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Sam Raimi To Direct CIA Man Jack Ryan’s Return To Paramount??
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“Spider-Man” writer-director Sam Raimi is negotiating with Paramount to bring back Jack Ryan, CIA-analyst protagonist of “The Hunt For Red October,” “Patriot Games,” “The Sum of All Fears” and “Clear and Present Danger.”
The plan, apparently, is to have Raimi direct a whole series of movies focused on a Ryan even younger than Ben Affleck. The first could hit cinemas as early as summer 2010.
According to Variety, the studio has not decided whether to use another Tom Clancy novel or just go the James Bond route and switch to stories not based on books.
Read all of Variety’s story on the matter here.
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Blah.
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Seems Raimi's jumping ship right into another series.
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Avoid this like the red death.
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That guy is in everything.
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i guess this is a good thing?
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..screw this..remake "Jack the Giant killer"..that movie is trippy..
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I thought Affleck was ok, but will anyone ever get this right????
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...that no series can be "re-booted" until at least a decade after the LAST re-booting.
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and do a dance from Saturday Night Fever? Sorry, I'll just never forgive Raimi for Spiderman 3. Also, The Hunt for the Red October was the best of the series.
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I obviously meant Jack Ryan.
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Or at least someone who we can accept as a trained and experienced spy. Remember that 22 year old Australian girl from Transformers who was in the NSA and dressed like she was going to the mall? That doesn't happen.
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Hmmm, even younger?! Like what? Highschool?! Or are we talking about the Marine who goes down in that chopper accident and has to do his fourth year from a hospital bed aged-Ryan? Cause I can't imagine the character (which seems to have run its cinematic course) doing anything significant at such a young age unless Raimi were to retcon the whole thing. Seems like a silly idea all around.
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Is supposed to be this kickass bureaucrat, not a hardcore action hero.
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..my favorite Ted Raimi scene was in "The Grudge"..he got killed by a girl with no lower jaw
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It's the only way I'm gonna watch this
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THE
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He was funny. Also, in the Spider-Man movies.
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Mar 18, 2008 11:41:25 PM CDT
Whatever happened to that Splinter Cell flick they promised?
by shermdawg
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I mean, is he that interesting a character that he needs to be "rebooted"? Why not just make a Tom Clancy type movie and name the main character Billy Fred Jamisen, it doesn't matter what the fucking name is. He's not Bruce Wayne.
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And singing?!?!
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Thanks for fucking up Spiderman, Raimi.
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come on Rami,
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I thought this was about that goddamned show 24. I fucking hate that show!!!
By the way, what the hell? What won't they ask this guy (Sam Raimi) to do? -
Okay, it's not as good as the second one, but KEE-RIST, it's not like it's Batman & Robin or Superman 4! There's just as much embarassing shit in the first Spidey movie.
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Spider-Man 3 is one of the worst comic book films ever made. Silly, smirking, terribly written, it's up there with Batman and Robin. The ridiculously campy dance scene alone looks like something that John Waters would do, but less funny than Waters. Not to mention the hack job they did on Venom. It's a terrible film and thank God Raimi is off hte series.
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I'm glad that they are changing directions. I never bought Ben Affleck as Jack Ryan. Harrison Ford was awesome...espeically in Patriot Games.
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FACT
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This sounds like a job for Shia LeBeef! Good call. We all know older middle aged people with experience aren't very credible heros.
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I can't wait to not see this movie.
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I think Ted Raimi was in Patriot Games as young analyst... he was the one that found the "boobs".
Not sure about his brother continuing series though. After a great start with McTiernan's Hunt for Red October they never really got back on track. Even the reboot was shakey due to Affleck's take on Ryan.
Osmosis Jones is right there should be a law about rebooting a reboot in lass than a decade.
And BTW, why do they want to make Jack Ryan even younger?! The character needs some life experience... late 30's/early 40's works best.
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quite a good amount of quality films. "A Simple Plan", "The Gift", the first "Darkman". "Spider-Man 3" wasn't the movie it would've been had Avi Arad and the producers leaned on him and forced Venom into the picture because of the fanboy whining. The guy trips up once and you motherfuckers act like he's a horrible filmmaker. Act like you've got some goddamned sense. Through playing with you all.
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about reboots should be applied and strictly enforced by some sorta of super-powerful robot police force. Sigh, if only. But seriously Paramount, no one really gives a shit about Jack Ryan anymore, and they most definetly don't give a flying fuck about "a younger Ryan than Ben Afleck." and Raimi?? for something like? Did someone at Paramount get plastered for St. Patty's and think that this is a good idea? What the fuck.
