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'Shield' creator to adapt Clancy novel

Published Saturday, Oct 23 2010, 22:09 BST | By Tom Ayres
Shawn Ryan

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The Shield creator Shawn Ryan has been tasked to adapt Tom Clancy's 1993 novel Without Remorse.

Vulture reports that Paramount Pictures have now signed Ryan for the adaptation, alongside writer-producers Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci, best known for their work on Star Trek and Mission: Impossible III.

Ryan created the critically acclaimed FX drama The Shield, as well as co-creating the CBS action series The Unit.

The plot of Clancy's Without Remorse follows protagonist John Kelly as he seeks revenge against a drug gang in Baltimore following the death of his girlfriend.

The film is tentatively set for a release in 2011.
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