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“The Day of the Jackal”, the Brit-produced live-action episodic thriller adaptation of the Frederick Forsyth novel, directed by Brian Kirk, stars Eddie Redmayne, Lashana Lynch, Úrsula Corberó, Charles Dance, Richard Dormer, Chukwudi Iwuji, Lia Williams, Khalid Abdalla, Eleanor Matsuura and Jonjo O'Neill, streaming December 30, 2024 on Peacock:

“…reimagined into a contemporary political setting, the story focuses on a ruthless killer and master of disguise…

“…known only as the ‘Jackal’, and the intelligence officer tasked with capturing him…”

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The Day of the Jackal ended its first season with a shocking death that may be a bad move for the show!

Caution: This article contains Spoilers for the season 1 finale of The Day of the Jackal.

The Peacock adaptation of the classic novel followed the Jackal (Eddie Redmayne), a freelance assassin, trying to kill tech billionaire Ulle Dag Charles. Meanwhile, Mi-6 agent Bianca (Lashana Lynch) was tracking him down.

The penultimate episode had the Jackal succeed in killing Charles, only to be injured while escaping. Meanwhile, Bianca was tracking him down, only for her boss Isabel to shut her down. Bianca worried that someone higher up didn’t seem to care if Jackal succeeded or not. Outraged at this, Bianca quit the agency. She went home to her husband to apologize and seemed ready to move on.

However, pushed by her superiors, Isabel told Bianca she needed her back on the case.

[This story contains major spoilers from the finale of The Day of the Jackal.]

Oscar winner Eddie Redmayne says he was initially reluctant to join The Day of the Jackal when he was first approached.

“I loved the original movie and the Frederick Forsyth book. So when the first three scripts arrived in my inbox, there was a level of hesitation because you don’t want to butcher something you love,” Redmayne tells The Hollywood Reporter.

But he was sold once he realized that Peacock and Sky had modernized Fred Zinnemann’s classic 1973 big screen adaptation. “I read the first episode or two of this series and I found it so propulsive and compelling and the character so enigmatic, that I just wanted to know what happened next,” says Redmayne.

What’s more, the first season finale, which released on Thursday night, had an appealing surprise twist: Redmayne’s Jackal would kill Bianca Pullman (played by Lashana Lynch in...

It looks like NBC has decided to follow in the footsteps of other competitive networks to try something new. The Day of the Jackal has become one of the biggest shows for the company's streaming service Peacock. And perhaps now, the momentum can keep going with a smart move.

NBC will broadcast the first episode of The Day of the Jackal starring Eddie Redmayne on Monday, Dec. 30 at 10 p.m. Et. As of this writing, the network did not share whether more episodes of the season will eventually air as well. It's likely NBC wants to test the waters to see how well the show will do with a television debut first.

Personally, I think there's a really good chance that this move could lead to more. The Day of the Jackal has a total of 10 episodes, which are all now streaming on Peacock. It's been a hit with viewers online,...

The Day of the Jackal is one of the best Peacock shows of the year so far. After that killer season finale, Eddie Redmayne is talking about That epic scene.

Tension has been building all season for the inevitable showdown between MI6 agent Bianca (Lashana Lynch) and the Jackal (Redmayne). In The Day of the Jackal season 1 finale, it finally happened with a huge twist on the source material.

Spoilers ahead for The Day of the Jackal season 1 finale!

For those who don't know, the Sky and Peacock series is based on Frederick Forsyth's novel of the same name, which was adapted for the 1973 film also titled The Day of the Jackal. So, if you've seen the film or read the book, you know how it ends. And, it sure seemed like The Day of the Jackal series was heading that direction right up until the final moments.

In the source material,...

The Jackal is targeting NBC: The broadcast network will air the first episode of the Peacock series The Day of the Jackal on Monday, Dec. 30, at 10/9c.

The Golden Globe Award-nominated drama stars fellow nominee Eddie Redmayne as the Jackal, “an unrivaled and highly elusive lone assassin [who] makes his living carrying out hits for the highest fee,” reads the official synopsis. “But following his latest kill, he meets his match in a tenacious British intelligence officer (No Time to Die’s Lashana Lynch) who starts to track down the Jackal in a thrilling cat-and-mouse chase across Europe, leaving destruction in its wake.

