Monday
Aug022010
Jack Bender Directing Jack Ryan Reboot 2.0 Moscow
Mon, August 2, 2010 
Paramount's latest crack at reviving the Jack Ryan franchise has landed itself a director.
Vulture reports Jack Bender (an alum of Paramount certified Golden Boy J.J. Abrams, having directed episodes of Felicity, Alias and Lost) will step behind the camera for the first time on a feature since oddly enough Child's Play 3. Not an unwise move, get a director who works well with the material, obviously has skill/talent and will be controllable against executives and a producer like Lorenzo di Bonaventura.
Moscow is the second attempt at rebooting Tom Clancy's CIA do-gooder since the Ben Affleck headlining Sum of All Fears. This time around, Chris Pine will star.
Reader Comments (1)
I'm interested in this but I think they will have to beef up the action from previous installments to compete in the modern market. I know Ryan is more of a thinking man's hero but a balance will need to be struck for it to succeed in my view.