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The Facts

Deadline reports (that story here) that Paramount Studios are close to a deal with film maker Christopher McQuarrie to write, and possibly direct, an adaptaion of Tom Clancy’s spy novel “Without Remorse”. McQuarrie, famous for films such as Valkyrie and The Usual Suspects, recently finished a movie with Paramount, Jack Reacher, which is slated for a release sometime next year. So it would appear the studio is pleased with it enough to want to keep McQuarrie close. also, just like “Without Remorse” McQuarrie’s Jack Reacher is also an adaptation of a mystery/thriller novel, this time “One Shot” by Lee Child. Im certain that the studio would love the Idea of launching a series devoted to the Jack Reacher character, as he has many books for them to choose from, and maybe trying to do the same with Clancy’s novels. Now unlike the other tom Clancy books to movies, Without Remorse does not have Jack Ryan as a character. The book focuses on the origin of CIA operative John Clark. Clark is a character that has appeared in most Jack Ryan novels, and movies. He was played by Willem Dafoe in Clear and Present Danger, an by Liev Schrieber in The Sum of all fears.

My Take

I love this news. First I’m a big Tom Clancy fan so this is right up my alley. It’s a great book, and its one I haveÂ hoped they would do for many years now. We have a Navy SEAL who decides to go after a drug operation onÂ his own, but is instead folded into the CIA! Awesome! A great American spy story, and one that we need. Bourne is on its way out, and Bond never belonged to us, so all we had to look forward to was another Mission Impossible or something, coincidentally Bourne and MI both now star Jeremy Renner, so we can be sure he wont get this role. Plus, since this on is set many year before the Jack Ryan stories, we have a chance of a Ryan centric universe of movies! Chris Pine and Kenneth Branagh are currently making the newest Ryan film, so depending on how things shake out, we may have a prequel-esque situation going on here. The real question now is who to play Clark? Dafoe did an OK job back in the 90s, but I never really felt like he was the right fit. Too small, too squirrely, Clark is an ex-SEAL, that means he is a big tough guy, not shorter than Harrison Ford. Liev Schrieber though, I thought he was great. The right look, the right attiude, its too bad that Sum of all Fears didnt go anywhere. So who do you think? Who should play the new John Clark?

Comment below and give your thought!

Until next time.