Gear up for a new season of Amazon’s breakout action hit Reacher, which is based on the popular novels by Lee Child that served as the basis for Tom Cruise’s attempted franchise, Jack Reacher. Although Cruise’s film adaptation was able to capitalize with the sequel, Jack Reacher: Never Go Back, Prime Video’s Reacher series aimed to stick closer to the novels and presents a new case for each season. For example, major characters from season one, like Roscoe and Oscar Finlay, will not play prominent roles in this season. Prime Video has just released the full trailer for season 2 of the Alan Ritchson-starring drama, which returns to Prime Video on December 15th.
According to ScreenRant, “Reacher season 2 will be based on Child’s book Bad Luck and Trouble, the 11th book in the ongoing series. In the book, Reacher is contacted by someone from his former military unit, informed of the mysterious death of someone they both knew. This leads him down a rabbit hole of mystery and conspiracy as he tries to uncover the truth behind what transpired.”
It was previously reported that those added to the cast for this upcoming season includes Serinda Swan (Coroner), Ferdinand Kingsley (Sandman) and Rory Cochrane (Winning Time).
In addition, this season will also feature Domenick Lombardozzi (Magnum P.I.), along with Luke Bilyk (DeGrassi: The Next Generation), Dean McKenzie (Shooter), Edsson Morales (Black Summer), Andres Collantes (Two Sentence Horror Stories), Shannon Kook-Chun (The 100), Ty Victor Olsson (Supernatural), Josh Blacker (See), and Al Sapienza (Coroner). Maria Stren is also set to return, as previously announced, to play Frances Neagley and Shaun Sipos will play David O’Donnell.
The cast descriptions for the new characters read,
Swan has been cast as Karla Dixon. Along with O’Donnell, Dixon served with Reacher in the Army’s unit of Special Investigators. She’s an extremely intelligent private investigator who has no problem holding her own in a fight against men much larger than she is.
Kingsley will play A.M. He’s what Homeland Security calls a “ghost.” He operates under a number of aliases and can pass for any nationality. Money is his only motivation, and he’ll work for the highest bidder.
Cochrane will portray Shane Langston. He’s a streetwise former NYPD detective with a questionable track record who is now head of security for a private defense contractor.
Lombardozzi is Guy Russo. He’s a tough NYPD detective who’s investigating a case that involves several of Reacher’s former Army cohorts.
To note, while the first season released all of its episodes at once, Reacher Season 2 is going for a slower roll-out. Three episodes will premiere on December 15th, while the remainder of the eight-episode season will be released at weekly intervals. Truly, the era of binge releasing seems to be behind us.
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