

 

[Mr. Adventure]

He should turn and shrug to the camera after kicking someone's ass.

 

[Marc]

hmm reads as another spy series that will use some of the material from the books but more cashing in on the name than being a true Jack Ryan series (pretty much as the last move with Chris Pine was).

Given the current state of the relations between the U.S and Russia I don't see why stories like Hunt for Red October and Cardinal of the Kremlin wouldn't work today.

But it could also work as a period piece - we've seen that both The Americans and Halt & Catch Fire have both worked with the 1980s settings.

 

[Owain Taggart]

I'd like to see a President Ryan film or two.

Heck, I'd love to see a Rainbow Six movie. I can't understand why one hasn't yet been made considering it's been one of his most popular game series and does feature Jack Ryan and John Clark, who is seen throughout the movies. London Has Fallen came the closest to capturing the feeling.

 

[Mr Light]

I have a hard time seeing the Jack Ryan series working in a post-Cold War, post 9/11 world. It was very much of its time.

Personally, my favs were Debt of Honor and Cardinal of the Kremlin. But I haven't read them in 15 years.

 

[Locutus of Bored]

 

[Tosk]

They're still trying to make Jack Ryan happen, huh? Maybe TV is the best place for him, we'll see.

 

[Harvey]

They're still trying to make Jack Ryan happen, huh? Maybe TV is the best place for him, we'll see.

The false starts are starting to get a little tiresome -- I thought The Sum of All Fears and Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit were both fine origin stories, but here we go again. Third time's the charm?

Maybe they'll take a lesson from The Hunt for Red October -- still the best film in the series -- and ditch the origin story this time?

 

[Chekov's Phaser]

Maybe they'll take a lesson from The Hunt for Red October -- still the best film in the series -- and ditch the origin story this time?

Agreed. Like I said before, The Hunt for Red October really is the best of the Clancy novels, and I'd stick with that tone. I hope Amazon takes a page (no pun intended) out of its other book to series show, Bosch, and just have him be an established figure with details of his life coming out naturally throughout the course of the series.

 

[Timby]

Heck, I'd love to see a Rainbow Six movie. I can't understand why one hasn't yet been made considering it's been one of his most popular game series and does feature Jack Ryan and John Clark, who is seen throughout the movies. London Has Fallen came the closest to capturing the feeling.

John Woo was trying to get a movie off the ground maybe a decade or so ago, but they could never get a script materialized.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

The false starts are starting to get a little tiresome -- I thought The Sum of All Fears and Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit were both fine origin stories, but here we go again. Third time's the charm?

At least it's not like the world-shattering reboots that DC Comics keeps doing every other week. In that case it'd be more like 27th time's the charm.

 

[Aragorn]

John Woo was trying to get a movie off the ground maybe a decade or so ago, but they could never get a script materialized.

There was a going to be a Without Remorse movie from John Milius starring Gary Sinise (way back when Sinise could headline a big studio movie) and Laurence Fishburne that a now-defunct studio shut down just a few weeks into pre-production.

 

[Admiral2]

Hollywood has been butt-raping Jack Ryan since Sum Of All Fears. I'll stick to reading the books, since screenwriters keep refusing to...

 

[Owain Taggart]

John Woo was trying to get a movie off the ground maybe a decade or so ago, but they could never get a script materialized.

Hopefully it will get off the ground one of these days. For the time being, London Has Fallen scratched the itch.

 

[Skywalker]

There was a going to be a Without Remorse movie from John Milius starring Gary Sinise (way back when Sinise could headline a big studio movie) and Laurence Fishburne that a now-defunct studio shut down just a few weeks into pre-production.

Back when Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit was in production they were going to then move on to Without Remorse with Tom Hardy as John Clark, and Kevin Costner's character from Shadow Recruit would have crossed over, but obviously that isn't going to be happening now.

 

[Marc]

Back when Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit was in production they were going to then move on to Without Remorse with Tom Hardy as John Clark, and Kevin Costner's character from Shadow Recruit would have crossed over, but obviously that isn't going to be happening now.

probably a good thing.

why hollywood can't just go with material in the books is beyond me.

Plus they screwed up the character of John Clark when Clear and Present Danger was made.

 

[Crow T. Robot]

why hollywood can't just go with material in the books is beyond me.

I REALLY never get that myself. Doubly so when you consider how popular period pieces can be.

To be honest though, and a bit off topic but in the same spirit, I'd love to see a modern take on the Destroyer (aka Remo Williams) series. I can't even imagine how wonderful that would be with modern production values and stunt coordination.