{"id":29698,"date":"2020-09-04T17:19:58","date_gmt":"2020-09-05T00:19:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theculturednerd.org\/?p=29698"},"modified":"2021-06-15T14:09:28","modified_gmt":"2021-06-15T21:09:28","slug":"alan-ritchson-cast-as-jack-reacher-for-upcoming-amazon-tv-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theculturednerd.org\/?p=29698","title":{"rendered":"Alan Ritchson Cast as “Jack Reacher” for Upcoming Amazon TV Series"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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It looks like Amazon Studios<\/strong> has finally found their Jack Reacher<\/strong>,<\/em> and it’s non-other than Alan Ritchson<\/strong>. The guy has practically been playing unstoppable superhero types his whole career so why not make the shift over to badass U.S. army veteran investigator who can’t stay out of his own way?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the books, Jack Reacher is suppose to be a six-foot-five, 220 plus pound veteran on the hunt for injustice. The recent big budget franchise with five-foot-five actor Tom Cruise left a lot to the imagination. The streaming series will primarily focus solely on the first novel of the series “The Killing Floor<\/strong><\/em>“. Production is set to begin in Georgia with Nick Santora<\/strong> (The Fugitive<\/em>, Prison Break<\/em>) onboard as show runner, writer and executive producer. No timeline for when production will begin was given.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alan Ritchson being cast as the title character is no surprise seeing all the heroic roles he’s dawned in the past. Some of these roles include his current gig on the DC Universe <\/strong>streaming series Titans<\/strong><\/em> as Hank Hall aka Hawk<\/strong><\/em>. Ritchson also had a recurring role as <\/em>Arthur Curry <\/em><\/strong>aka Aquaman<\/em> <\/strong>on the hit CW series Smallville<\/em><\/strong>, which could be credited for being the reason superhero tv shows took off. Other roles include voicing Raphael<\/em><\/strong> in the live action Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles films<\/strong><\/em>, Gloss<\/strong><\/em> in The Hunger Games: Catching Fire <\/strong><\/em>and most recently as Butchie<\/strong><\/em> in Ghosts of War<\/strong><\/em>. You may also know him in his most famously absurd role as macho-idiot Thad<\/strong><\/em> in the raunchy comedy series Blue Mountain State<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ritchson as Aquaman<\/em> aka Arthur Curry<\/em> on Smallville<\/em> and Hank Hill<\/em> aka Hawk<\/em> on Titans<\/em> (2020).<\/p>\n\n\n\n