"The one-hour, eight-episode dramatic series follows an up-and-coming CIA analyst thrust into a dangerous field assignment for the first time. The series follows Ryan as he uncovers a pattern in terrorist communication that launches him into the center of a dangerous gambit with a new breed of terrorism that threatens destruction on a global scale.
Amazon will debut Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan, from Paramount Television and Skydance Television, in 2018 on Prime Video. The series also stars Wendell Pierce (Ray Donovan, The Wire) and Abbie Cornish (Limitless). It is executive produced by Carlton Cuse (Lost, Bates Motel) who also serves as the showrunner, Krasinski, Michael Bay's Platinum Dunes, and Graham Roland (Almost Human), who wrote the pilot based on a story he and Cuse developed."
The role of Jack Ryan was previously played in five films. First Alec Baldwin was Jack Ryan in "The Hunt for Red October" (1990), then Harrison Ford in both "Patriot Games" (1992) and "Clear and Present Danger" (1994). Years later, Ben Affleck had the role for "The Sum of All Fears" (2002), and then Chris Pine for his own movie, "Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit" (2014).