Reacher Star Says Trump Reelection Scrapped Approved Adaptation

Actor Alan Ritchson said Prime Video scrapped an approved adaptation of Lee Child's novel *Die Trying*, implying the change followed Donald Trump's reelection. He made the remarks on Threads, calling it his favorite book in the series. *Die Trying*, the second Jack Reacher novel, follows Reacher and a politician's daughter kidnapped by a militia planning to secede from the U.S. Ritchson has been a vocal Trump critic, previously suggesting on a podcast that Trump should face prison time over ties to Jeffrey Epstein. The White House responded dismissively to Ritchson's criticism, with a spokesperson calling him a "talentless hack." Meanwhile, the upcoming season of *Reacher* will adapt *Make Me*, the 12th book in the series, featuring Reacher helping a private investigator search for her missing partner.