Bender Chases Jack

Former Lost producer and director Jack Bender is close to signing on to direct "Moscow", the reboot of the Jack Ryan film franchise says Vulture.

The first in the series not to be based on a Tom Clancy book, the story follows Ryan (Chris Pine) in his pre- CIA days having left his stint in the Marines to become a successful financial analyst.

Moving to Moscow with his wife to serve as advisor for a billionaire employer, an employer who sets Ryan up as the fall guy for a terrorist scheme that aims to collapse the U.S. economy. Ryan then goes on a race to clear his name, stop the plot and save his wife who has been taken hostage.

Bender hasn't worked on a feature film since 1991's Child's Play 3--but should do well here thanks to his time on a certain island

Hossein Amini (The Four Feathers, Jude) wrote the script (that Adam Kovac polished)

Lorenzo di Bonaventura and Mace Neufeld are producing Moscow