The man behind the next gen…new Captain Kirk in J.J. Abrams Star Trek reboot could be filling the shoes of a lesser Bourne type with not nearly the amount of cool as Bond. That man is Chris Pine and the character is none other than Jack Ryan. Paramount Pictures, the studio that also released Star Trek is intending to add a film to the Tom Clancy series.
The series has four movies to its name so far, The Hunt for Red October, Patriot Games, Clear and Present Danger and The Sum of All Fears. The role of CIA agent Jack Ryan has been portrayed by Alec Baldwin (The Hunt for Red October), Harrison Ford (Patriot Games and Clear and Present Danger) and Ben Affleck (The Sum of All Fears.) Variety broke the story of Pine possibly being involved in the next film.
As of right now the only for sure news bit surrounding the Jack Ryan feature is that Hosselin Amini recently turned in his script draft for the film. The film will not be based on any novel written by the character originator, Tom Clancy, but rather an original screenplay involving the character Jack Ryan.
I honestly have never seen any of these films so I won’t judge based upon content but from what they’ve done in terms of box office this seems like a step backwards for Pine. He was the golden boy who revived an iconic character perfectly and held a big blockbuster on his shoulders. This guy doesn’t need a CIA conspiracy story to stay on the radar he needs another bigger film. If he wants to stay on the radar I say get into a superhero flick or if he’s looking for an award go drama or indie.
As of right now Pine is set to be in two projects and possibly a Star Trek sequel. He is currently filming, Unstoppable, directed by Tony Scott and co-starring Denzel Washington. Unstoppable is being produced by Twentieth Century Fox. It was also recently announced that Pine might star in the film, The Art of Making Money.
Out of the few films mentioned, Washington, Pine and trains (Unstoppable) is intriguing but I think both men could do better.
The Art of Making Money seems to be the best of the films. It's being directed by the solid D.J. Caruso (Disturbia) and is about a counterfeiter in New York. It echoes Catch Me If You Can but I’m not so sure that’s a bad thing, could potentially be Pine’s in for Oscar?
Star Trek? Is there any question this should happen? The first was great, but there are so many stories to be told still.
Finally, the Jack Ryan film could be fun for Pine and give him some more action screen time but I think he should wait on jumping on the bandwagon that captured a superhero, a space pirate and a foul mouthed cop.
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