When Michael B. Jordan (“Creed,” “Black Panther”) was solid as John Kelly within the film model of Tom Clancy’s “With out Regret,” the actor appeared set for a future taking part in one of many nice Navy SEAL characters in fashionable fiction. The film, co-written by Taylor Sheridan (“Yellowstone”) and directed by Stefano Sollima (“Sicario: Day of the Soldado,” written by Sheridan), was scheduled for a theatrical launch in September 2020.
All of us keep in mind what occurred to motion pictures in 2020. Paramount Photos had no concept when theaters have been going to reopen after the pandemic shutdown, in order that they offered the film to Amazon, which launched it on their Prime Video streaming service in April 2021. That launch appeared to spell the top of John Kelly, whilst he left his previous behind and have become John Clark on the finish of “With out Regret.”
In a welcome shock, Paramount has determined to take one other shot at turning former SEAL John Clark right into a film franchise with Michael B. Jordan again within the function. Essentially the most thrilling information is that they’ve recruited Chad Stahelski, the stuntman-turned-director behind all 4 “John Wick” motion pictures, to helm “Rainbow Six.”
Stahelski can be planning a “Highlander” remake with Henry Cavill, nevertheless it appears to be like like “Rainbow Six” shall be his first directing job that does not function the Marine-turned-hitman John Wick. Now that we’re previous the origin story instructed in “With out Regret,” the director can get all the way down to enterprise with the motion and mayhem he is so good at staging.
Within the 1998 novel “Rainbow Six,” John Clark leads a counterterrorist group referred to as Rainbow from a secret base in England. His crew should cease a radical environmentalist who needs to unleash a lethal virus that might skinny the herd, killing most of mankind whereas solely a choose vaccinated few wait to inherit the earth.
Tom Clancy initially launched Clark within the Jack Ryan novel “The Cardinal of the Kremlin” in 1988, and he has been a recurring character within the Ryan books.
There is no phrase concerning the destiny of one other recurring character from the Clancy universe. “Rainbow Six” additionally options Domingo “Ding” Chavez, a personality who’s slated to be performed by actor Michael Peña (“Fury”) within the ultimate season of “Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan,” which is able to air later this yr on Prime Video. Will Peña reprise the function in “Rainbow Six”? Will the film solid a unique actor or perhaps alter the plot and write Chavez out of the story?
We’ll keep watch over this story as we get extra casting information and details about a filming schedule.
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