Amazons Reacher season 1 was a breakout success after mixed responses to adaptations of Lee Childs books but now it is giving itself a big problem.
Amazons Reacher adaptation is returning for season 2 but the adaptation could be creating a huge problem for itself. Reacher is based on the Jack Reacher books by Lee Child which had previously been adapted into two movies starring Tom Cruise as Reacher. Lee Child has been working on the books for a long time with book 1 Killing Floor releasing in 1997 and new books still being written.
Because of the longevity of Lee Childs Jack Reacher novels Reachers choice to adapt the books out of order risks posing an issue for the plot of the series. It was announced that Reacher season 2 will be adapting Bad Luck and Trouble, book 11 in the Jack Reacher series which was released in 2007. Jumping forwards a decade in Lee Childs Jack Reacher release order means that some of the events from the books would not adapt as well to the screen, and the age of various actors would not line up if they want to return to earlier books later in the Reacher series.
While some authors keep their protagonists perennially at a particular age to be able to continue to explore the same sorts of adventures that is not true for Lee Childs Jack Reacher books. Reacher has aged roughly in real time in the books with him being noted as 36 in 1997s Killing Floor and 46 in 200s Bad Luck and Trouble. While some of Lee Childs books serve as prequel and portray Reacher as young as 29 as the series has continued the 2022 Jack Reacher novel No Plan B features a 61 year old Reacher. Alan Ritchson himself is relatively close in age to Jack Reacher in Killing Floor as he was 39 at the time of Reacher season 1s release.
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