John Krasinski confirmed as Jack Ryan
John Krasinski will be the next Jack Ryan. According to Deadline, Krasinski ("The Office") has been cast as CIA Agent Jack Ryan in an upcoming TV series based on popular novelist Tom Clancy, which will be run by Amazon streaming service and Paramount TV. The project is curated by Carlton Cuse and writer Graham Roland, formerly of Lost, Michael Bay's Platinum Dunes and Skydance Media. Since the show has not yet been greenlit, Krasinski's casting will probably help the show get off the ground. The project will unite Krasinski with Bay, whose actor recently starred in the movie "13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi". Roland, Cuse, Bay, Lindsay Springer, Brad Fuller, are the executive producers. Andrew Form and Mace Newfeld, who produced all five full-length Jack Ryan movies. In the feature movies, Ryan was played by four actors: Alec Baldwin, Harrison Ford, Ben Affleck and Chris Pine. The first movie in the Hunt for Red October franchise came out in 1990, and the last, Jack Ryan: Chaos Theory, in 2013. The franchise's five movies have grossed around a billion dollars worldwide. The next movie with Krasinski's participation is "Hollers", in which he also acted as a director. The Topic of Article: John Krasinski confirmed as Jack Ryan. |
