John Krasinski lands title role in Amazon's “Jack Ryan”April 30, 2016 - 10:42 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Meet the new Jack Ryan! John Krasinski has landed the title role on Amazon's upcoming series based on Tom Clancy's novels, taking on the mantle that was last assumed by Chris Pine in Kenneth Branagh-directed "Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit", AceShowbiz reports. Co-created by "Lost" vets Carlton Cuse and Graham Roland, the "Jack Ryan" series will not be a direct adaptation of Clancy's books, but has been billed as a contemporary take on the character in his prime as a CIA analyst/operative using the novels as source material. In the novels, Ryan trades his career as an investment broker for a job as a CIA operative before eventually becoming President of the United States. While the project was initially developed with the intention to go straight to series, it has yet to receive a series order, Deadline notes. The casting of Krasinski will likely help the project score a series order. For Krasinski, the "Jack Ryan" series will mark his first major TV role since his "The Office" stint ended in 2013. He has been focused on features in the past few years, most recently starring in Michael Bay's "13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi". Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running” Partner news | Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations. Aram I supports Karekin II’s “patriotic position” Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia Aram I has expressed support for the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin. |