“The Day of the Jackal” will get a U.S. network debut, as NBC will air the first episode of the Eddie Redmayne drama on Dec. 30 at 10 p.m. Et/Pt.

The series, which premiered on Peacock and Sky on Nov. 7, picked up two Golden Globe nominations (for best drama series and best actor in a drama for Redmayne). On Nov. 22, it was renewed for a second season.

Based on Frederick Forsyth’s 1971 novel but reimagined into today’s world, “The Day of the Jackal” stars Redmayne as “The Jackal,” a renowned assassin who easily slips into various disguises and aliases, and Lashana Lynch as Bianca Pullman as an intelligence agent dedicated to capturing him.

“The Day of the Jackal” ranked No. 1 on Peacock’s top 10 TV shows chart, and it was the biggest new series ever to launch on Sky.

The series was a Variety Critic’s Pick, with...

NBC will attempt to whet the appetites of viewers who have yet to subscribe to sister platform Peacock by airing the first episode of The Day of the Jackal.

The episode will air Monday, Dec. 30 at 10 p.m. Et/Pt. The drama that streams on Peacock follows assassin/Jackal (Eddie Redmayne), who makes his living carrying out hits for the highest fee. But following his latest kill, he meets his match in a tenacious British intelligence officer (Lashana Lynch) who starts to track down the Jackal in a thrilling cat-and-mouse chase across Europe, leaving destruction in its wake.

The series has been nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Television Series and star Redmayne was nominated for Best Performance by an Actor in Television Series. The Critics Choice Awards also nominated the show for Best Drama Series and for Redmayne for Best Actor.

The series has already been renewed...

The Day of the Jackal adapts a half-century-old book that’s already been translated to screen before, but still, the series is full of surprises — particularly in the way the first season concludes. Not only does the Jackal (Eddie Redmayne) survive, but he also gets his mark, neither of which happened in Frederick Forsyth’s novel or the film adaptation. He also dispenses with the woman who’s been on his tail all series long, Bianca (Lashana Lynch), in a stunningly succinct fashion and is only stopped from chasing down his wife by a sudden car crash. It’s fitting that a series-length take on the story would charter a new course for the story, especially since the show is renewed for Season 2. So how did the creatives come up with these changes? And what’s ahead for the already-celebrated Peacock drama? TV Insider spoke to executive producers Gareth Naeme...

Spoiler Alert: This article contains major spoilers from the Season 1 finale of “The Day of the Jackal,” now streaming on Peacock and Now.

Despite some initial scepticism about rebooting a property as iconic as “The Day of the Jackal,” the ten-part series starring Eddie Redmayne and Lashana Lynch has been a resounding success for Peacock in the U.S. and Sky in the U.K.

So much so a second season of the show, which is based on both Freddie Forsyth’s 1971 novel and the 1973 feature film adaptation starring Edward Fox, has already been greenlit.

In the season finale, the cat and mouse chase between the mysterious assassin the Jackal (Redmayne) and his nemesis, detective Bianca Pullman (Lynch) finally comes to a head as the duo meet face to face. Despite being cornered by Pullman and her colleague, in an almost anti-climactic moment the Jackal swiftly dispatches them both and moves onto his next mission,...

[This story contains major spoilers from the Day of the Jackal season finale.]

When The Day of the Jackal executive producers Gareth Neame and Nigel Marchant took on a TV remake of Frederick Forsyth’s 1971 historical novel, they had a dilemma.

Should they kill off the chameleon assassin played by Eddie Redmayne, as happened in the original 1973 movie? Or have him survive for a second season and another possible multiseason franchise?

As viewers saw during the Sky and Peacock series’ riveting two-episode finale (released on Thursday night), the Jackal — in a shock twist — survives the 10-episode first season, and it’s Bianca Pullman, Lashana Lynch’s MI6 agent who pursued Redmayne’s Jackal across Europe, who meets a grisly death in the end.

Of course, that’s a flip ending to Fred Zinnemann’s 1973 film adaptation where Lebel, the reluctant detective played by Michael Lonsdale, ultimately kills the Jackal just as the hired killer reloads his rifle for another shot. But saying goodbye...

