When we last saw Jack Ryan, he was busy looking a lot like Ben Affleck, hanging out at football games, and adding up Fear. Now he’s getting another revival, this time by Sam Raimi! Few details have emerged aside from Raimi’s love of the character. According to Variety, it would be a series of films following Ryan early in his career, following the James Bond trend and attempting to keep up with the Bourne series. I guess this means we can count out Alec Baldwin, Harrison Ford, or Ben Affleck as candidates to reprise the role. It will be interesting to see what Raimi does with this kind of material. I’m encouraged by his work on A Simple Plan, which was a great thriller that ratcheted up the suspense. Raimi’s movies always take on an exaggerated, comic-book style, spinning their genres in strange directions (Quick And The Dead comes to mind), so who knows where Jack Ryan’s headed!

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