Watch John Krasinski as 'Jack Ryan' in Amazon's Tense First Teaser

Alec Baldwin. Harrison Ford. Ben Affleck. Chris Pine. And now John Krasinski.

"The Office" alum is the latest star to take on author "Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan" in a new Amazon Original Series of that name.

The series will debut on Prime Video in 2018.

The stars will make their first appearance at New York Comic-Con this Saturday, Oct. 7, and that's also when we'll get the first full trailer.

For now, fans can check out Amazon's first-look footage, just giving a glimpse of Krasinski in the lead role of Tom Clancy hero Jack Ryan.

Check out the first teaser:Here's more from Amazon:

"The one-hour, eight-episode dramatic series follows an up-and-coming CIA analyst thrust into a dangerous field assignment for the first time. The series follows Ryan as he uncovers a pattern in terrorist communication that launches him into the center of a dangerous gambit with a new breed of terrorism that threatens destruction on a global scale.

Amazon will debut Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan, from Paramount Television and Skydance Television, in 2018 on Prime Video. The series also stars Wendell Pierce (Ray Donovan, The Wire) and Abbie Cornish (Limitless). It is executive produced by Carlton Cuse (Lost, Bates Motel) who also serves as the showrunner, Krasinski, Michael Bay's Platinum Dunes, and Graham Roland (Almost Human), who wrote the pilot based on a story he and Cuse developed."

The role of Jack Ryan was previously played in five films. First Alec Baldwin was Jack Ryan in "The Hunt for Red October" (1990), then Harrison Ford in both "Patriot Games" (1992) and "Clear and Present Danger" (1994). Years later, Ben Affleck had the role for "The Sum of All Fears" (2002), and then Chris Pine for his own movie, "Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit" (2014).

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