John Clark (Tom Clancy Character) - in Movies

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On film, John Clark has been portrayed by Willem Dafoe in Clear and Present Danger and Liev Schreiber in The Sum of All Fears. As of now Paramount is trying to get Without Remorse off the ground - the screenplay has to be written yet, a director has to be picked and it still needs a budget. Currently there is not an actor attached to play John Clark, although reportedly Paramount is interested in pursuing Tom Hardy.

In the 1996 novel Executive Orders, Clark sarcastically suggests to reporter Robert Holtzman "Get Val Kilmer to play me in the movies" to which Holtzman replies "Too pretty, Nick Cage has a better stare."

Various directors, screenwriters, and actors have been involved in attempts to film other novels in which John Clark appears, but none of these movies were produced. Recently, it was announced that Tom Hardy is planned to star as Clark in a film version of Without Remorse to be based in the new Jack Ryan reboot universe, with Kevin Costner starring in both films.

Jack Ryan fictional universe
Novels
  • The Hunt for Red October (1984)
  • Patriot Games (1987)
  • The Cardinal of the Kremlin (1988)
  • Clear and Present Danger (1989)
  • The Sum of All Fears (1991)
  • Without Remorse (1993)
  • Debt of Honor (1994)
  • Executive Orders (1996)
  • Rainbow Six (1998)
  • The Bear and the Dragon (2000)
  • Red Rabbit (2002)
  • The Teeth of the Tiger (2003)
  • Dead or Alive (2010)
  • Locked On (2011)
  • Threat Vector (2012)
Films
  • The Hunt for Red October (1990)
  • Patriot Games (1992)
  • Clear and Present Danger (1994)
  • The Sum of All Fears (2002)
  • Jack Ryan (2013)
Characters
  • Jack Ryan
  • John Clark
  • Domingo Chavez
  • Robby Jackson
  • Ed Kealty
Video games
  • The Hunt for Red October (1987)
  • The Hunt for Red October (1990, Amiga)
  • The Hunt for Red October (1990, NES)
  • The Sum of All Fears (2002)
See also
  • Tom Clancy

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