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An Update On ‘Reacher' Season 4 And Its 2026 Release Date

Reacher season 3 Amazon If there is one thing that's been made clear by Amazon and the success of Reacher on the service, it's that this is a show that is going to continue on forever unless Alan Ritchson leaves to go play DCU Batman, his ultimate dream. Even then, it probably still will. There was never really any question about whether Reacher season 4 would exist, given that it was greenlit way back in October of 2024. So yes, it's happening and sure, we may even hear about season 5 at this point, as that wouldn't exactly be that much of a shock either. We do not know which of the Reacher books will be adapted into the new season yet, and they are not going in chronological order. That's by design, as author Lee Child has said he wanted anyone to be able to jump into any Reacher book and know what was going on. The show has been a bit more connected with recurring characters like Neagley (who was not supposed to be in Persuader, the book that was adapted here for season 3), though Amazon has leaned into her to the point where she's getting her own spin-off series that is no doubt planned to air in the gap between Reacher seasons. Reacher Amazon And what is that gap? No release date for season 4 has been announced, but we can infer one from past Reacher seasons. That would be: Amazon may have learned how to streamline this process a little bit to pump out Reacher seasons faster than other streaming series. In this instance, there was a lengthy year and ten months between seasons 1 and 2. But between seasons 2 and 3, that was shorted to just 14 months, very low in the context of the industry these days. I think we can plan on that sort of timeline again, and 14 months from the season 3 release date would be April 2026. Worst case, summer. And again, I do think the Neagley series is being designed as a sort of 'Fear the Walking Dead' type spin-off to gap-fill Reacher content between seasons. And I do wonder if Ritchson may show up there the way Neagley had 10-15 minutes or screen time this season, helping him out with his latest shenanigans. Reacher will continue to be a huge draw for Amazon between an infinite amount of source material, being a widely accessible series and having a low production cost. I think the biggest challenge could be hanging on to Ritchson and not losing him to a bunch of movie roles, but I mean, Amazon's got money. I wouldn't be too concerned. Follow me on Twitter, YouTube, Bluesky and Instagram. Pick up my sci-fi novels the Herokiller series and The Earthborn Trilogy.