Chris Pratt will star in new Navy SEAL TV show ‘The Terminal List’
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Chris Pratt hasn't been a series regular on television since his breakout role in Parks and Recreation. Since then, he's transformed himself from goofy sidekick to leading man. From Zero Dark Thirty to Guardians of the Galaxy to Jurassic World, Pratt has proven that he can play a badass with specialized training and skills, and now he's putting them to good use.
Returning to the role of Navy SEAL, Pratt will star as James Reece in former Navy SEAL Jack Carr's The Terminal List, a conspiracy thriller with a straight-to-series order on Amazon.
Perhaps even more exciting is that, according to The Hollywood Reporter, "Producers plan to assemble a writing staff where half the scribes are either veterans themselves or have veterans in their families. [They'll also have] vets and their families as part of multiple aspects of the show."Based on a novel by the same name, The Terminal List follows James Reece after his team was ambushed during a covert operation and he uncovers a conspiracy that runs to the highest levels of government.
Pratt partnered with executive producer and director Antoine Fuqua (Training Day, The Magnificent Seven, The Equalizer) to pitch the series, with David DiGilio (Strange Angel, Traveler, Eight Below) currently primed for writing.
Pratt took to Twitter to acknowledge the announcement:
Author Jack Carr pictured Pratt for the role of James Reece even before Pratt's film career took off. "The crazy part is, usually you think of Mark Wahlberg or somebody who'd done these kinds of [roles] before but I thought of Chris Pratt. All he'd done is Parks and Rec. He had a small role in Zero Dark Thirty where he plays a SEAL...and for some reason I thought, 'That's the guy.' It wasn't the obvious choice back then...but I thought 'this seems like a likeable guy,'" Carr shared on the Joe Rogan Experience.
Carr goes on to talk about a fellow SEAL who reached out to get an early copy of the book specifically for Pratt, who read it and optioned it right away. Years later, the adaptation is becoming a reality.
"Usually they want to get rid of the author right away when they option something but Chris wanted me involved so I got to help out on the pilot script — and it is so good," Carr gushed.
Check out Carr's conversation with Joe Rogan in the video below:
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