Relatively Media have picked up the rights to
Tom Clancy's character
John Clark (aka. John Kelly), with an adaptation of the author's 1993 novel
Without Remorse in the works says
Variety.
The 1971-set book has Kelly, a former Navy SEAL returned from Vietnam, taking charge in two operations - an official military rescue of POWs, and a personal vendetta against the drug runners who raped, tortured and killed the first woman he became involved with since his wife's death.
If you have seen the films
Clear and Present Danger or
The Sum of All Fears, then you will have seen Clark played by
Willem Dafoe and
Liev Schrieber already. Previous attempts have been made to this Clark novel to the big screen have seen
Gary Sinise,
Joaquin Pheonix and even
Brandon Routh attached at some point, the latter of which was to be helmed by
John Singleton. The studio is hoping they can turn this character into a franchise vehicle like Clancy's character Jack Ryan. source -
dark horizons