Whilst many airsoft players would usually think of Tom Clancy around Rainbow Six and Ghost Recon novels and video game series, Tom Clancy’s writing career went to great heights writing about the Cold War around a central character, Jack Ryan. The books the he wrote on his own covering Jack Ryan started with The Hunt For Red October to the Teeth of The Tiger. Overall, the Tom Clancy’s novels with Jack Ryan eventually were called the Jack Ryan Universe. Other Jack Ryan novels were written in collaboration with other writers and eventually were carried by on by others after Clancy’s death in 2013 in which the main characters is Jack Ryan’s son, Jack Ryan Jr.

Films about Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan were The Hunt for Red October, Patriot Games, Clear and Present Danger, and Sum of All Fears. The only Jack Ryan film that is not adapted from a novel is the Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit featuring Chris Pine. Harrison Ford starred in two of the films (Patriot Games and Clear and Present Danger) whilst Alec Baldwin and Ben Affleck starred in one, The Hunt for Red October and Sum of All Fears, respectively.

Now, we get to have Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan in a made for TV series by Amazon. In August 2016, Amazon Studios gave the greenlight for the TV series and will be produced by Fringe producer Graham Roland and Lost writer/producer Carlton Cuse. For this TV series John Krasinski (13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi) will be taking the lead role as Jack Ryan.

An initial teaser video shows a US$10 bill with a smiley face written on it gets passed around until it lands on a terrorist’s hands. The teaser sets the series initially as a Middle East concern. For those very familiar with Tom Clancy’s style, they will expect exacting details for the TV series as the novels are highly detailed and well-researched. I have to admit that the film adaptations of the Tom Clancy’s novels were a bit underwhelming save for the use of A-list actors who brought these to success.

Now the first reveal trailer gives some more details for the premise of the story:

When CIA analyst Jack Ryan stumbles upon a suspicious series of bank transfers his search for answers pulls him from the safety of his desk job and catapults him into a deadly game of cat and mouse throughout Europe and the Middle East, with a rising terrorist figurehead preparing for a massive attack against the US and her allies.

Thus, we can assume that the TV series does not put as back to the Cold War where Jack Ryan really thrived as an analyst intricately familiar with the Soviet Union. This is more contemporary, dealing the main issue of terrorism. Though for fans of Tom Clancy, they would not mind if the series is set in the Cold War and perhaps would welcome it wholeheartedly rather than another Middle East concern that many TV series are already tackling such as Homeland.

The first season of Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan is set to premier in March 2018 with 10 episodes. No mention of which stations or TV channels, as this an Amazon Prime exclusive before it gets released for syndication. If you are an Amazon Prime member, then lucky you as you will get to access this series next year.