Entertainment Weekly can confirm that Jay Baruchel dropped out of the upcoming season 4, and Barry alum Christopher Rodriguez-Marquette has been recast in the role. The news comes only two weeks after the This Is the End star's casting was announced along with the rest of the new season 4 roles (the only confirmed returning actor is series lead Alan Ritchson).

As production on Reacher Season 4 is underway, a casting switch-up has taken place. Deadline reports that Christopher Rodriguez-Marquette (Just Friends, RZR) has joined the Season 4 cast as small-town policeman Jacob Merrick,