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Originally, Rory Cochrane had been tapped for the role but needed to bow out when scheduling conflicts arose (with the casting news originally reported exclusively by Deadline Hollywood). Image: Amazon/HBO Max A Look at What We Know About Amazon's Reacher Season 2 Based on bestselling author Lee Child's 11th book in the series (Bad Luck and Trouble), Reacher[...]

"Ten Keys," a short story by "Jack Reacher" creator Lee Child, is being developed into a television series by Legendary Entertainment and Veritas Entertainment as part of a first-look television deal Legendary has the first right to develop TV projects based on all new Veritas intellectual property for two years. "Ten Keys" by Jack Reacher creator[...]

I know where he lives now – very internal – so I just dive deep inside the neurons." Here's a look at the full post:   View this post on Instagram   A post shared by Alan Ritchson (@alanritchson) A Look at What We Know About Amazon's Reacher Season 2 Based on bestselling author Lee Child's 11th book in the series[...]

And as you're about to see, some of them aren't too happy about being deprived of their early "rocket fuel." Image: Amazon Screencap Here's a look at two of Ritchson's most recent posts, followed by a look back at what we know about the second season of Amazon's Reacher so far:   View this post on Instagram   A post shared[...]

Do you win or wipeout?" was the in-the-moment judgment call question that Ritchson asks fans in the caption of the following post offering another look behind the scenes at filming:   View this post on Instagram   A post shared by Alan Ritchson (@alanritchson) A Look at What We Know About Amazon's Reacher Season 2 Based on bestselling author Lee Child's[...]

This time around, we're sending huge waves of positive birthday energy Ritchson's way as he took to social media to show off a very cool birthday present, share how he's feeling on his special day, and set the record straight on his personal stats (6'3' tall; 240 lbs; born in 1982; and officially 40 years[...]

Two different fanbases coming together! Who doesn't want to see Lee Child's unstoppable hero (Alan Ritchson) go to Middle Earth and kick ass? Image: Amazon When Reacher Goes to Middle-Earth In LOTR: The Fellowship of the Ring, Boromir (Sean Bean) said the immortal words, "One does not simply walk into Mordor." Well, Jack Reacher is just the guy[...]

Based on bestselling author Lee Child's 11th book in the series (Bad Luck and Trouble), Reacher sets out to find answers (and a lot of revenge) when members of his old military unit turn up dead. Still from "Reacher", Amazon Studios Now here's a look at Ritchson's Instagram post, where he "goes big" to announce the start[...]

Very large leading man Alan Ritchson announced today that not only will the second season of Reacher begin production this Fall, but it will be an adaptation of the 11th Lee Child novel Bad Luck and Trouble Maria Sten will return as Reacher's female counterpart Francis Neagley, with a more prominent role in the story[...]

This compilation video collects the fights from the eight-episode first season… and it's only surprisingly 5 minutes long. Still from "Reacher", Amazon Studios If you're reading this, you probably don't need to know that Reacher is an adaptation of the first Jack Reacher novel "The Killing Floor" by Lee Child There are currently more than 20 books[...]

This time around, Ritchson shifted gears back to the present as he spoke with Michael Rosenbaum on the Inside of You podcast about what it was like auditioning for the role of famed bestselling author Lee Child's hero for Amazon's Prime Video series and how his size became a much bigger factor during the audition[...]

Reacher is a win for everyone who likes Lee Child's novels and wanted a TV series The fans finally got the live-action Jack Reacher they always wanted to see Alan Ritchson finally has a vehicle that uses him well and has turned him into a breakout star Child has a TV adaptation he's reportedly happy[...]

It's safe to say Alan Ritchson nails it as the platonic ideal of Lee Child's Jack Reacher for the screen Fans all agreed that he was a vast improvement over Tom Cruise in the two movies from years before. Reacher (Image: Amazon/Paramount) To fans, Ritchson is the right size for Reacher, a mountain that walks like a[...]

Amazon and writer, showrunner & executive producer Nick Santora's Alan Ritchson-starring adaptation of Lee Child's novels will be back for a second season of being totally badass, with the streaming service announcing on Monday that the series has been renewed (only three days after it premiered) With the series ranking at the top of the[...]

