Amazon greenlights Jack Ryan series starring John Krasinski

Amazon is trying to revamp novelist Tom Clancy's classic Jack Ryan character. The company just greenlit a 10-episode series based on the fictional CIA agent, starring John Krasinski as the lead role. Krasinski was cast this past spring when the show had a series commitment from Amazon, but had not yet been greenlit.
Krasinski will play Ryan, an ex-military CIA agent who intercepts a terrorist communication while out on a field assignment, Variety reports. Michael Bay's Platinum Dunes s