[Editor’s Note: The following article contains spoilers for “The Day of the Jackal” Episode 10, including the ending.]

“You remind me of my parents,” the man who goes by “Richard” (Eddie Redmayne) says to his elderly captive, Trevor (Philip Jackson).

“How did you get on with them?” Trevor replies.

“They were nice people,” Richard says, before clarifying: “Well-meaning people — like you.”

“If they were so nice,” Trevor says, accepting none of Richard’s bullshit, “where did you come from?”

In its first season, “The Day of the Jackal” doesn’t answer that question. Not completely, anyway. We see Richard, aka the Jackal, spending time in the British Army during the Second Gulf War, when he’s first approached about becoming an assassin for hire, but we don’t get any insight into how he became the world’s best sniper, who he was before enlisting, or what drove him to see life from behind a rifle’s scope in the first place.

It's been a great year for new shows on Peacock, capped off by The Day of the Jackal. There's still one more good show coming this year (Laid starring Stephanie Hsu on Dec. 19!), but for the most part, we've seen all we needed to see to share the best Peacock shows of 2024!

We picked the six best Peacock shows of the year and shared the list. If you need something to watch on Peacock and you missed one of these good shows, this is the list for you.

Let's get the list started with the biggest Peacock hit of the year, The Day of the Jackal starring Eddie Redmayne.

The Day of the Jackal The Day Of The Jackal -- Episode 105 -- Pictured: Eddie Redmayne as The Jackal -- (Photo by: Marcell Piti/Carnival Film & Television Limited)

The Day of the Jackal is definitely the most popular show on this list.

The Day of the Jackal season 1 finale is now streaming on Peacock in the United States, capping off an incredible first season of the Sky and Peacock series.

The 10-episode first season premiered on Nov. 7 on Sky in the UK before its US premiere on Nov. 14. Fans have been watching weekly over the last month, waiting for this moment. So, let’s talk about what happened in episode 10 and how the first season ended. There's no doubt this is one of the best Peacock shows of the year!

Luckily, The Day of the Jackal is already renewed for season 2, so we also shared what to expect in the new season based on the first season’s ending.

What happens in The Day of the Jackal episode 10?

Episode 10 begins after Charles (Eddie Redmayne), also known as the Jackal, killed Ulle Dag Charles (Khalid Abdalla) at the end of episode 9 in Croatia.

Eddie Redmayne is set to join Julia Roberts in the Warner Bros. thriller Panic Carefully sources confirmed to Deadline. Elizabeth Olsen is also on board with Sam Esmail directing. Esmail also penned the script.

Described as a paranoid thriller in the vein of Esmail’s Emmy and Golden Globe winner Mr. Robot, as well as The Silence of the Lambs, the film’s logline is being kept under wraps.

The project went out to assorted studios and streamers near the top of this year, with Warner Bros prevailing in a heated bidding war, in part due to its commitment to a theatrical run. Pic reunites Esmail with Roberts following Leave the World Behind, their hugely popular apocalyptic thriller, based on the 2020 novel by Rumaan Alam, which premiered on Netflix in November 2023 and stands as the streamer’s fifth most popular English-language film of all time, with 143.4 million views.

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Eddie Redmayne, currently starring in Peacock’s buzzy series Day of the Jackal, has joined Julia Roberts and Elizabeth Olsen in Warner Bros. Pictures’ Panic Carefully.

Sam Esmail, the creator of the well-regarded thriller series Mr. Robot, wrote the script for the feature and is directing.

Plot and character details are being kept in the hard drive, but the project is described as a paranoid thriller that has tonal influences of Silence of the Lambs and involves the hunt for a cyber terrorist. The film is also a reteaming of Esmail and Roberts after Netflix hit Leave the World Behind.

Esmail and Chad Hamilton are producing via Email Corp., along with Scott Stuber, Roberts, Marisa Yeres Gill and Lisa Gillan. Kevin McCormick and Chrystal Li are overseeing the project for Warners.

Panic Carefully came into the studio after a heated bidding war earlier this year. Part of the appeal for...

