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Jack Ryan season 5 is not going to happen on Prime Video, but that does not mean the end of Tom Clancy's world and here is what is coming next.

In what might come as sad Jack Ryan season 5 news for fans of the Tom Clancy series, the Prime Video adaptation won't be continuing after season 4 — at least not for Jack Ryan himself. John Krasinski brought Jack Ryan to the small screen for the first time with this Prime Video series after four different actors played the CIA operative in the movies. However, unlike the movies, which were based on Clancy novels, Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan took the character, and other fan favorites from the novels, and dropped them into new stories. After the fourth season Jack Ryan concludes, and there are no plans to keep the series going, although that doesn't mean the story will end there.

The news that there would be no Jack Ryan season 5 wasn't a shock, as star John Krasinski already made it clear that the fourth season of Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan would mark his end when it comes to headlining the series as Jack Ryan. However, while this is the end of Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan on Prime Video, that does not mean the end of the road for that franchise. A Jack Ryan spin-off series looks to be on the way, and that means that Krasinski could be back as Jack Ryan in a smaller role in the future. While there won't be a Jack Ryan season 5, there might be more in the near future for the Clancy heroes.

Jack Ryan Season 5 Recent News

The biggest Jack Ryan season 5 news came before the third season ever arrived. It was at that time that Prime Video revealed that Jack Ryan season 4 would be the last season for the John Krasinski-led spy series. No one commented at the time on the news, but Krasinski's contract to play Jack Ryan in the series came to an end after four seasons. However, this doesn't mean that he won't be back in the role. At the same time, the news broke that Prime Video planned on a spinoff series called Rainbow Six, starring Michael Pena's Ding Chavez, who premiered in season 4 of Jack Ryan. Since it takes place in the same world, Krasinski could return for that series in a smaller role, and it could also build on the themes and wider narrative established in Jack Ryan.

Jack Ryan Season 5 Was Never On The Cards

Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan season 5 won't happen because Krasinski and the showrunners always planned for the show to be a four-season story. Krasinski said that they always planned on the four seasons and had planned it out to end on a note that would be both "exciting and thrilling for the audience" (via Collider). Krasinski said they built up a relationship between the characters since the first season, and they wanted to end in a way that meant something for the audience, the characters, and the actors involved as they moved on to other projects.

Jack Ryan Season 5 Cast

John Krasinski signed on to play Jack Ryan for four seasons, meaning it was the end of the role for the actor before a Jack Ryan season 5 could ever occur. Krasinski, who also served as the executive producer for the Prime Video series, said he wanted to make sure that the show ended in a way that had an emotional impact for the viewers. Krasinski said that he sees the show as a series about people working together to overcome the biggest obstacles, and it was never just about the action (via The Wrap).

"We wanted to keep the action and thrills and all that for the audience, but I think most importantly to me was — if we were going to end it — to make sure that the audience also had a culmination of these characters and these relationships that they connected to, and that they felt that they were saying goodbye as well... it was the emotional impact of making sure that we ended the show, rather than on some action-packed moment, that the moment was about all of us together."

While it seems like Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan has ended, that does not mean that the Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan cast won't be back in these roles in the future. There is still the Jack Ryan spin-off series coming with Domingo "Ding" Chavez leading a Rainbow Six series. That is at least one member of the Jack Ryan season 5 cast that could return in another form. It also might make sense for some other actors to show up, even if in small roles. Krasinski could be back as someone who sends Ding on missions, and names like Michael Kelly as Mike November and Wendell Pierce as James Greer could also return.

Jack Ryan Season 5 Story Details

WhIle there will not be a Jack Ryan season 5, the good news is that there might be more coming on Prime Video in this world. This would center on the character introduced in the last season of Jack Ryan, the Michael Peña character of Domingo “Ding” Chavez. This series would be Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six, where Ding is the leader of an elite counterterrorism task force set out to protect the United States. Ding comes straight out of the Jack Ryan novels, appearing in seven books, including Clear and Present Danger, The Sum of All Fears, Debt of Honor, Executive Orders, Command Authority, Full Force and Effect and Commander-in-Chief.

Rainbow Six itself was also a novel in the Jack Ryan series and ended up spinning off into its own set of books as well as best-selling video games. In the books, Ding is the son-in-law of John Clarke, the character Michael B. Jordan played in the movie Without Remorse. It was Clarke who started Rainbow Six and Ding took the lead for the team in the field. There is no word on whether the spin-off is going ahead as planned, but if it does, expect Prime Video to treat it the same as Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan, placing the character from the books into new adventures written for the small screen.

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Update: 2024-05-05