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Chris Pratt Navy Seal actioner The Terminal List gets July launch on Prime Video

Chris Pratt dressed as a Navy Seal in The Termainl List

Chris Pratt’s Amazon Original Navy Seal series The Terminal List, will debut on Prime Video July 1, when all eight episodes drop together. 

Hopes are clearly high for this one. Pratt gave the streamer one of its biggest hits, the sci-fi movie blockbuster The Tomorrow War. This will be the star’s first regular TV series role since Parks and Recreation.

The Terminal List is based on the best-selling novel by Jack Carr, and follows James Reece (Pratt) after his entire platoon of Navy SEALs is ambushed during a high-stakes covert mission.

The official synopsis continues: Reece returns home to his family with conflicting memories of the event and questions about his culpability. However, as new evidence comes to light, Reece discovers dark forces working against him, endangering not only his life, but the lives of those he loves. 

The Terminal List is based on the best-selling novel by Jack Carr and marks Pratt’s first regular TV series role since Parks and Recreation…

The large ensemble cast also includes Constance Wu, Taylor Kitsch, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Riley Keough, Arlo Mertz, Jai Courtney, JD Pardo, Patrick Schwarzenegger, LaMonica Garrett, Stephen Bishop, Sean Gunn, Tyner Rushing, Jared Shaw, Christina Vidal, Nick Chinlund, Matthew Rauch, Warren Kole, and Alexis Louder.

The series is executive produced by Pratt and Jon Schumacher through Indivisible Productions, Antoine Fuqua through Fuqua Films (The Equalizer, Training Day). Writer and showrunner is David DiGilio.  

The Terminal List is a co-production from Amazon Studios and Civic Center Media in association with MRC Television.

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