Ya know, when I said the other day that Chris Pine needs to play other gigs in between his STAR TREK gig, just to avoid being trapped in one role and suffer the William Shatner fate, I didn’t mean that he needs to sign up for another franchise but just like Christian Bale and Ryan Reynolds, Pine doesn’t see the harm in doing so.
According to Variety, after a long while of searching, Paramount has found its new Jack Ryan in Pine.
It’s been confirmed that Pine will continue the legacy that got started by Alec Baldwin and continued by Harrison Ford and Ben Affleck.
Paramount hopes that with Pine as the new Jack Ryan, the studio has taken the “first step in creating a re-boot that lives up to the successful lineage of the franchise.”
Pine is expected to return as Cpt. James T Kirk in STAR TREK sequel but it unclear yet whether he would tackle that before the Jack Ryan movie.
Producers Lorenzo di Bonaventura and Mace Neufeld are working with a script draft by Hossein Amini, based on an original concept, not an adaptation of any of Tom Clancy’s novels.
Just like how the next BOURNE movie will not be based on Ludlum’s books either.
George Clooney and James Franco were some of the names that rumored for the role, but I think Chris Pine is the better choice.
