Kim Masters at the Daily Beast has a long story about how Sony dropped Brad Pitt (“Moneyball”) for George Clooney (see his recent production shingle being set up under their aegis).
Buried on the page 2 of the article is this little mention of a certain political intrigue franchise that just won’t die.
A source says he expressed interest in playing Jack Ryan when and if Paramount attempts to revive the Tom Clancy series. Clooney seems to recognize that at this time in the world and this time in his life (he’s pushing 50), it’s time for some commercial maintenance.
Weird to have that in there, considering the project is under Paramount, not Sony, and we suppose in this tight-buckling climate a safe move like this might help. But it sure aint’ gonna help out Sony or at least not directly. Studio can’t just let a bad franchise die. “Patriot Games” and “The Hunt For Red October” were good, but anything after that has been useless (“the get off my plane!” in “Clear & Present Danger” is as embarrassing as any Arnold Schwarzenegger line)*evidently that line is from “Air Force One,” we didn’t know there was a difference. It all becomes the same ol’ shit to us.
People like Anne Thompson, think the graying Clooney is perfect casting for this role and it is age-wise, but we’d still rather see about 5,000 other original projects first, call us predictable. The whole idea? Meh.
Isn't the "get off my plane!" line in "Air Force One" which isn't a Jack Ryan movie? I could be wrong though.
It's possible. They're all the same shit to me.
Haha. I feel you on that. I was just wondering. Love the site man.
The "get off my plane" line is definitely in Air Force One. One of the finest bon mots ever to be phoned-in from a man who, in his own Danny Gloveresque way, was clearly "getting too old for this shit."
Honestly, they were two different movies?
shouldn't a site like this at least try to get it's references right?
if you don't care because "it's all the same shit", just cut and paste the item from wherever you got it and leave it at that.
What's a site like this mean exactly?
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I think he means… "black sites."
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Get a grip, nerds.
IIRC, Clancy thought that Ford was too old 15 years ago. He loved it when they hired Affleck. So…Clooney?
Clancy's kind of a right wing nutter. Dunno if he'd go for Clooney.
I guess Fernando Merielles wasn't serious about the project? I recall Raimi leaving because they didn't allow James Franco to be the new Ryan.
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I'd like to see what he'd do with the role. Can't be worse than the last attempted Clancy. I couldn't stand what the movie did with the original story.
Yeah, I think Clooney would made a good Jack Ryan. Plus, he can crank out a few of those so he can do some more good films like GOOD NIGHT, AND GOOD LUCK or SYRIANA. Works for me.