# Jack Reacher series being developed by Amazon
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jack-reacher-series-being-developed-by-amazon/837162
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**Created:** [July 16, 2019, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jack-reacher-series-being-developed-by-amazon/837162 "2019-07-16T04:34:46Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)
#### Post date: [July 16, 2019, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jack-reacher-series-being-developed-by-amazon/837162/1 "2019-07-16T04:34:46Z")
> **[Amazon to Develop ‘Jack Reacher’ Series](https://variety.com/2019/tv/news/amazon-jack-reacher-series-1203267743/)**
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> Watch out Tom Cruise, there’s going to be another Jack Reacher in town. In a competitive situation, Amazon has won the rights to develop a series based on the protagonist from Lee Child’…
Lee Child is on board as an executive producer. Tom Cruise not affiliated.
Hopefully, the title character will be more appropriately cast.
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### Author:  [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)
#### Post date: [July 16, 2019, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jack-reacher-series-being-developed-by-amazon/837162/2 "2019-07-16T05:05:32Z")
Isn’t he built more like Dave Bautista than Cruise?
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### Author:  [@Enright3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enright3)
#### Post date: [July 16, 2019, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jack-reacher-series-being-developed-by-amazon/837162/3 "2019-07-16T13:37:49Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#):
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> Isn’t he built more like Dave Bautista than Cruise?
Good call. I’m so out of touch, I had to look up who that was.
When I read the books, I always pictured a young Dolph Lundgren.
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### Author:  [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)
#### Post date: [July 16, 2019, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jack-reacher-series-being-developed-by-amazon/837162/4 "2019-07-16T13:50:50Z")
I pictured a less hairy version of [Sebastien Chabal](https://file1.closermag.fr/var/closermag/storage/images/bio-people/biographie-sebastien-chabal-112089/811193-1-fre-FR/Sebastien-Chabal_square500x500.jpg), mostly because of his French roots. Bautista is _too_ big…Reacher isn’t a weightlifter.
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### Author:  [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)
#### Post date: [July 16, 2019, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jack-reacher-series-being-developed-by-amazon/837162/5 "2019-07-16T15:00:32Z")
I’ve heard [Joel Kinnaman](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1172478/)suggested. He’s a decent actor, and he looks the part.
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### Author:  [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)
#### Post date: [July 16, 2019, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jack-reacher-series-being-developed-by-amazon/837162/6 "2019-07-16T15:07:42Z")
Kinnaman would be good. I doubt they could get him, but I have always envisioned Tom Hardy as Reacher.
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### Author:  [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)
#### Post date: [July 16, 2019, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jack-reacher-series-being-developed-by-amazon/837162/7 "2019-07-16T15:10:49Z")
> [@Alessan](#):
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> I’ve heard [Joel Kinnaman](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1172478/)suggested. He’s a decent actor, and he looks the part.
Now that you mention it, I’d almost be surprised if Kinnaman _didn’t_ get the part. He’s close enough on size, the right age and well known enough to give the project some star appeal.
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### Author:  [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)
#### Post date: [July 16, 2019, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jack-reacher-series-being-developed-by-amazon/837162/8 "2019-07-16T15:18:48Z")
Say what you want about Tom Cruise, but that first Jack Reacher movie was loads of fun.
The second one…not so much.
I could see [Paul Telfer](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1533208/mediaviewer/rm306692352) who played the roided-up Marine in NCIS.
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### Author:  [@ShadowFacts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShadowFacts)
#### Post date: [July 16, 2019, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jack-reacher-series-being-developed-by-amazon/837162/9 "2019-07-16T15:34:32Z")
Reacher in the books is 6’5" and about 220 lbs and it is frequently mentioned that he is _noticeably_ big. He turns heads and stands out in a crowd. If you’re going to try to really match his written size, even Kinnaman is too short by a few inches and too rangy/thin (though I think he’s an excellent actor).
I hope they do a good job with it. Those Cruise movies sucked eggs.
ETA: Now I see it’s being developed by the guy who created the TV show Scorpion, which is… not a hopeful sign, IMO.
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### Author:  [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)
#### Post date: [July 16, 2019, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jack-reacher-series-being-developed-by-amazon/837162/10 "2019-07-16T15:42:50Z")
Joel who? Oh, yeah, the Altered Carbon guy (and Hanna, and…)
He’d be great, the other suggestions are muscle-bound thug types, not very intelligent-looking. Reacher is smart, and dedicated.
