Alan Ritchson, star and producer of Prime Video's Reacher series, has disclosed that an approved television adaptation of Lee Child's second Jack Reacher novel, 'Die Trying,' was cancelled following the recent presidential election. The actor publicly announced the cancellation through social media whilst responding to fan disappointment, indicating that production had been greenlit but subsequently halted after the electoral result.

Ritchson, who has maintained public criticism of Donald Trump, implied a connection between the show's cancellation and Trump's re-election, though neither he nor Prime Video provided explicit details about the network's reasoning. The timing of his disclosure and his political commentary suggested he attributed the reversal to political factors, leaving the exact motivation behind the decision unconfirmed by the streaming platform.