Paramount Searching for Jack Ryan Reboot Moscow Director
Wed, July 14, 2010 
Chris Pine is already headlining Paramount’s rebooted Star Trek franchise. Well that's anchored equally by him and Zachary Quinto. So it'll be interesting to see how he manages with another past-glory film-series in need of adrenaline all by himself. In this case, the Jack Ryan reboot Moscow.
The latest issue of Production Weekly (via The Playlist) says Paramount has begun meeting with directors for a targeted "next late winter, early spring," start. The helmers in question are Timur Bekmambetov (Wanted), Kevin MacDonald (The Last King of Scotland), Sam Raimi (Need I have to state one of his films?) and Gore Verbinski (Pirates of the Caribbean).
Taking a meeting doesn't necessarily mean anything. It's standard operating procedure. What makes it note-worthy is how seemingly all four guys have other projects ready to go. Particularly the latter two – Raimi's Oz: The Great and Powerful starts lensing next June and Verbinski just signed up for 20th Century Fox's The Secret Life of Walter Mitty remake. There's also the fact that Raimi was originally supposed to direct the Ryan reboot. His loyalty to Spider-Man led him to vacate the project, and look what that got him.
Of course, there's no telling how recently these meetings took place and who else is on the studio’s radar.
Reader Comments (2)
I am surprised they are still even trying to make this...
I'm not, it could be a hit if done correctly.