“Reacher” star Alan Ritchson suggested a season of the Amazon Prime series built around one of Jack Reacher’s most violent outings was shelved after President Trump’s reelection, the latest volley in the actor’s long-running feud with Mr. Trump.
Replying to a fan who wished the show would finally adapt “Die Trying,” the 1998 Lee Child novel in which Reacher wipes out a white-supremacist militia holding a Cabinet official’s daughter hostage, Mr. Ritchson wrote on Threads: “My favorite book. Fun fact: I had it approved until someone got re-elected,” the Daily Beast reported. He stopped short of naming Mr. Trump.
Mr. Ritchson, 43, has been among Hollywood’s most outspoken Trump critics. In a 2024 interview, he called the president a “con man” and questioned why so many Christians treated him like a hero. He escalated the criticism in July, using a podcast appearance to demand release of files tied to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and suggesting Mr. Trump belonged in jail. A White House spokesman fired back that the actor suffers from “Trump Derangement Syndrome.”
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The show’s fourth season, based on the novel “Gone Tomorrow,” wrapped this month, and a fifth season adapting “Make Me” is in production, with Mr. Ritchson also serving as an executive producer.
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