Paramount has been planning a rebooted adventure for Tom Clancy's signature character, Jack Ryan, for some time now.  The studio found its Ryan in Chris Pine following his terrific turn as James Tiberius Kirk in 2009's Star Trek, but getting the project off the ground hasn't been so easy.  Last week it suffered what could've been a big setback when it lost its director, but apparently Paramount found a replacement right quick.

Are you attempting to get a big budget franchise screenplay into fighting shape with a rewrite or two?  Odds are, you'll try get David Koepp to take a crack at it.  Koepp is one of the most high profile screenwriters around, famous for smoothing out the rough edges on potential blockbuster scripts.  He's credited with contributions to Jurassic Park, Spider-Man, Angels & Demons, War of the Worlds, Mission: Impossible, and Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.  Now, Paramount has hired him to sort out their lingering script issues with the as-yet untitled Jack Ryan reboot starring Chris Pine.

After he played James Tiberius Kirk in JJ Abrams's successful reboot of the Star Trek franchise, Paramount Pictures was eager to have the actor star as Jack Ryan in the untitled reboot of the series based on the novels of Tom Clancy before shooting the Trek sequel.  Delays in developing a workable script, however, mean that Pine will first return to the bridge of the USS Enterprise, during which a suitable screenplay for the Ryan reboot will hopefully be worked out.

Jack Ryan is the creation of best selling author Tom Clancy. A fast thinking action hero, Ryan has stormed through many Clancy adaptations, including Patriot Games, Clear and Present Danger and The Sum of All Fears. Over the years the beloved character has been played by Harrison Ford, Ben Affleck and Alec Baldwin (in The Hunt for Red October). All of that is now about to change in the hopes of creating a younger, fresher image for Paramount to promote.

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