From WENN.com

Branagh has already signed up to direct the latest Tom Clancy film adaptation, in which Pine will tackle the role previously made famous by Alec Baldwin, Harrison Ford and Ben Affleck, and he is now in negotiations to step in front of the camera to play the film's villain.

The British actor will portray financial wizard Viktor Stazov, who masterminds a plot to devalue the dollar and destroy the American economy, according to The Hollywood Reporter.