The Oscar-winning actor Eddie Redmayne joined the long list of actors that fans wish to see as the next James Bond after he took on the role of a professional assassin in his latest TV series The Day of the Jackal. The actor, however, did not express much enthusiasm about the possibility of embodying the iconic character.

Eddie Redmayne | Credit: Gage Skidmore/Cca By-sa 2.0/Wikimedia Commons

While discussing the same in a recent interview, Redmayne suggested that his hesitation stems from the immense challenges and high expectations associated with playing such an iconic character.

Eddie Redmayne Explains Why He’s Not Keen on Playing James Bond

Eddie Redmayne shared the screen with the No Time to Die actress Lashana Lynch, who plays the MI6 agent investigating his character Jackal in the Peacock TV series, The Day of the Jackal.

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When...

“The Day of the Jackal” producer Gareth Neame has admitted he initially balked at making the Eddie Redmayne reboot, which was released last month, because he was such a fan of the 1973 movie starring Edward Fox.

The film is itself based on Frederick Forsyth’s 1971 novel. The new series, which also stars Lashana Lynch, began broadcasting on Sky in the U.K. and Peacock in the U.S. last month. It has already been renewed for a second season.

“It came up in a creative meeting before the pandemic, and I just immediately [said] ‘No, we’re not doing that. I love the movie, nope, we’re not,’” said Neame, who is CEO of Universal International Studios-owned Carnival Films, during a panel at TV industry confab Content London on Thursday. “And colleagues kept bringing it up as, you know, ‘We have the rights.’ And the [Universal Pictures] film group weren...

Carnival Films CEO Gareth Neame is lauding Downton Abbey as a landmark piece of British television.

The executive spoke at Content London on Thursday alongside a panel of Universal International Studio bosses Beatrice Springborn and Margaret Schatzel, as well as Nigel Marchant, managing director at Carnival Films, to discuss their latest major shows and the direction they’re heading in after NBCUniversal’s acquisition of the production company in 2008.

Neame, Springborn, Schatzel and Marchant spoke extensively about the success of Sky and Peacock’s The Day of the Jackal, the upcoming Colin Firth-led show Lockerbie and Sarah Snook’s All Her Fault.

But first, the four reflected on the example set by the English period drama Downton Abbey starring Maggie Smith, Michelle Dockery, Hugh Bonneville, Elizabeth McGovern and Dan Stevens.

“Several foreign buyers came up to me and said, ‘This show is amazing, and we have to have it,...

Nach 26 Tagen hat die erste Episode der zehnteilige Serienadaption des Romans von Frederick Forsith bei Sky so viele Zuschauer verzeichnet wie noch keine neue Serie zuvor.

Eddie Redmayne in „The Day of the Jackal“ (Credit: 2023 Carnival Film & Television Limited)

Nachdem die am 7. November bei Sky und dem Streamingdienst gestartete Serie „The Day of the Jackal” (hier unsere Spot-Besprechung) mit E ddie Redmayne, Lashana Lynch und Úrsula Corberó in den Hauptrollen mit drei Mio. Zuschauern für die erste Episode in der ersten Woche zum erfolgreichsten Sky Original aller Zeiten avanciert war, setzte sie nun ihren Erfolgskurs fort.

Wie Sky heute mitteilt, stehen für die erste Episode nach 26 Tagen 4,5 Mio. Zuschauer zu Buche, was die auf Frederick Forsyth‘ Roman basierende Serie zur erfolgreichsten neuen Serie, die je bei Sky gestartet ist, macht.

2024 war nach Angaben von Sky ohnehin das erfolgreichste Jahr für Sky Originals. So kamen neben „The Day of the Jackal...

The Day of the Jackal is officially the biggest new series to ever launch on Sky, The Hollywood Reporter can exclusively reveal.

With the first episode reaching a U.K. audience of 4.5 million after 26 viewing days, it makes the thriller series — starring Eddie Redmayne and Lashana Lynch — the most popular new series to ever launch on Sky, scripted or unscripted.

A Sky panel made up of Phil Edgar-Jones, executive director of original unscripted; Jamie Morris, executive director of content strategy & performance; and Meghan Lyvers, executive director of original scripted, U.K. and Ireland, is set to go into more detail on the numbers at Content London on Wednesday.

