So, basically Kenneth Branagh likes to keep himself busy. Last year he helmed Marvel's THOR film, which was easily his biggest directing project to date. Today's news is actually pretty cool.
The Shakespeare-loving actor is not only directing the new Jack Ryan film for Paramount, he's also playing the villain. Thus making him the coolest son of a bitch in film history.
Chris Pine (STAR TREK) will play the famous Tom Clancy hero (previously played by Alec Baldwin, Harrison Ford and Ben Affleck) but this time Ryan will be a financial analyst living in Moscow, who uncovers a plot by the Russian government to devalue American currency and destroy the U.S. financial system.
Branagh has decided to play Viktor Stazov, the main villain who masterminds the grand scheme to cripple America.
The last time we saw Jack Ryan was in THE SUM OF ALL FEARS (which I still don't think is a terrible movie) and that was all the way back in 2002. I miss him.
What about you? You think Branagh is backing himself into a corner? You ready for a new Jack Ryan flick?
SOURCE: THR
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4 comments:
Geeze, what book is this based on or is Ryan being turned into another James Bond where the franchise (such as it is) is more important than the source material?
Branagh is great, though, and I'm sure this will be another well-made and well-acted movie.
Actually his biggest directing project was the full 4 hour version of Hamlet.
yeah i wish if they were doing another Jack Ryan reboot that they would at least stick to some source material...if not, then as tiger says above, he's just another James Bond.
and the sum of all fears was not bad. i REALLY loved that book and it would have been hard to film and keep true to the book. Some of the changes did bug me but overall, my biggest problem was Affleck as Ryan. I couldn't buy it. and im a FAN of Affleck! Just the wrong actor for the role.
What i always wanted to see was a movie version of Without Remorse staring the 'John Clark' from Clear and Present Danger, William Defoe. That would have been bad ass.
Considering that NONE of the Bourne films resemble their source material either, I don't think that factors into the equation these days at all. I've got a problem with Jack Ryan essentially changing careers here -- financial analyst?? OOOOOOkay, whatever. And yeah, I'll see it -- I too thought Sum of all Fears was very good, and I like Chris Pine a lot, so, sure. Kenneth will be a terrific baddie, I'm sure. Bring it!
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