Sometimes you have to applaud how the logic of a giant streaming company's boardroom works. You can pretty easily work out how Playdate got made at Prime Video – and it definitely all starts with Reacher becoming a massive hit for the streaming platform.
Alan Ritchson, that show's gigantic star, can do more than just straight-laced chisel-jawed action man, though, and actually has quite a penchant for comedy, as demonstrated by his breakout role in Blue Mountain State and a turn in Guy Ritchie's The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare. So, now he's heading up a huge action-comedy for Prime Video: Playdate.
