Jack Ryan: Clear and present danger of his return

Variety's reporting today that Evil Dead and Spiderman director Sam Raimi is being courted by Paramount Studios to revive the moribund Jack Ryan franchise, based on Tom Clancy's bestselling series of books.

Played by Alec Baldwin, Harrison Ford and latterly Ben Affleck President John Patrick Ryan, Ph.D.CPA,USMC (Ret.), KCVO is a near-superhuman CIA operative turned action man and eventually President of the USA.

The new movie series would be based around a younger Ryan at the beginning of his career, allowing for a long and lucrative franchise. The only issue there of course is that if Ryan is scripted too young, then it would be impossible for Bruce Campbell to play him, which would surely make the dream director/star partnership.

The projected Jack Ryan movie is scheduled for a Summer 2010 release. That looks like being a busy Summer for Paramount.