The Terminal List arriving on Prime Video in July follows Lieutenant James Reece, played by Jurassic Park and The Tomorrow War star Chris Pratt, who sees his entire platoon ambushed during a high-stakes covert mission.
A shellshocked James later returns home frustrated by his conflicting memories of the ambush and questioning whether he is to blame. But it soon becomes clear there are dark forces at play and they will go to any lengths to ensure the truth stays hidden.
Based on the bestselling book The Terminal List by Jack Carr, the series also features Jeanne Tripplehorn, Constance Wu and Patrick Schwarzenegger plus it will also see Chris Pratt in an executive producer role. The series is directed by Antoine Fuqua.
So here's everything we can tell you so far about The Terminal List on Amazon Prime Video...
The Terminal List release date
All eight episodes of The Terminal List will premiere worldwide on Friday July 1 2022 on Prime Video.
Is there a trailer for The Terminal List?
Yes Amazon Prime Video have released a trailer for The Terminal List so you can take a good look at Chris Pratt in action. The new trailer carries a message which can be read backwards and forwards — with two very different meanings. The idea is to show off that perspective is everything, and is a clue to the psychological state of Chris Pratt’s character, Lt. James Reece, throughout the series. See the official trailer below and the first teaser previous below it.
The Terminal List plot
The action in The Terminal List follows Lieutenant Commander James Reece (Chris Pratt) whose team is killed in a catastrophic ambush during his last combat deployment.
The incident also costs the lives of the aircrew sent in to rescue them. Then, as a traumatized James returns home he learns that those closest to him have been murdered and realizes he’s at the heart of a conspiracy that runs to the highest levels of government.
As a result, James is left with nothing to lose and so he vows to put the lessons he’s learned over a decade of combat warfare to good use and to avenge the deaths of those he loved.
The Terminal List cast — Chris Pratt on playing James Reece
Chris Pratt who plays James Reece in The Terminal List says: "It’s very much a psychological thriller in tone – very dark and twisted. Reece is an unreliable narrator. We realise that his recollection of events is wrong. He is having issues with his memory. He can’t explain what is going on, and he doesn’t know if he is culpable in the death of his men.
"As the series unfolds, his paranoia starts to grow. We don’t know if it’s because he is in the middle of a conspiracy, or because he is losing his mind."
Pratt is joined in the cast by his real-life brother-in-law, The Staircase’s Patrick Schwarzenegger, who plays fellow SEAL Donny Mitchell.
"All of us care deeply about this community of SEALS, and we wanted to honour what they stand for,’ says Pratt, who’s best-known as celestial human hybrid Peter Quill/Star-Lord in the Guardians of the Galaxy franchise, and dinosaur expert Owen Grady in the Jurassic World movies.
The 42-year-old actor has a reputation as a prankster, but he nearly paid the price on The Terminal List while shooting one scene where his character gets caught in a landslide. "Reece is getting buried alive, so I was up to my neck in mud," he explains. "To get the last shot, they used an excavator to dump another bucket load of dirt on me and I was supposed to crawl my way out.
‘I’m good at holding my breath, so I thought it would be funny if I didn’t move for a while – but it ended up taking me about a minute and a half before I finally managed to get out. I came out coughing up dirt. It was so real, people came up to me saying, 'Dude, that was some of the best acting I’ve seen.'"
Chris starred in last year’s post-apocalyptic series The Tomorrow War. No stranger to playing an action hero, he’s had roles in the Jurassic Park franchise, Avengers and Guardians of the Galaxy. He’s also played comedy turns including Andy Dwyer in Parks and Recreation and Fletcher in the film Bride Wars. Chris has also been in The O.C, Passengers, The Magnificent Seven and voiced the character of Emmet in the Lego movies.
Who else is starring in the Terminal List?
The Terminal List also sees appearances from the following actors...
Constance Wu as Katie Buranek
Constance plays fearless war correspondent Katie Buranek. She starred as Rachel Chu in the 2018 movie Crazy Rich Asians. Constance has also been in Eastsiders, Fresh Off The Boat, and Hustlers.
Jai Courtney as Steve Horn
Jai takes on the role of billionaire businessman Steve Horn. Australian actor Jai played Eric in Divergent and has gone on to star In The Suicide Squad and Terminator Genisys. He was also in the series Stateless and Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later.
Jeanne Tripplehorn as Secretary of Defense Lorraine Hartley
Jeanne shot to fame in the 1992 movie Basic Instinct playing Dr Beth Garner alongside Sharon Stone and Michael Douglas. She plays Sylvia in the TV series The Gilded Age by Downton Abbey writer Julian Fellowes and won an Emmy nomination for the movie Grey Gardens. Jeanne also had roles in Waterworld, The Firm, Mickey Blue Eyes as well as the TV series Big Love, Undone, Electric City, and Mrs. America.
* Other stars in The Terminal List include Arnold Schwarzenegger’s son Patrick Schwarzenegger (Scream Queens, The Staircase) who plays fellow SEAL Donny Mitchell plus John Carter star Taylor Kitsch, Riley Keough (Mad Max: Fury Road) and Arlo Mertz (Mank).
The Terminal List novel and writer Jack Carr
The Terminal List series is based on the five-book series of novels by Jack Carr, himself a former Navy SEAL. The writer was closely involved in the filming process – even recruiting some of his former comrades to play members of the ill-fated platoon.
"We didn’t have to teach these guys how to move in the tunnels – it looks real because they are the real deal," explains Carr. "I served in Iraq with a lot of them, and it was like a reunion when I walked on set."
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