With Alex Cross, Amazon Prime Video will soon present a crime series that could be of particular interest to Reacher fans. The high-profile investigators are quite different, but have some Parallels to each other In addition to the same series home on Amazon, both have an extensive crime catalog.
Alex Cross has not yet been given a specific date for the start of his investigation, but we will keep you updated.
Alex Cross and Jack Reacher: Two Amazon investigators with extensive backstories
Jack Reacher was written by author Lee Child. He is a major in the US military police and has appeared in 28 novels so far. The 29th will be called In Too Deep and is due to be released on October 21, 2024. Tom Cruise played the investigator in two films: Jack Reacher and Jack Reacher 2 – Never Go Back. This was followed by the Amazon series in which Alan Ritchson has played the capable title character for 2 seasons. A 3rd season is already in the works and is due to go online in 2025.
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Aldis Hodge as Alex Cross
Alex Cross, on the other hand, comes from the crime creativity of James Patterson, whose African-American investigator from Washington, DC can already look back on 32 novels. Alex Cross Must Die from 2023 is the last title in the series, which has so far been adapted with mixed success. Morgan Freeman portrayed Cross in …for Kissing They’re There and In the Spider’s Web before Tyler Perry embodied him in Alex Cross from 2012. All three films received mostly negative reviews.
A new chance for criminal investigator Alex Cross on Amazon
Actor Aldis Hodge, known from the Boston crime drama City on a Hill or the superhero film Black Adam, takes on the role for the new Amazon series by showrunner Ben Watkin. With forensic knowledge and the special talent of being able to empathize with the psyche of victims and perpetrators, he is reportedly starting work as Alex Cross this year. In his private life, the investigator with a doctorate is a loving father who, after the death of his wife, throws himself into his work like a maniac – and often goes too far.
Watch the first teaser trailer for Alex Cross here:
Alex Cross – S01 Teaser Trailer (German) HD
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