It’s official: Prime Video has given a collection order to a Reacher spinoff, increasing the hit drama’s universe. It stars Maria Sten, reprising her fan favourite character from the mothership, Frances Neagley. Jennifer Salke, head of Amazon MGM Studios, made the announcement on the Prime Video Presents: Trailblazers occasion in London.
As Deadline revealed solely final month, the untitled challenge (aka Neagley), had been on quick monitor, nearing a inexperienced gentle.
The offshoot was created for tv by Reacher government producer and showrunner Nick Santora, who developed the mothership collection based mostly on Lee Youngster’s books, and Nicholas Wootton, with whom he beforehand labored on Jail Break. The duo will government produce and co-showrun the spinoff, produced by Amazon MGM Studios, Skydance Tv and CBS Studios.
Sten’s Frances Neagley is a personal investigator in Chicago and former navy colleague of Jack Reacher (Alan Ritchson) within the Military’s a hundred and tenth Particular Investigations Unit. When she learns {that a} beloved good friend from her previous has been killed in a suspicious accident, she turns into hell bent on justice. Utilizing all the things she’s realized from Jack Reacher and her time as a member of the 110 Particular Investigators, Neagley places herself on a harmful path to uncover a menacing evil.
Ritchson is anticipated to seem on the spinoff as a visitor star, reprising his function as Reacher.
“As Reacher continues to resonate with our world prospects in a profound manner, increasing on the storytelling and characters with a by-product was a straightforward choice,” mentioned Vernon Sanders, head of tv, Amazon MGM Studios. “With Nick and Nicholas in addition to our companions Skydance and CBS Studios, we’re assured this new chapter, starring the wonderful Maria Sten, is not going to solely honor the Reacher legacy but in addition deliver contemporary power and pleasure to new and longtime followers alike.”
Along with Santora and Wootton, the collection is government produced by Lee Youngster, Don Granger, and Lisa Kussner with David Ellison, Dana Goldberg, and Matt Thunell for Skydance Tv. Carolyn Harris, Kenny Madrid, and Niko Fernandez will oversee the challenge for Skydance.
“Lee Youngster created an immensely wealthy character with Neagley, and Maria Sten introduced her to life in such a vivid, genuine manner in Reacher,” Santora and Wootton mentioned. “Amazon, Skydance Tv, and CBS Studios have been great companions from the beginning, and we’re excited to discover Neagley’s story additional and dive into what makes her so distinctive.”
Frances Neagley was launched in Season 1 of Reacher, based mostly on Youngster’s The Killing Flooring novel, by which the character doesn’t seem. She performed an integral half in Season 2 based mostly on a guide by which Neagley is a essential character, Dangerous Luck and Hassle, rising as Reacher’s sidekick he can bounce concepts off.
Reacher and Neagley have change into such a preferred on-screen duo that when Prime Video revealed that Season 3 can be based mostly on Youngster’s Persuader, one other guide that Neagley doesn’t present up in, the streamer made some extent to announce that Sten can be again reprising her function alongside Ritchson.
In Season 3, which is able to probably arrange the spinoff, veteran navy police investigator Jack Reacher (Ritchson) should go undercover to rescue an informant held by a haunting foe from his previous.
“I’m past thrilled to additional discover the world of Neagley and her considerably mysterious background,” Sten mentioned. “She’s such a beautiful character to play and I’m very excited for everybody to get to know her a bit of higher.”
This marks Skydance Tv’s seventh collection with Amazon MGM Studios and Prime Video following hits Reacher and Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan, in addition to the upcoming Cross and the just lately introduced The Runarounds, an action-adventure collection starring Octavia Spencer and Hannah Waddingham, and a docuseries on the Idaho Murders.
“We’re thrilled to be increasing the world of Reacher with Amazon and CBS Studios to discover the fan favourite character of Neagley with the extraordinary Maria Sten,” mentioned Dana Goldberg, Chief Artistic Officer, Skydance. “Nick Santora did an unimaginable job adapting Lee Youngster’s Reacher novels for tv. With Nick and Nicholas Wootton on the helm, audiences are in for one more charming journey within the Reacher universe.”
Reacher Season 2 was the #1 title on Prime Video worldwide throughout each collection and flicks throughout its premiere weekend (based mostly on viewership).
With its universe enlargement, Reacher is becoming a member of Prime Video’s flagship drama, The Boys, which has spawned 4 different collection to this point, and Terminal Listing, which additionally has an upcoming offshoot alongside the favored mothership Chris Pratt collection.
Sten, whose collection credit additionally embrace Swamp Factor, is represented by CAA, Brillstein Leisure Companions, The Initiative Group and Granderson Des Rochers.
