Suicide Squadstar Jai Courtney joins Chris Pratt in Amazon’s upcoming thriller seriesThe Terminal List. Courtney will appear in the series as no doubt one of several villains, with the actor reportedly featuring as a recurring guest star in the show, which is based on the novel of the same name by Jack Carr.
StarringChris Prattin the lead,The Terminal Listfollows theGuardians of the Galaxystar as James Reece. After his entire platoon of Navy SEALs is ambushed during a high-stakes covert mission. Reece returns home to his family with conflicting memories of the event and questions about his culpability. However, as new evidence comes to light, Reece discovers dark forces working against him, endangering not only his life but the lives of those he loves.
Reports state thatJai Courtneyhas joined the cast as Steve Horn, “the billionaire kingpin behind Capstone Industries. Capstone is an enormously successful global fund with its hand in everything from pharmaceuticals to fashion. But Horn’s bread and butter iscapitalizing on the latest military trends and innovations. Horn’s hubris and influence are equally threatening, and will put him squarely in Reece’s crosshairs.”
The Terminal Listhas so far amassed a supporting cast of recognizable names and faces alongside Pratt and Courtney, including Taylor Kitsch as Ben Edwards, a former SEAL and Reece’s best friend, Constance Wu as Katie Buranek, a risk-seeking war correspondent, and Patrick Schwarzenegger as Donny Mitchell, the baby-faced youngest member of the team.
Aside from the cast,The Terminal Listhas also tapped the perfect director in Antoine Fuqua. Best known for action hits such asThe EqualizerandOlympus Has Fallen, as well as the crime thrillerTraining Day, The Terminal Listwill mark the second time that the director has worked with Chris Pratt, with the pair teaming up for the 2016 remake of the classic westernThe Magnificent Seven. The series is also due to be written by David DiGilio (Eight Below), who will also serve as showrunner and executive producer.
Jai Courtney’s performances tend to be, putting it as kindly as possible, something of a mixed bag, but every now and again the star of such duds asTerminator GenisysandA Good Day to Die Hardwill surprisingly impress. The greatest example of this is his role in 2016’sSuicide Squad(which indecently is another dud) with Courtney nailing the role ofCaptain Boomerang. The actor played the role so well in fact that he will soon return as the DC supervillain in director James Gunn’s upcoming reboot,The Suicide Squad.
Starring alongside the likes of Margot Robbie, Idris Elba, John Cena, Joel Kinnaman, Sylvester Stallone, Viola Davis, and Peter Capaldi,The Suicide Squadfollows an assortment of imprisoned convicts of Belle Reve penitentiary who are sent as members of Task Force X to the South American island of Corto Maltese to destroy Jotunheim, a Nazi-era prison and laboratory which held political prisoners and conducted experiments. During the mission, they come into conflict with Starro, a giant, telepathic alien starfish.The Suicide Squadis scheduled to be theatrically released on August 5, and will stream on HBO Max for a month on the same day.
The Terminal List meanwhile is expected to hit Amazon Prime in early 2022. This comes to us fromVariety.