On Peacock, the show ranked among the top five original streaming series in the U.S. for its opening weekend, based on preliminary Nielsen data. The NBCUniversal-owned streamer and Sky renewed The Day of the Jackal for a second season last month.

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The Day of the Jackal is a British spy action thriller series created by Ronan Bennett. Based on the 1971 novel of the same name by Frederick Forsyth, the Peacock series revolves around the cat-and-mouse chase between a ruthless British assassin known as the Jackal and the relentless intelligence officer tasked with catching him. The Day of the Jackal stars Eddie Redmayne and Lashana Lynch in the lead roles, with Úrsula Corberó, Chukwudi Iwuji, Khalid Abdalla, and Lia Williams starring in supporting roles. So, if you loved the thrilling cat-and-mouse chase, nail-biting drama, and compelling characters in The Day of the Jackal, here are some similar shows you should check out next.

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Condor is a spy thriller drama series created by Todd Katzberg, Jason Smilovic, and Ken Robinson. Based on the 1974 novel Six Days of the...

Updated: Tom Hardy, Helen Mirren and Pierce Brosnan have officially signed on to star in the Paramount+ series from Guy Ritchie and Ronan Bennett.

It was previously reported that the trio were in final negotiations to join the show. The project had initially been developed with the title “The Donovans,” with plans to function as an across-the-pond spin-off of the Showtime series “Ray Donovan,” which was led by Liev Schreiber for seven seasons and a film adaptation. However, it has been reworked into a standalone series with no connections to that franchise. It was also previously reported that it was filming under the working title “The Associate,” but that is no longer the case.

Production is now underway in London, with the untitled show slated to debut in 2025 on Paramount+ with Showtime. The role reunites Hardy and Ritchie, who previously worked together on the 2008 film “RocknRolla.” It also keeps Mirren in business with Paramount,...

Exclusive: When Paul Biddiss left the army more than a decade ago, he could never have known that 10 years on he would be at the center of one of the viral Hollywood moments of the year.

Biddiss was espionage advisor on Peacock and Sky’s The Day of the Jackal, a role that was lauded earlier this month by Eddie Redmayne on the Graham Norton Show before the discussion led to Saoirse Ronan’s withering – and mega-viral – putdown of her male sofa-sharers during a chat about the use of mobile phones for protection.

Paul Mescal, who had also worked recently with Biddiss on Ridley Scott’s Gladiator II, joked about the ridiculousness of using a phone for protection, before Ronan shot him down, saying: “That’s what girls have to think about all the time. Am I right ladies?” The incident has generated clicks aplenty and kickstarted a wider conversation about protection.

Let’s set a tableau illustrating a Grand Unified Theory of London-Based Spy Shows That Premiered This Fall/Winter.

In our image, the London station CIA team, led by the cast of The Agency, is working in the foreground, as Eidra Park, Ali Ahn’s CIA station chief from The Diplomat, is having a professionally irresponsible lovers’ quarrel with Ato Essandoh’s Stuart in the background.

Slightly down the Thames, at MI6 headquarters, Lashana Lynch’s Bianca is trying to track down the Jackal (Eddie Redmayne), a methodical assassin not unlike Michael Fassbender’s character from 2023’s The Killer, who himself is similar to Fassbender’s character from The Agency. The latter lives his own semi-monastic life in an apartment in Barbican, which means he’s almost literally across the street from MI5’s Slough House, the refuge of the bumbling, flatulent spooks of Slow Horses.

It’s a bit...

The Day of the Jackal will return for a second season. Peacock has renewed the thriller series before the conclusion of the first season. Episodes are currently being released on Thursdays, with the tenth and final episode of the first season set for December 12th.

Eddie Redmayne, Lashana Lynch, Úrsula Corberó, Charles Dance, Richard Dormer, Chukwudi Iwuji, Lia Williams, Khalid Abdalla, Eleanor Matsuura, Jonjo O'Neill, and Sule Rimi star The Day of the Jackal, which follows a hitman who has finally met his match.