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Ghost House is a joke. Excluding the Evil Dead series and Spiderman. The rest of his films and productions suck ass. Spiderman has lots of source material to lift from so It's not too shocking to see that the first two worked.. Raimi kicked Danny Elfman too the curb... Fuck Raimi! Drag me too hell will suck just like all the other Ghost House pictures.. Delusional Evil Dead Fan Be Damned!
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Still don't mean shit...
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Oh, movie industry, please die.
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I'm cool with the idea of Sam Raimi directing. He's a talanted,capable filmmaker. He's capable of much more than horror or fantasy. I'm cool with Raimi but I'm undecided on Ryan Gosling. I know he's a good actor but I'm not sure if he's right for this.
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...To the mainstream, and then gave up and died. Fuck me, could this news be any more dissapointing for fans of this washed up hack?
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I don't get this what kind of position do they plan to have for 15 year old in the CIA or the White House? An intern who fights terrorists? Fucking stupid bring back Ford! He did Jones so he can for sure do this. People like the older actors anyway because the young one's fucking suck at acting.
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Er, I mean, Fake Shemp.
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Has that been mentioned yet?
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Make a movie with John Kelly/Clark damnit. Jack le boring Ryan has had his chance.
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That guy should be in everything. When will Raimi learn he needs Campbell more than Lohan needs crab treatment
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I swear I hope this shits beyond all toilet flushes imaginable. Seriously, why the fuck is everything always "younger, younger, younger" as opposed to doing things even just a teeny tiny bit realistic and slightly with brains and a bit mature for actual adults? As others have noted, Jack Ryan isn't Bruce Wayne...he's not supposed to be some glamour boy in fabulous shape because he's literally out fighting crime each night...he's a fucking THINKING MAN and desk jockey for the most part.You know, I understand that Hollywood loves to cater to its glorious teen demographic group, but here's a tip for you, Paramount (and all other studios): they're NOT the only ones who go to the movies -- not even genre films. And now you're just pissing off the rest of us to the point that we just DON'T care anymore.In the months or coming year ahead, as more and more shitty movies and TV shows fail, I'm sure Hollywood is going to blame their ever-declining audiences and profits on the writers strike or anything it can lay its hands on RATHER THAN actually looking at itself and its product and the way it casts things totally half-assed (like this), and thus the way these movies and shows now drive AWAY actual adults who used to love going to the movies or watching TV, but Hollywood decided that unless you're a pimple-faced high school teenager or a hip, cool 20-something that looks like you literally came off the latest lame-ass CW TV show then there's no reason to make anything for you.So like I said, I hope Paramount gambles BIG on this and ramps up the budget to $150-200 million figuring this is EXACTLY how you relaunch a franchise, at which point it shits like never before and they lose their shirts. Maybe that's what it will take -- more and more gigantic clusterfucks for these Hollywood suits to wake up and realize they are creatively bankrupt and they really do have NO idea what a "good" movie or TV show is...
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That was out LAST YEAR! Let's bash the new Trek movie.
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Holywood is wasting Sam Raimi.
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Mar 19, 2008 2:58:21 AM CDT
Shia Labeouf as Jack Ryan Jr.- Harrison Ford as Jack Ryan Sr.
by gornpirate
Damnit Junior! The Red wire to the bomb goes here and the White whire goes there! Got it?!
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And that sucks.
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What, are they going to re-invent Jack Ryan ala James Bond ala Jason Bourne? Seriously, the Bourne movies rocked so stop ripping them the fuck off. A clone is still a clone. It might look like the original but it sure as hell don't have the same soul. Hey, there you go Hollywood: a movie about soulless clones overrunning the world. Use this for your next blockbuster. Just list my name under "Story By".
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You had me at "Fuck You". You glorious, glorious man. If only I had a womb to spawn your seed!
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I was just gonna say this sounds like they are going the shia labouf route.... :(
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Hollywood has lost it.
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piss and shit. Fuck this nonsense, bring on Without Remorse for fucks sake. And tell Sam to get a life and quit fucking franchises up. Ryan is going to go all disco on someone and cry about half-way through the movie.
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and the first one did, too. so screw this
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and banging heroin into his veins and goes the way of all child-stars..
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Therefore the Character is now dead, would it not bve more interesting to make a movie of the later books after Clear and present danger and get Harrison Ford back, like when he becomes President of the US of A holes?
I suppose Young Jack Ryan will be a spy or some sort of action type dude, it alwasy amazes me when some studio exec reckons they can write a better story than a book author has already had published and sold millions of books for. What does Sam Raimi know about writing?
Spiderman is a terrible film, Spiderman 2 showed a glimmmer fo hope for franchise and Spiderman 3 killed it, what a stinker of a movie that was, I love superhero movies and I will probably never watch a Spiderman film ever again, even though he is my favourite superhero. Maybe in 20 years time they will relaunch the franchise like they did with Batman and someone decent will be given a shot.
