When asked about the possibility of a sequel to this movie, star Chris Pine replied: "No. I don't think it made enough money for that to happen. That's one of my deep regrets, that we didn't totally get that right."
This is the first Tom Clancy adaptation released after Clancy's death in 2013. Clancy died late in post-production, only three months before the release. The first poster and trailer were released the day after his death.
In the hospital scene where Jack Ryan (Chris Pine) is undergoing rehabilitation for injuries suffered in Afghanistan, the other patients are all actual Afghanistan veterans.
Kevin Costner was the first actor offered the role of Jack Ryan in A Caçada ao Outubro Vermelho (1990), which was the character's first movie appearance, but turned it down to make Dança com Lobos (1990) instead.
First movie in the franchise that isn't based on a specific novel in the Jack Ryan book series.
Mikhail Baryshnikov: A native Russian who defected to America during the Cold War plays Minister Sorokin.