

while another was released for Nintendo consoles by Hi-Tech Expressions, Inc. Two side scroller games were produced in 1990 to coincide with the release of The Hunt for Red October, one for computer systems was released by Grandslam Interactive Ltd.
JACK RYAN SHADOW RECRUIT SERIES
The film series has spawned three video games for various systems. On December 3, 2013, The Jack Ryan Collection was finally issued on Blu-ray. While the four films were originally intended to be released in a Blu-ray collection entitled The Jack Ryan Collection, the films were later broken up into separate releases for the high definition format on July 29, 2008. Both the set and the individual editions of each film were released on May 6, 2003. On February 7, 2003, Paramount announced a box set entitled The Jack Ryan Special Edition DVD Collection, which includes new editions of The Hunt for Red October, Patriot Games and Clear and Present Danger as well as the special edition of The Sum of All Fears. Reception Box office performance FilmĬritical and public response Film

Valerio, Sarah Boyd, Vikash Patel, Mark Goldman, and Stephen Semel Richard Rutkowski, Christopher Faloona, Checco Varese, Patrick Murguia, Jeffrey Greeley, and Arnau Valls Colomer Mace Neufeld, Lorenzo di Bonaventura, David Barron and Mark Vahradian Fortunately, I was able to get a major executive at Paramount to read the book and he said: 'I think this can make a great movie. "I read some of the reports from the other studios and the story was too complicated to understand.

"This book doesn't condense well into two or three pages", said Neufeld. Despite the book becoming a best seller, no Hollywood studio was interested in purchasing the film rights because of the high cost of trying to condense the book's massive content into a two-hour film. Despite this, the franchise continues with the television series titled Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan, on Prime Video.Īfter viewing galley proofs of Tom Clancy's 1984 novel The Hunt for Red October, producer Mace Neufeld optioned the rights to the novel in 1985. Due to mixed reception, a sequel was never made. Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit (2014) was a reboot, and intended first film in a new film series. Additionally, The Sum of All Fears departs significantly from its source material, with the events of the plot shifted from 1991 to 2002. In the book series, Patriot Games occurs before The Hunt for Red October, though the order was reversed in the film adaptations. The continuity of the films does not follow the established timeline of the novels. The films have been nominated for four Academy Awards, winning one for Sound Effects (now Sound Editing) in The Hunt for Red October ( at the 63rd Awards). With a combined unadjusted worldwide gross of $788.4 million to date, the films constitute the 57th highest-grossing film series. Mace Neufeld has produced every film in the series, with producing partner Robert Rehme co-producing Patriot Games and Clear and Present Danger, and Lorenzo di Bonaventura co-producing Shadow Recruit. Various actors have portrayed the role.ĭespite inconsistency with its lead actors and crew members, the series has been distributed solely by Paramount Pictures since its inception. The Jack Ryan franchise consists of American action- thriller installments, based on the fictional titular character from a series of novels written by Tom Clancy.