(Word fo advice to whoever that is...Dont kill off the bad characters at the ened of each movie, thats not what Spiderman is all about, there were alwasy laods fo villains he had to deal with, somtimes doing completely different things at the same time, thats why the Black suit was so important in the comics it allowed him to deafeta them all more easily it was tempting, unlike in the film, where it amkes him decide to walk like John Travolta and dance like Fred Astaire. Raimia is a terribel director obviously IMO, how can you fuck up Spiderman (Give it to Sam Raimi) -
And do we really need more Ryan movies? Maybe this will be the adventures of Ryan in grade school, eluding would-be bullies and foiling the evil principal's diabolical plans!
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Ryan is just like Merlin, aging backwards. Can't wait for Kid Ryan looking for terrorists in pre-school.
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Baldwin > Ford as Ryan.
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Directed by Tim Story.
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doing John Travolta on the street?
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I guess EVIL DEAD 4 is just never going to happen. Soon Bruce won't be able to throw himself to the floor, Stooges style, and Raimi will have directed more losers than winners (FOR THE LOVE OF THE GAME and SPIDER MAN 3 and counting), thus, further getting caught up in Hollywood films and removing himself from the independent, low budget, personal films that made himself who he is. Sigh. Too bad. Ten years ago, Raimi was my favorite working director. Now I'm not even sure if he's in my top ten. I'm not going doom this film series from the get-go, but does anybody really want to see Sam Raimi direct a Jack Ryan series?!?!?
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Raimi is too heavy handed for Jack Ryan (yes, I get the irony of the statement ... but it's true) Raimi is corny is hell and JR ain't. Hopefully Raimi won't be doing any "writing".
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maybe they were hinting that affleck is going on 38 (how old was he when he did the last JR pic. exactly) needs a early 30s, raimi is probably looking to reboot like everybody else.
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Seriously.
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C'mon. I am all for Sam Raimi directing/writing a great spy movie. Just start fresh, with new characters. It'll be better.
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Spiderman 3 was easily one of the worst films I sat through last year and the fact that so many critics gave it a pass simply proves they know fuck all about the genre. And the fact that it was the highest grossing film of 2007 makes my teeth hurt. Spiderman 3 is worthless.
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Clancy has run out of ideas with Jack Ryan after he made him president, so he is making him younger and putting him in harm's way so he can shit out more 1000 page books.
Any studio that has balls would make "Debt of Honor" about a pilot that crashes a plane into the Capitol (Clancy wrote it 7 years before 9/11). This would be the perfect opportunity to cast Harrison Ford as Jack Ryan again. -
and all debts will be paid. Studios are so stupid nowadays with their freaking marketing ploys....Raimi directing a Jack Ryan would be pretty awesome. You people are probably the most narrow minded of all God's creatures. You all know the garbage that went down in production for Spiderman 3. This same guy did the two previous movies and has established artistic vision. Shuttup people please.
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someone demands a lead role for Bruce Campbell.
Want to know what a Jack Ryan/Bruce Campbell movie will be like? Watch any episode of Jack of All Trades. Yeah - you're stupid. -
And John Leguizamo as Ding Chavez. Go to work.
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Because having dance sequences are so appropriate for the third part of your trilogy. See: Ewoks.
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That sequence made me walk out of the theatre. I went in the lobby, played a videogame, got a refill on my diet coke, and walked back in just to watch the rest of the train wreck happen.
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Either Without Remorse or Rainbow Six. Both those novels are incredible.
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Guy can't write a coherent sentence, but man can he weave a plot. There are still a few "younger" unproduced Ryan novels, but what they should do IMHO is boot up the Debt of Honor / Executive Orders story. That would be fun cinema, but it would absolutely have to be Harrison Ford.
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Didn't they do this already? So it's a reboot to a reboot. If you must do this, at least do it as a period piece from the early '80s or whenever a young Jack Ryan would be doing shit. But, I know that won't sell to today's slackjawed moro...I mean audiences, so it'll be moved to now with a top 40 soundtrack. -
CIA ground coffee is for closers!
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Trash the whole Jack Ryan series except the first 2 movies.
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I'm gonna be cool and say that spiderman 3 sucked my hairy nutsack. Along with X-Men 3, Superman Returns, there, am I cool enough for you all? No wait, SINESTRO CORPS WAR!!!!!!!! Now I'm in.
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He needs a hit.
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in "PATRIOT HUNT".
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Now, how about Raimi doing a big-screen version of *that*? Now there's inspired for you.As for a younger Jack Ryan--why? All the other questions are of no use until they can answer that one.
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Mar 22, 2008 11:58:53 PM CDT
Oh, just do a Splinter Cell movie and be done with it!
by mrmysteryguest
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