Ari Stidham Joins ‘Reacher’ For Season 5

EXCLUSIVE: Ari Stidham (Scorpion) has joined the cast of Reacher for Season 5 in a recurring role. Stidham will play Dean Lassider, a sleazy businessman and long-time associate of Nokes (Kevin Durand) who runs his shady operations out of a desert strip club. The project reunites Stidham with Reacher executive producer and showrunner Nick Santora. Stidham starred in a series regular role in the CBS series Scorpion, which was created by Santora. Reacher follows Reacher (Alan Ritchson), a drifter carrying no phone and the barest of essentials as he travels the country and explores the nation he once served, usually ending up in situations requiring his keen mind and hard-hitting fists. Season 5 logline: After his train stops in the mysterious town of Mother’s Rest, Reacher teams up with a private investigator in the search for a missing person and uncovers a dangerous and deadly criminal conspiracy. Stars include Amanda Ip, Jay Baruchel, Ciara Bravo, and Kevin Durand. Watch on Deadline The series is based on Lee Child’s bestselling “Jack Reacher” novels. The fifth season is based on the 20th book in Lee Child’s global best-selling series, Make Me. Season 4 premiered in August and concluded in September, reaching 66 million viewers globally in its first 28 days on Prime Video, surpassing Reacher‘s Season 3 performance. Season 4 ranks among the top 5 most-viewed seasons of any original series in the history of the streaming service, according to Amazon. It starred Sydelle Noel, Chris Marquette, Agnez Mo, Anggun, Kevin Weisman, Marc Blucas, Kevin Corrigan, and Kathleen Robertson. Reacher is produced by Paramount Television Studios and Amazon MGM Studios. The series is written for television by Nick Santora (FUBAR, Prison Break), who also executive produces and serves as showrunner. In addition to Santora and Child, Ritchson also serves as an executive producer on Season 4, alongside Don Granger, Scott Sullivan, Mick Betancourt, Lisa Kussner, Sam Hill, Amy Pocha and Seth Cohen. Carolyn Harris and Kenny Madrid are the executives-in-charge of the series for Paramount Television Studios.