"The Sum of All Fears The Sum of All Fears is a political thriller novel, written by Tom Clancy and released on August 14, 1991. Serving as the sequel to ""Clear and Present Danger"" (1989), main character Jack Ryan, who is now the Deputy Director of Central Intelligence, tries to stop a crisis concerning the Middle East peace process where Palestinian and former East German terrorists conspire to bring the United States and Soviet Union into nuclear war. It debuted at number one on the New York Times bestseller list. A film adaptation, which is a reboot of the Jack"
"based on King Arthur's final battle, ""The Sum of All Fears"" explores nuclear fears that humans endured during the Cold War, with Clancy warning that complacency regarding such threats is dangerous. Published months after the first Gulf War, Clancy also envisioned a fictional “next great step” toward lasting peace in the Middle East. The book was said to be inspired by the 1977 thriller film ""Black Sunday"", which depicts a blimp being used as a weapon to blow up on a football stadium during the Super Bowl; the movie was referenced three times. The novel also explores the danger of"
"1991 video game based on the novel, which is a global management simulation developed for Amiga. In a 1994 survey of wargames, ""Computer Gaming World"" gave the title one-plus stars out of five, stating that it ""utilized intensive bar graphs as a replacement for action and entertainment"". After the release of ""Clear and Present Danger"" (1994), a film based on the book was planned before it was deemed too difficult to adapt, resulting in producer Mace Neufeld purchasing the rights to ""The Sum of All Fears"". Harrison Ford was set to reprise his role as Jack Ryan, co-starring with William"
"spawned three video games for various systems. Two side scroller games were produced in 1990 to coincide with the release of ""The Hunt for Red October"", one for computer systems was released by Grandslam Interactive Ltd. while another was released for Nintendo consoles by Hi-Tech Expressions, Inc. In 2002, the video game ""The Sum of All Fears"" was released by Ubisoft for the PC, PlayStation 2 and Nintendo GameCube. Domingo Chavez (as Ding Chavez) and John Clark both appear as a member and the leader of Team Rainbow in the older Rainbow Six games, these characters also appeared in the"
"catastrophic terrorist attack became prominent. Terrorism in the form of nuclear, chemical, or biological attacks now occupy the place in popular culture once held by the vision of a nuclear World War III between world powers. Paramount Pictures released a film adaptation of Tom Clancy's ""The Sum of All Fears"" in 2002. The production of the film began before 9/11, and was originally intended as an escapist thriller where CIA analyst Jack Ryan fights Neo-Nazis who conspire to detonate a nuclear weapon at an association football game to start a nuclear war between Russia and the United States. However, the"
"1991 to 1992. His production company, with mogul Marvin Davis, was followed by one set up with Robert G. Rehme, which arranged an exclusive production deal with Paramount. Launching their partnership in the early 1990s, the team went on to shepherd ""The Hunt for Red October"", ""Patriot Games"" and ""Clear and Present Danger"", based on the bestselling books of Tom Clancy. They also produced 1991's ""Flight of the Intruder"". When Rehme exited the partnership to become President of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Neufeld went on to produce yet another Tom Clancy adaptation starring Ben Affleck, ""The"
"Alden Robinson, who is present with Clancy] ignored”. Nevertheless, he complained about technical inaccuracies throughout the film in the commentary. ""The Sum of All Fears"" was a major financial success, grossing a total of $193 million in box office. However, it received mixed reviews from critics; Rotten Tomatoes reported that 59% of critics gave the film positive reviews and that the average rating was 6/10 based on a total of 171 reviews counted. In turn, the film had its video game adaptation, which is a tactical first-person shooter game that is similar to the ""Rainbow Six"" series of games. It"
"100 Years...100 Thrills. The Hunt for Red October (film) The Hunt for Red October is a 1990 American espionage submarine film produced by Mace Neufeld, directed by John McTiernan, that stars Sean Connery, Alec Baldwin, Scott Glenn, James Earl Jones, and Sam Neill. The film is based on Tom Clancy's 1984 bestselling novel of the same name. The story is set during the late Cold War era and involves a rogue Soviet naval captain who wishes to defect to the United States with his officers and the Soviet Navy's newest and most advanced nuclear missile submarine. An American CIA analyst"
