Amazon Studios is in final negotiations to buy worldwide rights to “Without Remorse” from Paramount Pictures, Variety has learned.The Tom Clancy thriller stars Michael B.
Jordan as U.S.
Navy Seal John Clark.
If it closes, the pact makes sense for Amazon, which backs “Jack Ryan,” the espionage series starring John Krasinski as the titular CIA analyst.
It would also give the streaming service a major action-adventure with one of the hottest stars in the business.
It may be a sign of the more commercial and broadly appealing direction that Amazon hopes to go in the future after a period of making more arthouse fare.
The film is expected to premiere on Amazon Prime.“Without Remorse” is directed by Stefano Sollima, who previously collaborated with Amazon on the drug trafficking series “ZeroZeroZero.” It co-stars Jamie Bell, Jodie Turner-Smith and Luke Mitchell.
Taylor Sheridan of “Hell or High Water” and “Sicario” fame wrote the script,
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