“Brave New World,” Harrison Ford’s classic thrillers, is coming to a new streamer

With Harrison Ford will play President Thaddeus “Thunderbolt” Ross and his big red alter ego in the upcoming MCU political thriller Captain America: Brave New Worldcatch up on Ford’s previous adventures in Washington DC, courtesy of Paramount+. The streamer adds this Tom Clancy thriller Patriot games And Clear and present danger starting today in your service.

After the success of the first Clancy Hollywood adaptation in the 1990s The hunt for Red OctoberParamount took action and adapted Clancy’s remaining Jack Ryan thrillers. However, they were preparing to adapt the 1987 novel Patriot gamesThey had to find a new Jack Ryan Alec Baldwinwho played the main role Red Octoberwas determined to star in a revival of A tram named Desire on Broadway. It also needed a new director, an Irish-American one John McTiernan was unwilling to make a film about the Irish Republican Army. The film soon found its new star in Ford and a new director in Australia Philip Noyce (Dead silence, Salt). Published in 1992, Patriot games was a critical and commercial success, grossing $178 million against a budget of $45 million. Ford and Noyce reunited for a sequel in 1994. Clear and present danger; It was even more successful, grossing $215.9 million on a budget of $62 million.

What are “Patriot Games” and “Clear and Present Danger” about?

In Patriot gamesRyan has retired from the CIA, but is supported by Vice Admiral James Greer (James Earl Jones) after foiling an assassination attempt by an IRA splinter cell. The terrorists, led by Kevin O’Donnell (Patrick Bergin) and Sean Miller (Sean Bean) develop a personal interest in Ryan and his family, leading to a final confrontation at Ryan’s residence. Clear and present danger Will Ryan become deputy CIA director after Greer’s illness and death? He is also framed for a botched operation against a Colombian drug cartel, forcing him to team up with John Clark, a Special Forces agent (Willem Dafoe) to clear his name and defeat their enemies.

Noyce and Ford planned to adapt a third Clancy novel, The sum of all fearsbut there were script problems and the film was finally made in 2002 Ben Affleck as a younger Ryan, rebooting the series. Another restart, Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruitwith Chris Pine as an even younger Jack Ryan, was released in 2014. The latest incarnation of the series, Jack Ryanran for four seasons on Prime Video and starred John Krasinski in the title role.

Patriot games And Clear and present danger is available to stream on Paramount+ starting today, January 1, 2025. Stay tuned to Collider for future updates.