Paramount Studios Fires Ben Affleck from Tom Clancy Movie Series

Dark Horzions and Artists Production Group ^ | September 26, 2003 Australian Time | Garth Franklin

[rftc]

The Berkley Pub Group who is responsible for all of the Tom Clancy novels says that in the next Clancy film 'Red Rabbit,' (which is the second to last flick in the series) Ben Affleck will not be in it.

Seems they've been told by a colleague at a company called Artists Production Group that the studio is not going to use Ben Affleck because of his poor box office record as of late. ('Gigli')

Now they are trying to find a new Jack Ryan, with Tom Cruise and David Duchovny of 'X Files' coming up as contenders.

An even bigger surprise was that the producer who was going to make the new movie, Mace Neufeld, has been replaced by Michael Ovitz and Artists Production Group, which means it will be a 'new look' Jack Ryan movie.

Clancy himself seems to have already tired of the young Jack Ryan idea too, his latest novel returns to the older formula of Jack as President of the US and his son Jack Ryan Jr. becoming involved in a lot of action.

[rftc]

Was kind of lukewarm on the last Clancy film with Morgan Freeman..

[shadowman99]

Too late. They already screewed up "Sum of All Fears", my favorite Clancy book.

Anyone how read it knows what I'm talking about.

Nazis my ass. They were arabs.

And Beniffer sucks. I'm glad he's gone.

[presidio9]

An even bigger surprise was that the producer who was going to make the new movie, Mace Neufeld, has been replaced by Michael Ovitz and Artists Production Group, which means it will be a 'new look' Jack Ryan movie.

Ryan hardly appears in the new book, and Clancy has the Samuel L. Jackson charachter assassinate off camera by a white supremecist, so that he does not have to keep paying him big bucks for a cameo role in future Ryan flicks. The new star of this series will be somebody like Toby McGuire. He's the right age for junior.

[Sender]

Aww, darn. No Been Ass Flick? What ever will we do?

[rftc]

When are they going to do 'Executive Decision?' (isnt that where Jack Ryan becomes VP)

[rudypoot]

I nominate Britney Spears. Acting skills like Ben, but looks a heckova lot better. Heck, she doesn't even have to say a line.

[TheBigB]

Well, this may explain why he bought the gun and ammo.

[ABG(anybody but Gore)]

Never saw it. They butchered the novel so badly it didn't seem worth the money. Either bring back Harrison Ford(leave the screwed up politics with Callista), or get an older actor to play the role. Ben Affleck as Jack Ryan was laughable.

[nothingnew]

Ed Norton. Period.

FMCDH

[TheBigB]

You are not allowed to mention Brit without posting a pic. ;)

[presidio9]

He becomes VP and POTUS in "Debt of Honor."

[rftc]

Toby is good but he's awfully busy with Amazing Spiderman right now..

[nothingnew]

Tom Cruise and David Duchovny of 'X Files' coming up as contenders.

Spare me.

FMCDH

[ECM]

Speaking as one short guy about another, Toby Maguire is WAY too short to be Jack Ryan.

[rftc]

I agree, bring back Harrison Ford and have Ed Norton has his son.

[presidio9]

Well, somebody that age. I'm not him to all the young male stars of the moment. My subscription to "Tigerbeat" expired and I forgot to renew it...

[rudypoot]

Dang you're fast! lol

[rftc]

Tom Cruise already has Mission Impossble 3 to do with David Fincher, so I think Ovitz is dreaming a little..

[rudypoot]

Toby Mcguire can't move his upper lip.

[rftc]

Britney is already slated to be Bruce Willis/John McClane's kidnapped daughter in Die Hard 4, too bad..