"worldwide gross of $788.4 million to date, the films constitute the 57th highest-grossing film series. The films have been nominated for four Academy Awards, winning one for Sound Effects (now Sound Editing) in ""The Hunt for Red October"" (at the 63rd Awards). The continuity of the films differ from the novels. In the novels, ""Patriot Games"" occurs before ""The Hunt for Red October"", though the order was reversed in the film versions. Additionally, ""The Sum of All Fears"" is not part of the Baldwin/Ford series, but rather an intended reboot of the franchise, and therefore departs significantly from the chronology"
"The Sum of All Fears (video game) The Sum of All Fears is the name of two tactical shooter video games developed by Red Storm Entertainment and published by Ubi Soft; one was released for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 2 (only released in Europe) and GameCube, based on the ""Ghost Recon"" game engine; the other was released for the Game Boy Advance. The game is based on the 2002 film of the same name. It is a tactical first-person shooter and is very similar in style to that of the ""Rainbow Six"" series of games. The game's first two missions take"
"The Hunt for Red October (film) The Hunt for Red October is a 1990 American espionage submarine film produced by Mace Neufeld, directed by John McTiernan, that stars Sean Connery, Alec Baldwin, Scott Glenn, James Earl Jones, and Sam Neill. The film is based on Tom Clancy's 1984 bestselling novel of the same name. The story is set during the late Cold War era and involves a rogue Soviet naval captain who wishes to defect to the United States with his officers and the Soviet Navy's newest and most advanced nuclear missile submarine. An American CIA analyst correctly deduces his"
"the depiction of the ULA as “twisted political misfits” who practice political violence in the vein of Count Dracula and his “family”, as well as other gothic elements like the presence of the Prince and Princess of Wales. Clancy started working on ""Patriot Games"" in 1979, along with other novels which would later be published: ""The Hunt for Red October"" (1984) and ""The Cardinal of the Kremlin"" (1988). He says of his passion for accuracy and detail: ""When I was in London, researching ""Patriot Games"", I spent 20 hours walking around the Mall with a camera, clipboard and tape recorder,"
"Sum of All Fears"". Starting in 2007, the F-16 became one of two aircraft (along with the Cirrus SR22) to be featured in Google Earth Flight Simulator. The McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet appears in the 1994 film ""Clear and Present Danger"" which was directed by Phillip Noyce. The jet drops a laser-guided bomb on a car at a drug lord's villa, being laser designated by a special forces team. Barrett Tillman's 1992 novel ""The Sixth Battle (novel)"" includes two mythical Forrestal class aircraft carriers opposing a post-Soviet Russian fleet in the Indian Ocean. Both air wings include two F-18 squadrons"
"Hunter as saying, ""When he published ""The Hunt for Red October"", he redefined and expanded the genre and as a consequence of that, many people were able to publish such books who had previously been unable to do so."" John D. Gresham, a co-author and researcher with Clancy on several books, attributed Clancy's death to heart problems: ""Five or six years ago Tom suffered a heart attack and he went through bypass surgery. It wasn’t that he had another heart attack, his heart just wore out."" Tom Clancy Thomas Leo Clancy Jr. (April 12, 1947 – October 1, 2013) was"
"more sequels: ""Blue Warrior"" (2015), ""Drone Command"" (2015), and ""Drone Threat"" (2016). Maden is a Tom Clancy fan from reading ""The Hunt for Red October"" back in graduate school. He elaborated that ""Tom Clancy’s genius was to bring current technology into stories in a powerful and entertaining way, but he also created some of the most compelling characters in the genre—a genre he essentially invented. No one can ever replace him or even imitate him."" On February 20, 2017, The Real Book Spy announced that Grant Blackwood, as well as Mark Greaney, is leaving the Tom Clancy franchise. Blackwood was"
"Ed O'Ross Ed O'Ross (born July 4, 1949) is an American character actor known for his work as Itchy in ""Dick Tracy"", Colonel Perry in ""Universal Soldier"", Lt. Touchdown in ""Full Metal Jacket"", ruthless Georgian mobster Viktor Rostavili in ""Red Heat"", and police detective Cliff Willis in ""The Hidden"". O'Ross was born Edward Oross in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, of Czechoslovak descent. Prior to becoming an actor O'Ross had a brief career as a boxer and as a minor league baseball player. He currently resides in New York City and Los Angeles. He has appeared in many films and has played several"
"Texas Ranger"", ""Curb Your Enthusiasm"", """", and ""The Outsiders"". He also appeared in the ""Moonlighting"" episode ""Brother, Can You Spare A Blonde?"" Ed O'Ross Ed O'Ross (born July 4, 1949) is an American character actor known for his work as Itchy in ""Dick Tracy"", Colonel Perry in ""Universal Soldier"", Lt. Touchdown in ""Full Metal Jacket"", ruthless Georgian mobster Viktor Rostavili in ""Red Heat"", and police detective Cliff Willis in ""The Hidden"". O'Ross was born Edward Oross in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, of Czechoslovak descent. Prior to becoming an actor O'Ross had a brief career as a boxer and as a minor league"
