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Jack Ryan Returns!
Jack is making a comeback.
Paramount Pictures is reportedly in talks with Spider-Man director Sam Raimi to reboot the studio's long-dormant Jack Ryan franchise.
Per Daily Variety, the filmmaker would be responsible for reinventing Tom Clancy's Cold Warrior for the post-9/11 era by dreaming up all-new clear and present dangers.
No word yet on who will play the superspy.
Ryan, a CIA analyst turned action hero, has been played by three different actors in four hit films. He debuted in 1990's The Hunt for Red October, where he was played by a young Alec Baldwin and helped a Russian U-boat captain (Sean Connery) defect and turn over advanced Soviet submarine technology to the United States.
Baldwin bailed on the sequel to do A Streetcar Named Desire on Broadway, and Harrison Ford stepped in for 1992's Patriot Games, which saw Ryan duke it out with a bunch of IRA assassins, and 1994's Clear and Present Danger, where Ryan took on the drug war.
After an eight-year layoff, Ryan returned with a dimpled chin in the guise of Ben Affleck for The Sum of All Fears, which saw Ryan attempt to thwart terrorists from detonating a nuclear bomb in Baltimore and spark an all-out war between the U.S. and Russia.
The four films raked in a combined $781.5 million at the global box office, according to Box Office Mojo.
Raimi would helm at least one installment of what Paramount hopes is a rekindled franchise à la Warner Bros.' Caped Crusader series, which successfully relaunced with Batman Begins. Indeed, taking a page from its rival, Paramount is said to be contemplating a Ryan origin story, focusing on his early days as a spook.
Clancy may also be working on a new Ryan book, but it is unclear if it will be related to the movie project. Because Paramount owns the movie rights, it would have first crack at any new novel or the option of creating a brand-new story.
Raimi will not be able to start work on the new Ryan opus until he finishes his next project, the Universal horror film Drag Me to Hell, due in 2009. He's also in negotiations to executive produce Wizard's First Rule, a TV miniseries based on Terry Goodkind's Sword of Truth adventure novels.
The new Ryan is targeting a summer 2010 release.
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