Which was why Cruise did a great job. I’ve read all the books and wanted to hate the casting (“He’s half the size! Are the tickets 50% off too?”). I acted the same way when Tim Burton cast his Batman as… Mr. Mom?!?
But I loved the Cruise movies, because his Reacher had the intelligence and the intensity, and a laser-sharp sense of justice.
So hope they find a big guy that can pull that off.
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### Author:  [@Wolf333](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolf333)
#### Post date: [July 16, 2019, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jack-reacher-series-being-developed-by-amazon/837162/11 "2019-07-16T16:06:28Z")
Jared Padalecki. He’s 6’4”, 216lbs.
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### Author:  [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)
#### Post date: [July 16, 2019, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jack-reacher-series-being-developed-by-amazon/837162/12 "2019-07-16T16:52:44Z")
> [@ShadowFacts](#):
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> Reacher in the books is 6’5" and about 220 lbs and it is frequently mentioned that he is _noticeably_ big. He turns heads and stands out in a crowd.
Right. He’s intimidating, scary. People avoid eye contact and stay out of his way, but that could play out in a different way. Considering he wears the same clothes for several days and doesn’t use deodorant, people would also avoid him because he’s a nasty, smelly hobo.
I was impressed by Rory McCann’s acting in _Game of Thrones._ Give him some hair and he could be Jack Reacher.
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### Author:  [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)
#### Post date: [July 16, 2019, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jack-reacher-series-being-developed-by-amazon/837162/13 "2019-07-16T17:01:10Z")
Excellent suggestions for the part of Reacher. When I read the books, I always pictured Steven Seagal as playing Reacher. But, at 67, he’s now far too old.
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### Author:  [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)
#### Post date: [July 16, 2019, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jack-reacher-series-being-developed-by-amazon/837162/14 "2019-07-16T18:17:10Z")
Man - was a huge fan of the books. Has there EVER been a worse miscasting in the history of film?
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### Author:  [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)
#### Post date: [July 16, 2019, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jack-reacher-series-being-developed-by-amazon/837162/15 "2019-07-16T18:22:32Z")
> [@Wolf333](#):
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> Jared Padalecki. He’s 6’4”, 216lbs.
My God - doesn’t the man deserve a vacation?
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### Author:  [@ShadowFacts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShadowFacts)
#### Post date: [July 16, 2019, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jack-reacher-series-being-developed-by-amazon/837162/16 "2019-07-16T20:32:42Z")
> [@Dinsdale](#):
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> Man - was a huge fan of the books. Has there EVER been a worse miscasting in the history of film?
Nope
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### Author:  [@DPRK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPRK)
#### Post date: [July 16, 2019, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jack-reacher-series-being-developed-by-amazon/837162/17 "2019-07-16T20:58:26Z")
> [@ShadowFacts](#):
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> Nope
It depends on the precise Reacher story being adapted, doesn’t it? We know he is canonically 6’4" or 6’5", 220-250 pounds, and there are episodes where his exact size (or lack thereof!!) plays a crucial role in the plot, but other times things hinge on his skills as a sniper, or as an investigator, and it is not mentioned how big he is.
He’s never what you’d call well-dressed, but I don’t remember him ever appearing as a “nasty, smelly hobo”. IIRC he buys a brand-new shirt pretty much every day, and sturdy pants that last him a few days (and he sleeps in a motel bed, not in his clothes). When people are on the lookout for him it’s invariably for a “big, scary-looking guy”, not a “hobo-looking guy”.
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### Author:  [@kbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kbear)
#### Post date: [July 16, 2019, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jack-reacher-series-being-developed-by-amazon/837162/18 "2019-07-16T21:24:59Z")
I always thought Sean Bean would make a good Reacher. He’s prob too old to do any but the most recent novels tho.
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### Author:  [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)
#### Post date: [July 16, 2019, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jack-reacher-series-being-developed-by-amazon/837162/19 "2019-07-16T21:24:59Z")
> [@DPRK](#):
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> there are episodes where his exact size (or lack thereof!!) plays a crucial role in the plot, but other times things hinge on his skills as a sniper, or as an investigator, and **it is not mentioned how big he is**.
I’ve read every Reacher book by Lee Child. Pretty sure in every novel, it mentions his size.
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### Author:  [@Go\_Arachnid\_Laser\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Go_Arachnid_Laser_1)
#### Post date: [July 16, 2019, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jack-reacher-series-being-developed-by-amazon/837162/20 "2019-07-16T21:34:37Z")
When I discovered and read a bunch of Reacher books, the TV show Chuck was airing, so to me Reacher will always be[Adam Baldwin](Adam Baldwin).
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