"collaborators and capturing Brightling himself. Red Storm Entertainment (founded by author Tom Clancy) had originally planned to do a special operations game featuring first-person action, and a team of operators rescuing hostages and taking out terrorists. Their first concept was modeled after the FBI Hostage Rescue Team. Later they decided to make the concept more international, as HRT would only operate in the United States, and renamed it ""Black Ops"" and incorporated operators from all over the world. It was then they found that Clancy was writing a book about terrorism and a special team to combat it, so they"
"John McTiernan John Campbell McTiernan Jr. (born January 8, 1951) is an American filmmaker. His last completed feature film was the mystery-thriller ""Basic"", released in 2003. He is best known for his action films, especially ""Predator"" (1987), ""Die Hard"" (1988), and ""The Hunt for Red October"" (1990). His later well-known films include the action-comedy-fantasy film ""Last Action Hero"" (1993), the action film sequel ""Die Hard with a Vengeance"" (1995), and the heist film-remake ""The Thomas Crown Affair"" (1999). He pleaded guilty to perjury and lying to an FBI investigator in regard to his hiring of the private investigator Anthony Pellicano"
"Robert Rehme Robert Rehme (born 5 May 1935) is an American film producer whose credits include the films ""Patriot Games"", ""Clear and Present Danger"" and ""The General's Daughter"". His first major job involving motion pictures was president of Avco Embassy Pictures in 1978, a post he held until 1981. In 1983, he became co-chairman and chief executive officer of New World Entertainment, Inc until 1989, when he and producer Mace Neufeld co-founded the motion picture production company Neufeld/Rehme Productions. It was during this time that he created the pictures for which he is most known, such as ""Patriot Games"" and"
"Tom Clancy Thomas Leo Clancy Jr. (April 12, 1947 – October 1, 2013) was an American novelist best known for his technically detailed espionage and military-science storylines set during and after the Cold War. Seventeen of his novels were bestsellers, and more than 100 million copies of his books are in print. His name was also used on movie scripts written by ghostwriters, nonfiction books on military subjects, and video games. He was a part-owner of the Baltimore Orioles and vice-chairman of their community activities and public affairs committees. Clancy's literary career began in 1984 when he sold ""The Hunt"
"Team 1. The character John Clark appears in the following books: John Clark has been portrayed by Willem Dafoe in ""Clear and Present Danger"" (1994) and Liev Schreiber in ""The Sum of All Fears"" (2002). In 2012 Paramount Pictures was developing a film adaptation of ""Without Remorse"", and were reportedly in early negotiations with Tom Hardy to play Clark. By September 2018, Michael B. Jordan was cast to play John Clark in a new film series. Two films are currently in development including, ""Without Remorse"" and ""Rainbow Six"". The series will be produced by Akiva Goldsman. On December 5, 2018,"
"those attacks. CNN anchor Judy Woodruff later remarked: “People in our newsroom have been saying today that what is happening is like right out of a Tom Clancy novel.” Debt of Honor Debt of Honor is a techno-thriller novel, written by Tom Clancy and released on August 17, 1994. A direct sequel to ""The Sum of All Fears"" (1991), Jack Ryan becomes the National Security Advisor when a secret cabal of Japanese industrialists seize control of their country’s government and wage war on the United States. The book debuted at number one on the New York Times bestseller list. The"
"artists such as Peter Gabriel, Junior Vasquez, Everything But The Girl, Deep Forest, Mary J. Blige and Sinéad O'Connor. Tom Salta Tom Salta also known as Atlas Plug (stylised ATlA5 PlUG) is an American recording artist and soundtrack composer. He has composed soundtracks for many video game titles, including ""Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 1 & 2"", ""Cold Fear"", ""Red Steel"" and ""Tom Clancy's H.A.W.X"". Salta's score for ""Red Steel"" received an award for ""Best Original Score"" in IGN's Best of 2006 awards. Salta works in multimedia including film, television, advertising, and video games. Tom Salta is also the"
"1975. ""The Hunt for Red October"" launched Clancy's successful career as a novelist, especially after then-U.S. President Ronald Reagan remarked that he had enjoyed reading the book. A film adaptation was released on March 2, 1990, and several computer and video games based on the book have been developed. Since then, the book has become instrumental in bringing the book genre of techno-thriller into the mainstream. During the Cold War, Marko Ramius, a Soviet Navy submarine commander of Lithuanian descent, plans to defect to the United States with his hand-picked officers on board the ballistic missile submarine ""Red October"", a"
