In the three episodes made available by Peacock, I went from cognitive dissonance to not entirely caring who portrayed Langdon. While Zukerman may bring a “Hey, I know that dude vibe,” for some, he’s still a relative unknown with a couple of credits - “Designated Survivor” and “Succession” - sticking out. No one should envy Zukerman in that task.īut as long as we’re making comparisons, it’s an entirely different scenario in that with Jack Ryan, who’s been played by Alec Baldwin, Harrison Ford, Ben Affleck and Chris Pine (did I miss anyone?), the actors had already developed a track record. That would be Ashley Zukerman filling the shoes of the legendary actor and character. Produced by the team behind the three Langdon films, it features all the hallmarks of that franchise from brain-teasing puzzles to breakneck pacing and Tom Hanks. Apparently repurposing literary properties from the movie screen to the television screen - in these cases streamers - is the trendy thing to do.įollowing the lead of Amazon Prime Video, which partnered with John Krasinski and turned Jack Ryan, everyone’s favorite CIA analyst, into a hot limited series, Peacock, NBCUniversal’s streaming service, has done the same with Robert Langdon, the symbolist from “The Da Vinci Code” fame, in “The Lost Symbol.”
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