Alan Ritchson Officially Has Another Exciting Release Coming This Month After Reacher Season 4

August 2026 is already a big month for Alan Ritchson thanks to the arrival of Reacher season four, but he has another big release arriving soon too. Alan Ritchson's Reacher casting instantly pushed the lingering controversy over the previous Tom Cruise movies to one side, and he has become everybody's default image of the character.

It's not like Ritchson wasn't an in-demand actor before Prime's adaptation of the Jack Reacher book series, but his star has asended massively since the first season. Near the start of 2026, Ritchson's War Machine became one of Netflix's biggest streaming hits, and a sequel is already in development.

This year sees the arrival of both Reacher's fourth season and the show's first spinoff, Neagley, with Ritchson expected to appear in at least a couple of episodes. It's all go for the star in 2026, but one project that's being overlooked is his gritty, almost dialogue-free actioner Motor City.

The screenplay for this 1970s-set thriller had been doing the rounds for two decades, with actors like Chris Evans and Gerard Butler being attached at different stages. Ritchson was the one who pushed Motor City to the finish line, where he plays a vengeful soldier trying to save his former lover from a gangster.

Alan Ritchson's Motor City Can Be A Bigger Success When It Debuts At Home

Motor City received broadly positive reviews, but despite having a cast that included Ritchson, Shailene Woodley and Ben Foster, it bombed. According to Box Office Mojo, it made less than three million on an estimated budget of $30 million. That's a darn shame; despite its experimental style taking some getting used to - again, there are about four lines of dialogue in the entire film - it's a real gem.

It looks incredible, has a great soundtrack, and the action is crunchy and visceral. While most reviews had to compare Motor City to Reacher, Ritchson is playing a more emotional character in the former, and his near-wordless performance is genuinely impressive. It was something of a passion project for the star too, and he even co-produced the film.

Motor City will hit VOD on August 25, right in the midst of Reacher season four. This should give the movie a real boost and will (hopefully) draw more eyeballs to this 1970s throwback.

2026 Has Been A Great Year For Alan Ritchson

While it's taken some time for Ritchson to find his footing away from Reacher, 2026 is the year he's finally done it. He already ended 2025 with the streaming success of Playdate (even though that action comedy's tepid reviews were well-earned), but with Motor City, War Machine and not one, but two new entries in the Reacher franchise, he's having a great year thus far.

He looks set to continue this run in 2027 and beyond too. He's circling another blockbuster, Maelstrom for Netflix, and will play famed Navy SEAL Mike Thornton in a biopic. It has also been confirmed that Reacher season five will be based on the novel Make Me, the 20th entry in the book saga.

There's Still More To Come From Alan Ritchson This Year

August/September 2026 will be a busy one for Ritchson fans, between Motor City landing on VOD and the arrival of Reacher season four, Neagley, and the action thriller Runner. This arrives in early September and casts Ritchson as a delivery man who races against time to bring a new liver to a sick girl; the only issue is he has to fend off waves of mercenaries who want to steal it.

Runner feels like a combination of Speed and Crank, with Ritchson's hero having to drive, punch and shoot his way out of trouble. The star will then wrap up the year co-starring alongside none other than Arnold Schwarzenegger in the action comedy The Man with the Bag. This casts Arnie as (who else?) Santa Claus, who teams with Ritchson's criminal to find his stolen sack of presents.