--- title: "Chris Pratt returns as James Reece in Prime Video's 'Savage Son' series, two weeks after Terminal List season two" description: "Prime Video has ordered a new drama built on the third Jack Carr novel, but whether it counts as season three is still open." url: https://tv-movies.skoop.news/prime-video-8217-s-8216-terminal-list-8217-franchise-expands--11-06/ published: 2026-11-06T04:16:55.353991-05:00 modified: 2026-11-06T04:16:55.353999-05:00 section: "TV & Movies" publisher: "skoop.news" language: en keywords: ["chris pratt", "Savage Son", "Terminal List", "Dark Wolf", "Prime Video", "Amazon MGM Studios", "Constance Wu", "Season", "CIA", "Russian"] hashtags: ["#SavageSon", "#TerminalList", "#DarkWolf", "#Series", "#movieclips"] image: https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Elke_zondag_21.30u_SBS6_DIRECT_DAARNA_OP_Prime_Video%2C_Molenlaankwartier%2C_Rotterdam_%282022%29.jpg/1280px-Elke_zondag_21.30u_SBS6_DIRECT_DAARNA_OP_Prime_Video%2C_Molenlaankwartier%2C_Rotterdam_%282022%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail --- # Chris Pratt returns as James Reece in Prime Video's 'Savage Son' series, two weeks after Terminal List season two > Prime Video has ordered a new drama built on the third Jack Carr novel, but whether it counts as season three is still open. Published 2026-11-06 · Updated 2026-11-06 · TV & Movies, [skoop.news](https://skoop.news/) ## In brief - Prime Video has given a series order to Savage Son, a new drama centered on James Reece, Chris Pratt's Terminal List character. [[1]](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/chris-pratt-terminal-list-savage-son-1236748924/) - Savage Son is based on Jack Carr's novel of the same title, the third book in a series following former Navy SEAL Reece. [[1]](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/chris-pratt-terminal-list-savage-son-1236748924/) - In the book, a traitorous CIA officer has found refuge with the Russian mafia with plans to kill Reece. [[2]](https://deadline.com/2026/11/the-terminal-list-franchise-amazon-savage-son-chris-pratt-1237215033/) ## A series order two weeks after the premiere Prime Video has given a series order to Savage Son, a new drama centered on James Reece, Chris Pratt's Terminal List character. [[1]](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/chris-pratt-terminal-list-savage-son-1236748924/) If you watch The Terminal List, this is the next story in that franchise. [[1]](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/chris-pratt-terminal-list-savage-son-1236748924/) The order came two weeks after season two of The Terminal List debuted on Prime Video. [[1]](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/chris-pratt-terminal-list-savage-son-1236748924/) Pratt is returning as Lieutenant Commander James Reece. [[2]](https://deadline.com/2026/11/the-terminal-list-franchise-amazon-savage-son-chris-pratt-1237215033/) Variety reports that Pratt will again play Reece. [[3]](https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/chris-pratt-terminal-list-savage-son-series-amazon-1236940840/) ## What Savage Son is based on Savage Son is based on Jack Carr's novel of the same title, the third book in a series following former Navy SEAL Reece. [[1]](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/chris-pratt-terminal-list-savage-son-1236748924/) The main show is based on that book series. [[3]](https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/chris-pratt-terminal-list-savage-son-series-amazon-1236940840/) The logline says Reece faces his most personal and dangerous mission yet. [[1]](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/chris-pratt-terminal-list-savage-son-1236748924/) The show is described as a gripping blend of military action, espionage, and wilderness survival. [[1]](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/chris-pratt-terminal-list-savage-son-1236748924/) Amazon MGM Studios, MRC, and Civic Center Media are producing. [[1]](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/chris-pratt-terminal-list-savage-son-1236748924/) Peter Friedlander, head of global television for Amazon MGM Studios, said the franchise continues to resonate and Savage Son takes the story into its most intense chapter yet. [[1]](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/chris-pratt-terminal-list-savage-son-1236748924/) ## The plot of the book In the book, a traitorous CIA officer has found refuge with the Russian mafia with plans to kill Reece. [[2]](https://deadline.com/2026/11/the-terminal-list-franchise-amazon-savage-son-chris-pratt-1237215033/) Reece