John Krasinski’s time as Jack Ryan might be over on the small screen, but it looks like he will reprise his role on the big screen in an upcoming feature film.Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan, often just referred to asJack Ryan, premiered on Prime Video in August 2018 and featured John Krasinski as the title character, a former U.S. Marine officer and Afghanistan war veteran working as a financial analyst for the CIA. The series is based on Tom Clancy’s popular book series and featured characters from across the Ryanverse, as fans call it.Jack Ryanran for four seasons and concluded in July 2023, and was consistently one of Prime Video’s best-performing series.
It appears that the Jack Ryan story isn’t done yet.Deadlinereported that Krasinski is set to reprise his Jack Ryan role in an upcoming feature film for Amazon MGM Studios, where he will also serve as executive producer. The film will be directed by Andrew Bernstein, an executive producer on the Prime Video series, who also directed three episodes of Season 2. The script is written by Aaron Rabin, who served as a co-executive producer and is credited as the writer of five of the six episodes in Season 4 ofJack Ryan. Wendell Pierce will reprise his role as James Greer, while Mike Kelly is in talks to reprise his role as Mike November.
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Krasinski is the latest in a long line of actors to take on the role of Jack Ryan. Alec Baldwin first played Jack Ryan in 1990’sThe Hunt for Red Octoberbefore Harrison Ford took over the role in 1992’sPatriot Gamesand 1994’sClear and Present Danger. In 2002, Ben Affleck played Jack Ryan in the first attempt at a franchise reboot inThe Sum of All Fears. Then, in 2014, Chris Pine played the role in another reboot prequel,Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit. Krasinski’s take on Jack Ryan has easily been the most successful since Harrison Ford’s, and while no release date has been set, it has been ten years since the character Jack Ryan was in a feature film.
Jack Ryan Returns to the Big Screen
The decision to moveJack Ryanfrom television to the big screen is bold and risky. Movies based on television series, likeMission: Impossible,The Addams Family,andTransformershave done well, but they were all reboots and reimaginings. Outside ofStar Trek, where the first six films featured the cast ofStar Trek: The Original Seriesand then the next four featured the cast ofThe Next Generation, television series continuing as feature film franchises is a risky investment. There tends to be an assumption that general audiences won’t watch if they feel like they need to catch up on a lot of television. Amazon MGM is undoubtedly hoping thatJack Ryan’ssignificant viewership numbers will translate into box office ticket sales.
While Netflix has generated plenty of headlines for doubling down on prioritizing streaming,much to the frustration of filmmakers like Greta Gerwigand Rian Johnson, Amazon MGM is taking the opposite approach.Jack Ryanis one of many high-profile films the studio is releasing that will hopefully do well in theaters and bring audiences over to the streaming platform once they become available. Amazon MGM also has projects likeMasters of the UniverseandVoltronmoving forward, and now, withJack Ryan, the studio is seemingly making big plays in the theatrical market.With plans for aRainbow Sixmovie, based on another Clancy novel, this might be the beginning of a massive shared film franchise.
Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan
