Rainbow Six movie with Michael B. Jordan coming from John Wick director

Chad Stahelski is John Wick’s director. Rainbow Six, a live-action adaptation of Tom Clancy’s 1998 thriller novel that spawned the video game franchise of the same name, reports The Hollywood Reporter. Paramount’s Rainbow SixMovie will star Michael B. Jordan playing John Kelly. He’ll be reprising the role he played in the movie 2021. Without RemorseAlso based upon a Clancy book,

John Kelly — known originally as John Clark in Clancy’s novel series and in the early Rainbow Six games — is literally “Rainbow Six,” the ex-Navy SEAL and commander of the secret international counterterrorist organization named Rainbow. Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six detailed the Rainbow team uncovering a global terrorist plot to wipe out humanity, and the attached shooter video game — released by developer Red Storm Entertainment in 1998 — gave players control of Rainbow team members on painstakingly planned, highly tactical missions.

Film and book Without ShameClark (and Kelly) used the story to create an origin story. On a mission for revenge, they uncover an international conspiracy. It is called The We are not sorryPrime Video released the movie in August 2021. Response to the streaming movie was mixed, and in Polygon’s review, critic Robert Daniels knocked Without Remorse’s “confusing story, inert action, and limited scope.”

“Without RemorseBecause of this, it is unmemorable schlock. [director Stefano Sollima’s] inability to map the author’s familiar espionage themes onto a new protagonist with very different story requirements,” Daniels wrote.

Rainbow Six adds to Stahelski’s very crowded directorial slate, which includes a live-action adaptation of PlayStation’s Ghost of TsushimaThe possibility of a remake Highlander starring Henry Cavill, and an adaptation of Marc Olden’s Black Samurai novels.

Stahelski’s next picture, John Wick: Chapter 4You can catch the movie in cinemas starting March. Another John Wick film is being planned.