is recovering from brain surgery in the Montana wilderness of his youth. [[2]](https://deadline.com/2026/11/the-terminal-list-franchise-amazon-savage-son-chris-pratt-1237215033/) He is forced to recruit a team of former commandos to take the fight to the Russian mafia on their home turf. [[2]](https://deadline.com/2026/11/the-terminal-list-franchise-amazon-savage-son-chris-pratt-1237215033/) Along the way he is helped by investigative journalist Katie Buranek (Constance Wu) and his longtime friend and SEAL teammate Raife Hastings (Tom Hopper). [[2]](https://deadline.com/2026/11/the-terminal-list-franchise-amazon-savage-son-chris-pratt-1237215033/) ## How The Terminal List got here The Terminal List main series debuted its first season in 2022 and returned with its second season. [[2]](https://deadline.com/2026/11/the-terminal-list-franchise-amazon-savage-son-chris-pratt-1237215033/) There was a four-year gap between seasons. [[1]](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/chris-pratt-terminal-list-savage-son-1236748924/) Season two premiered October 21 [[3]](https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/chris-pratt-terminal-list-savage-son-series-amazon-1236940840/) and drew 830 million minutes of watch time for the week of October 19-25. [[1]](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/chris-pratt-terminal-list-savage-son-1236748924/) Savage Son follows the Dark Wolf prequel series in the franchise. [[1]](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/chris-pratt-terminal-list-savage-son-1236748924/) Amazon aired the prequel The Terminal List: Dark Wolf starring Taylor Kitsch, who reprised the role of CIA operative and former SEAL Ben Edwards. [[3]](https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/chris-pratt-terminal-list-savage-son-series-amazon-1236940840/) ## What is still undecided As of the reports, it was unclear whether Savage Son would be a standalone season like Dark Wolf or Season 3 of The Terminal List. [[2]](https://deadline.com/2026/11/the-terminal-list-franchise-amazon-savage-son-chris-pratt-1237215033/) Sources told Variety that it is more likely to serve as a standalone project rather than a new season. [[3]](https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/chris-pratt-terminal-list-savage-son-series-amazon-1236940840/) No writer or showrunner is attached to Savage Son yet. [[1]](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/chris-pratt-terminal-list-savage-son-1236748924/) It is also not yet certain who, if anyone, from the main Terminal List cast would join Pratt. [[1]](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/chris-pratt-terminal-list-savage-son-1236748924/) ## What this means for viewers If you follow the franchise, Pratt is set to play Reece again in Savage Son. [[2]](https://deadline.com/2026/11/the-terminal-list-franchise-amazon-savage-son-chris-pratt-1237215033/) Check whether it arrives as a standalone season or as Season 3, because that is still unclear. [[2]](https://deadline.com/2026/11/the-terminal-list-franchise-amazon-savage-son-chris-pratt-1237215033/) Prime Video has not yet decided whether to renew The Terminal List, which also stars Constance Wu, Tom Hopper and Taylor Kitsch. [[1]](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/chris-pratt-terminal-list-savage-son-1236748924/) Whether any of them appear in Savage Son is not yet certain. [[1]](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/chris-pratt-terminal-list-savage-son-1236748924/) ## Sources 1. [Prime Video’s ‘Terminal List’ Franchise Expands With ‘Savage Son’ Series](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/chris-pratt-terminal-list-savage-son-1236748924/) — hollywoodreporter.com 2. [‘The Terminal List’ Franchise Continues At Amazon With ‘Savage Son’](https://deadline.com/2026/11/the-terminal-list-franchise-amazon-savage-son-chris-pratt-1237215033/) — deadline.com 3. [Chris Pratt to Star in 'Terminal List' Spinoff 'Savage Son' at Amazon](https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/chris-pratt-terminal-list-savage-son-series-amazon-1236940840/) — variety.com Image: Photo: Donald Trung Quoc Don (Chữ Hán: 徵國單) - Wikimedia Commons - © CC BY-SA 4.0 International.(Want to use this image?)Origina / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Elke_zondag_21.30u_SBS6_DIRECT_DAARNA_OP_Prime_Video,_Molenlaankwartier,_Rotterdam_(2022).jpg) --- Written from the sources above and checked twice (rules and an independent model) before publishing. How we work: https://skoop.news/how-we-work/ · Corrections: https://skoop.news/corrections/