‘Reacher’ Season 3 Teaser Reveals February Premiere Date, New Villain

Jack Reacher has a new opponent.

A teaser for Season 3 of ‘Reacher’ reveals a premiere date of February 20 and shows the title character (Alan Ritchson) meeting his latest rival: Paulie, a bodybuilder played by real-life bodybuilder Olivier Richters. Paulie was first introduced in Lee Child’s 2003 novel “Persuader,” the seventh “Jack Reacher” book that serves as the basis for Season 3. Paulie works as a bodyguard for Zachary Beck (new cast member Anthony Michael Hall), a businessman from whom Reacher suspects of illegal transactions.

While Reacher is remarkably tall and muscular – Ritchson is over 6 feet tall and is known for roles like Aquaman and Hawk – Paulie is hulking in comparison, while Richters is 7 feet 10 inches tall and weighs 350 pounds.

In the teaser, Reacher punches Paulie in the stomach, but Paulie barely reacts and then punches Reacher’s face, causing him to fall to the ground. “He’s twice my size,” Reacher says during a phone call with Frances Neagley (Maria Sten), who replies, “The last time I saw a man twice your size was on Mount Rushmore. ”

Season 3 of ‘Reacher’ will launch with three episodes, followed by weekly episodes until the finale on March 27. According to the official logline for the season, ‘Reacher bursts into the dark heart of a massive criminal enterprise as he attempts to rescue an undercover DEA informant whose time is running out. There he finds a world of secrecy and violence – and is confronted with some unfinished business from his own past.

In addition to Ritchson, Neagley, Richters and Hall, the cast of “Reacher” includes Sonya Cassidy, Brian Tee, Johnny Berchtold, Robert Montesinos and Daniel David Stewart. The series is produced by Amazon MGM Studios, Skydance Television and CBS Studios. Executive producers include showrunner Nick Santora, Child and Ritchson, as well as Don Granger, Scott Sullivan, Mick Betancourt and Skydance’s David Ellison, Dana Goldberg and Matt Thunell. Carolyn Harris and Kenny Madrid are the executives responsible for the series for Skydance. The series has already been renewed for a fourth season.

Watch the season 3 teaser below.