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 was the last movie to feature Tom Clancy's fictional character Jack Ryan prior to the author's death on October 1, 2013, of an undisclosed illness.
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 The Hunt for Red October (1990), which was the character's first movie appearance, but turned it down to make Dances with Wolves (1990) instead.
First movie in the franchise that isn't based on a specific novel in the Jack Ryan book series.