After a long pause due to Hollywood work stoppages, season 3 of hit series Reacher starring Alan Ritchson, resumes filming in Toronto and Hamilton next week.
After leaving the US Army as a major in its military police, Jack Reacher roams the United States taking odd jobs and investigating suspicious and frequently dangerous situations.
Adapted from Lee Child’s bestselling book series, season 3 is rumoured to be based on the 9th book — One Shot — which was the basis for the 2012 movie Jack Reacher starring Tom Cruise.
When will season 2 premiere?
Adapted from the 11th book titled Bad Luck and Trouble about members of Reacher’s old military unit turning up dead, season 2 premieres December 15th on Amazon’s Prime Video.
The 6’4″ Alan Ritchson, who physically embodies the Jack Reacher described in the books, broke 240 lbs to play the ex-military cop in the second season..
Reacher is pulled from his vagabond life by a coded message informing him that a member of the 110th – his elite group of Army Special Investigators – has been murdered. He and some of his former military cohorts reunite to investigate and soon realize the case is bigger than they ever could have imagined.
Reacher Season 3:
Working title: CHIMP
Episodes: 8.
Pre-strike Toronto filming dates June 19 2023 – July 14 2023.
Post-strike Toronto filming dates: November 20 2023 – March 29 2024.
Showrunner: Nick Santor
Cast: Alan Ritchson.
Producers: Lee Child, Skydance Television, Paramount Television, Amazon Studios.
Success:
Reacher proved to be an instant success for Amazon’s Prime Video, getting renewed for season 2 just three days after dropping all 8 episodes in February 2022.
Later we found out Reacher topped Nielsen’s streaming rankings for Feb. 7-13 2022, the first Amazon Prime Video TV series to do so.