Amazon orders Jack Ryan TV series starring John Krasinski

Star of US version of The Office to take role of action hero previously played in movies by Harrison Ford, Alec Baldwin and Ben Affleck

Jack Ryan, Tom Clancy’s action hero, is coming to TV in a 10-part series commissioned by Amazon.

Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan is set to star John Krasinski, who is best known for playing a significantly more sedentary role in the US version of The Office but also starred in the critically panned action movie 13 Hours: the Secret Soldiers of Benghazi earlier this year.

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