Chris Pratt Puts Jack Ryan, Reacher and James Reece in One Frame, and Alan Ritchson Has Jokes
Prime Video has spent years building a roster of action heroes who headline their own separate franchises. Each one has his own cast, his own storylines and his own release calendar. That makes any crossover, even a joke one, feel like an event.
Lately, that corner of Prime Video has been unusually busy. ‘Reacher‘ returned for a new season in August, a ‘Jack Ryan’ movie arrived in the spring, and ‘The Terminal List‘ is back with fresh episodes. It was only a matter of time before somebody put the 3 franchises side by side.
That somebody turned out to be Pratt himself. ‘The Terminal List’ star posted an AI-generated image on Instagram that puts him, John Krasinski and Alan Ritchson in the same frame, with each actor dressed as his own character: James Reece, Jack Ryan and Jack Reacher.
The trio is staged in the classic Spider-Man pointing meme, with each man aiming a finger at the other 2 in a triangle. Pratt gave the group a nickname in the caption, calling them “The JRs,” a nod to the initials shared by Jack Ryan, Jack Reacher and James Reece. He added that the 3 had officially entered the “Prime Universe.”
Pratt couldn’t resist poking fun at the image itself. He wrote that this is what happens when you ask AI to put 3 action guys in one room, then added that, honestly, “I’ve looked worse.”
The joke came with a genuine message, though. Pratt said that with all the love ‘The Terminal List’ has been getting, he wanted to show some appreciation for 2 guys who are also crushing it on Prime. He told followers that if they haven’t watched ‘Jack Ryan’ or ‘Reacher,’ they should do themselves a favor and check out both.
Ritchson didn’t take long to respond. In the comments, he joked that it was the first time AI hadn’t made him look like a mashup of John Cena and Matt Damon, which added a playful note to an already lighthearted post and showed he was happy to be part of the gag.
The exchange is a reminder that the 3 leads appear to be on friendly terms, even if the closest they have come to sharing a set is a meme. Ritchson leads ‘Reacher’ as the title drifter, while Krasinski headlines ‘Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan,’ a role far removed from his comedic work on ‘The Office.’
Each of the 3 stars is riding a busy stretch. ‘Reacher’ season 4 premiered on August 12 with 8 episodes, and it adapts Lee Child’s 13th Jack Reacher novel, ‘Gone Tomorrow.’ Prime Video has renewed the show for seasons 5 and 6, and an 8-episode spinoff, ‘Neagley,’ was set to follow the season 4 finale.
Krasinski’s CIA analyst, meanwhile, closed out his series in 2023, then returned in the feature film ‘Jack Ryan: Ghost War’ on Prime Video in May, with Wendell Pierce and Michael Kelly back alongside him. The series itself streamed on Prime Video for 4 seasons, starting in 2018. Pratt’s own franchise is expanding too, since the second season of ‘The Terminal List’ premiered on October 21, and Prime Video has since ordered ‘Savage Son,’ a new series that continues Reece’s story and is based on Jack Carr’s third novel in the book series.
Locked. Loaded. No hesitation. Stream The Terminal List Season 2 on Prime Video. https://t.co/eRRAO2w612
— The Terminal List (@TerminalListPV) November 4, 2026
For now, the post is all in good fun, and nothing suggests an actual team-up is on the table. Still, the reaction shows how much affection there is for these characters and how appealing the idea of a shared Prime Video universe remains. The 3 franchises are all thriving on the same streamer, which is exactly why fans enjoy imagining the heroes in one room, even if the room is AI-generated. A meme may be the only place Reece, Ryan and Reacher will ever stand together, but it’s a pretty entertaining place to start.
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