Chris Pratt on "Terminal List"

Chris Pratt on 'Terminal List,' enlisting a beefed-up Schwarzenegger and newborn baby 'hell week'

Chris Pratt has perfected the art of the comedic wisecrack amid blockbuster movie action, whether avoiding dinosaur demise in the "Jurassic World" franchise or during Quad Blaster fire in "Guardians of the Galaxy."

That ends with "The Terminal List.," where Pratt's customary frivolity is the first casualty on the register for the eight-episode Amazon series (streaming Friday).

"Audiences will have a set of expectations around what they'll get with something I'm in, with jokes and goofing around. But there's none of that" here, says Pratt, in a joint video interview with Carr.

Terminal List" is a hit with Amazon Prime viewers, more deployments may follow: Carr is finishing his sixth Reece novel, leaving plenty of room for more stories.  While Amazon has not signed up for more, Pratt already has a new training boost from May newborn Eloise, who has strengthened his family bond and reintroduced him to "sleep deprivation.

Hollywood movie star and became a household name, the 43-year-old got his start as Andy Dwyer in TV's "Parks and Recreation." Since then, Pratt has gotten his big break as Star-Lord in Marvel's "Guardians of the Galaxy," Owen Grady in "Jurassic World" and James Reece in Prime Video's "The Terminal List."

In the series, Reece hooks up with his former SEAL friend Ben Edwards (Taylor Kitsch) and a sympathetic investigative journalist (Constance Wu) who help reveal the growing list of people behind the failed mission.