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Amanda Ip, Jay Baruchel, Ciara Bravo and Kevin Durand to Star Opposite Alan Ritchson in ‘Reacher’
Amazon Prime Video has confirmed four new cast members for the fifth season of "Reacher": Amanda Ip, Jay Baruchel, Ciara Bravo and Kevin Durand will join Alan Ritchson in his role as the drifting former military policeman. The announcement comes less than two weeks before the season four premiere, with the new season adapting Lee Child's novel "Make Me" and continuing showrunner Nick Santora's adaptation of the book series for Paramount Television Studios and Amazon MGM Studios.
The fifth season follows Reacher after his train stops in the town of Mother's Rest, where he partners with a private investigator to search for a missing person before uncovering a deadly criminal conspiracy. Ip will play Michelle Chang, Baruchel takes on Chief Buck Bauer, Bravo plays Eunice, and Durand plays Nokes; all four are established screen actors with credits spanning film and television, including Baruchel's work in "This Is the End" and as the voice of Hiccup in "How to Train Your Dragon", and Durand's roles in "3:10 to Yuma" and "X-Men Origins: Wolverine".
In short
- Four actors join Alan Ritchson for "Reacher" season five
- New season adapts Lee Child's novel "Make Me"
- Announced ahead of season four's premiere in under two weeks
Explained simply
Reacher is a television series that adapts Lee Child's crime novels, following Jack Reacher, a former military policeman who travels across America. Alan Ritchson stars as the title character in the show, which airs on Amazon Prime Video. The series has released four seasons to date.
In each season, Reacher arrives in a new town and becomes embroiled in a mystery or criminal conspiracy, working with local people he meets there to uncover the truth. The stories are adapted directly from Lee Child's novels, with each season based on a different book in the series. The fifth season will adapt the novel "Make Me" and follow Reacher's arrival in the town of Mother's Rest.
Supporting characters are central to each season's storytelling, as Reacher typically partners with local investigators, law enforcement, and other residents to solve the mystery at hand. Each new season requires casting of these supporting roles, which are performed by various actors who bring the characters from Lee Child's novels to life for television.
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