"Debt of Honor Debt of Honor is a techno-thriller novel, written by Tom Clancy and released on August 17, 1994. A direct sequel to ""The Sum of All Fears"" (1991), Jack Ryan becomes the National Security Advisor when a secret cabal of Japanese industrialists seize control of their country’s government and wage war on the United States. The book debuted at number one on the New York Times bestseller list. The novel later became well-known for foreshadowing the September 11 attacks. Japanese industrialist Raizo Yamata has been plotting to bring back his country to a position of greatness for years,"
"weekend and holding the top spot for two weeks. It eventually went on to gross an estimated $122,187,717 in the U.S., and $93,700,000 in foreign revenue for a worldwide total of $215,887,717. The film was nominated for two Academy Awards for Best Sound (Donald O. Mitchell, Michael Herbick, Frank A. Montaño, and Art Rochester) and Best Sound Editing (John Leveque and Bruce Stambler). Clear and Present Danger (film) Clear and Present Danger is a 1994 American spy thriller film directed by Phillip Noyce and based on Tom Clancy's novel of the same name. It was preceded by the 1990 film"
"""Flight of the Intruder"". Rehme served as President of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences twice, between 1992–1993 and 1997–2001. Robert Rehme Robert Rehme (born 5 May 1935) is an American film producer whose credits include the films ""Patriot Games"", ""Clear and Present Danger"" and ""The General's Daughter"". His first major job involving motion pictures was president of Avco Embassy Pictures in 1978, a post he held until 1981. In 1983, he became co-chairman and chief executive officer of New World Entertainment, Inc until 1989, when he and producer Mace Neufeld co-founded the motion picture production company Neufeld/Rehme"
"argued that ""the film celebrates and makes light of the enormous covert powers of a globally operating US national security state and its allies."" According to Box Office Mojo, the film made U.S. $118,907,036 and $75,014,336 in foreign totals, easily recovering its $68 million production costs. The film won a Visual Effects Society Award for ""Best Supporting Visual Effects in a Motion Picture."" The recipients were Glenn Neufeld, Derek Spears, Dan Malvin, and Al DiSarro. The Sum of All Fears (film) The Sum of All Fears is a 2002 American spy thriller film directed by Phil Alden Robinson, based on"
"film """". A B-1 bomber launches AGM-86 missiles in ""Never Say Never Again"". The B-1B appears in EA's Battlefield 4 as the US Marine Corps' strategic bomber on the Silk Road, Dragon Pass, Guilin Peaks, Dragon Pass, and Operation Whiteout maps. Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit was featured in the 1996 20th Century Fox film ""Independence Day"". B-2 spirit deploys the nuclear missile at the saucer over Houston but fails because the saucer has a deflector shield. The B-2 Spirit appeared in the 2002 film ""The Sum of All Fears"", based on the Tom Clancy novel of the same name. In"
"of Allan Eckert's ""The Frontiersman,"" about settling the Ohio River Valley, and ""Half of the Sky,"" about a Rocky Mountain explorer. Sean Connery was hired to star in the film ""The Hunt for Red October"" for producer Mace Neufeld, based on the Tom Clancy novel. Connery thought the script was ""too American"" and insisted Neufeld hire John Milius to rewrite the Russian sequences. Connery thought with Milius, he could ""get a different sort of image, different speech patterns."" Neufeld then hired Milius to write and direct ""Flight of the Intruder"" based on the book by Stephen Coonts. It too was"
"J. Allen Williams Jeffery Allen Williams (born September 27, 1960) is an American animator, writer, producer, actor, musician, and director. Williams founded Parallax Studio in Nixa, Missouri, and presently continues in the capacity of its CEO. Williams is best known for writing, producing, directing, animating, engineering and editing the independent science fiction computer game """". He has also directed and produced two feature films: the fantasy thriller ""Everything"", completed in 2017, and the science fiction film ""To Meet the Faces You Meet"", currently in production. Williams was born in Biloxi, Mississippi. He later moved to Kansas City, Missouri where he"
"Tom Salta Tom Salta also known as Atlas Plug (stylised ATlA5 PlUG) is an American recording artist and soundtrack composer. He has composed soundtracks for many video game titles, including ""Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 1 & 2"", ""Cold Fear"", ""Red Steel"" and ""Tom Clancy's H.A.W.X"". Salta's score for ""Red Steel"" received an award for ""Best Original Score"" in IGN's Best of 2006 awards. Salta works in multimedia including film, television, advertising, and video games. Tom Salta is also the man behind the Atlas Plug moniker, and released his first album, ""2 Days or Die"", in February 2005. Salta"