The books by Lee Child have sold about 200 million copies around the world, so to say that the show is eagerly anticipated by fans is an understatement All Amazon Studios had to do was not fuck it up Did they? Let's say they got it mostly right It's down to Alan Ritchson, who's the[...]

The books by Lee Child have sold tens of millions of copies worldwide, so there's already a huge fandom eagerly waiting for the show to come out. Still from "Reacher", Amazon Studios Yup, that's Reacher all right Alan Ritchson is slowly convincing fans that he is Jack Reacher with each new clip If you've read the first[...]

Amazon Prime Video released preview images and the official trailer for the first season of the show starring Alan Ritchson based on the bestselling novels by Lee Child All eight episodes will drop on Prime Video on February 2022 The series follows Jack Reacher, a veteran military police investigator who has just recently entered civilian[...]

Bruce McGill, Maria Sten, and Hugh Thompson have been cast as series regulars with Alan Ritchson in the upcoming Amazon original series Reacher, based on the Jack Reacher character from Lee Child's bestselling novels As Deadline Hollywood reported, Ritchson stars as the title character in the series, produced by Amazon Studios, Skydance Television, and Paramount Television Studios[...]

The Sentinel is the 25th Reacher novel and the first where Lee Child hands over the reins to his younger brother Andrew Child aka Andrew Grant It's a transitional book, a soft reboot, one to reassure readers that the series is in safe hands, that Reacher is still Reacher and provide the comforts promised. Jack Reacher:[...]

The Sentinel is the 25th Reacher novel and the first written by Andrew Child aka Andrew Grant, the younger brother of series creator Lee Child aka James Grant A Jack Reacher book is always a fun bit of annual escapism, violent thriller comfort food- and with a streaming series adaptation currently in development (with Titans[...]

If anyone was still questioning the future of Amazon Studios, Skydance TV, and Paramount TV Studios' upcoming series adaptation of author Lee Child's internationally bestselling "Jack Reacher" book series, they got a pretty definite answer on Friday Alan Ritchson (Titans, Blood Drive) has been cast as the US Army veteran who investigates suspicious activities- investigations[...]

The character, made famous in a series of novels by author Lee Child, spent years and years trying to get to the screen Ultimately, he was played by Tom Cruise in two films, one in 2012 and a sequel in 2016 Dwayne Johnson, in those years, became one of the biggest stars in Hollywood, creating[...]

Six months after the dust settled from what was reported was a "competitive situation" among a number of streaming and premium cable suitors that resulted in Amazon securing the rights to bring Lee Child's bestselling Jack Reacher book series from page to screen, some great news With Nick Santora (Scorpion, Prison Break) set to write,[...]

After the dust settled from what is being reported as a "competitive situation" among a number of streaming and premium cable suitors, Amazon has secured the rights to bring Lee Child's bestselling Jack Reacher book series from page to screen With Nick Santora (Scorpion, Prison Break) set to write, executive produce, and serve as showrunner,[...]

"His knuckles were nearly touching the ground," wrote Lee Child of his now-famous protagonist Jack Reacher in the 2012 book A Wanted Man "His neck was thick and his hands were the size of dinner plates…A wild man But not really Underneath everything else seemed strangely civilized….His gaze was both wise and appealing, both friendly[...]

I since went back and read a couple of the Lee Child novels where Reacher started Interestingly the first film was not based on the first novel, it was based on One Shot, the ninth novel in the series. Now we are close to the release of Jack Reacher: Never Go Back, based on the eighteenth[...]

During an interview with Empire, Lee Child let it be known that his action hero Jack Reacher was going to get a second film Tom Cruise, who played Reacher in the first film, will return but director Christopher McQuarrie will not and Child explained why. "McQuarrie is going to be in post-production on Mission: Impossible 5[...]

This one will be based on the 18th novel in the Lee Child novel series.

By and large it's a pretty bog standard featurette, describing a little bit about the character Jack Reacher and who he is, all explained by Lee Child, the novellist who created the character. And then, there's the last little bit at the end. Some one has cut in a clip of Child from a different interview on[...]