Viktor Cherevin will be set to be the main antagonist of the upcoming 2014 movie Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit. He will be played by Kenneth Branagh, who is also directing the movie. Little is known about the character, but he is said to be a businessman and a terrorist in Russia planning to destroy New York City.
History
While working as a junior analyst for the CIA's Directorate of Intelligence, Jack Ryan inadvertently uncovers evidence of an imminent terrorist attack. With no intelligence to verify his discovery, Ryan is promoted to field agent and sent to Moscow to continue his investigation, where he soon encounters Viktor Cherevin, an enigmatic businessman at the center of a plot to cripple the global economy. As Ryan learns to navigate the world of intelligence, fend off assassins, and address the potential breakdown of his marriage, he comes to the realization that it may already be too late to stop Cherevin from ushering in an economic catastrophe of unprecedented scale.