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The reboot of a reboot of a prequel to an adaptation that got 2 sequels is ending, but luckily there’s a spin-off on the way

Just when you thought the cash cow couldn't be milked any drier.

Along with death and taxes, one of the very few certainties in life is that Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan franchise will continue to exist in one form or another, because there simply has to be an iteration of the title hero existing somewhere or else the world will end.

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Like buses, though, you wait a long time for a brand new helping of Prime Video’s blockbuster spy series to come along, and you end up with two in quick succession. After forcing subscribers to wait 38 months between the second and third seasons, it’s been confirmed that the fourth and final run for John Krasinski will debut on June 30, a gap of less than six months.

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In essence, Jack Ryan is a reboot of Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit, which was itself a reboot of The Sum of All Fears, an erstwhile prequel to The Hunt for Red October, Patriot Games, and Clear and Present Danger, all of which were adapted from Clancy’s source novels with Krasinski, Chris Pine, Ben Affleck, Harrison Ford, and Alec Baldwin all playing the role.

If you thought that was milking a cash cow to within an inch of its life, let’s not forget that Michael Pena’s Ding Chavez has already been announced for his own solo spin-off after he makes his full-fledged debut in Jack Ryan season 4, which in turn makes the widely popular star’s solo show the offshoot of a reboot of a reboot of a literary adaptation that spawned a trilogy.

Michael B. Jordan might be carving out his own Clancy corner with Without Remorse and Rainbow Six, but he’s got a long way to go.


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