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“The Day of the Jackal”, Brit-produced live-action episodic adaptation of the Frederick Forsyth novel, directed by Brian Kirk, starring Eddie Redmayne, Lashana Lynch, Úrsula Corberó, Charles Dance, Richard Dormer, Chukwudi Iwuji, Lia Williams, Khalid Abdalla, Eleanor Matsuura and Jonjo O'Neill, has been renewed for Season Two streaming on Peacock:

“…reimagined into a contemporary political setting, the story focuses on a ruthless killer and master of disguise…

“…known only as the ‘Jackal’, and the intelligence officer tasked with capturing him…”

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Eddie Redmayne as the Jackal in ‘The Day of the Jackal’ episode 1 (Photo by: Marcell Piti/Carnival Film and Television Limited)

Peacock and Sky have given the thriller The Day of the Jackal an early season two renewal. Starring Eddie Redmayne as the titular character, the series hit the top spot on Peacock’s Top 10 TV Shows list over its first weekend. The 10-episode first season premiered on November 14, 2024 and will wrap up on December 19th.

In addition to Eddie Redmayne, season one stars Lashana Lynch, Úrsula Corberó, Charles Dance, Richard Dormer, and Chukwudi Iwuji. Lia Williams, Khalid Abdalla, Eleanor Matsuura, Jonjo O’Neill, and Sule Rimi also stars.

“An unrivaled and highly elusive lone assassin, the Jackal (Redmayne), makes his living carrying out hits for the highest fee,” reads Peacock’s synopsis. “But following his latest kill, he meets his match in a tenacious British intelligence officer (Lynch) who starts...

43 years after its publication, Frederick Forsyth's "The Day of the Jackal" is still thrilling people the world over. The book is newly relevant due to its fourth live-action adaptation, and while the Peacock series bears little resemblance to the based-on-real-life novel (no one's trying to assassinate French President Charles de Gaulle this time out), it's gripping in its own right thanks to dynamite performances from Eddie Redmayne as the very dangerous prey and Lashana Lynch as the estimable predator.

Why is this yarn so enduring? It's a classic cat-and-mouse story with believable stakes. The fate of the world doesn't hang in the balance because of Redmayne's assignment -- at least, not yet. The show is a slow burn, and is only at its seventh episode in the United States, so who knows where it's all going to end up? We'll have to wait until December 12 to find out, but...

Turns out, one Day of the Jackal just wasn’t enough. Sky and Peacock are doubling down on the cat-and-mouse thriller, granting a second season to the Eddie Redmayne and Lashana Lynch-led series after what they’re calling a “record-breaking” global debut. While “record-breaking” gets thrown around more than a frisbee at a dog park these days, […]

The Day of the Jackal Snags Season 2 Renewal from Sky/Peacock...

It looks like The Day of the Jackal may be getting another day of excitement as Peacock and Sky Studios have made a big decision regarding the future of the thriller series!

It’s always a big deal when Peacock releases a new streaming show and The Day of the Jackal is one of the bigger ones. The Eddie Redmayne thriller debuted its first five episodes on Nov. 14, 2024, with the rest of the 10-episode season dropping every Thursday.

Surprisingly, the show, which most assumed to be a limited series, will continue as Peacock and Sky Studios have renewed the series for season 2! The fact that the show has scored a renewal with its first season still unfolding shows how it’s become a major success for the two networks.

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Per a press release, the series has already sold to 200 territories worldwide, is ranked No.

Get ready for The Next Day of the Jackal.

Peacock and Sky have renewed “The Day of the Jackal,” the international assassin thriller series starring Oscar winner Eddie Redmayne, for Season 2, Deadline reports.

A joint venture between the Peacock streaming service and the British broadcaster Sky, “The Day of the Jackal” follows Redmayne’s titular contract killer as he carries out expensive, high-stakes hits, evades getting captured by MI6 agent Bianca Pullman (Lashana Lynch), and tries to keep what he really does for a living a secret from his wife, Nuria (Úrsula Corberó).

The series is based on the classic 1971 novel by Frederick Forsyth that was previously adapted into a film in 1973 and again very loosely in 1997 as “The Jackal.” It was created for television by Ronan Bennett. The Season 1 cast also includes Charles Dance, Richard Dormer, Chukwudi Iwuji, Lia Williams, Khalid Abdalla, Eleanor Matsuura, Jonjo O’Neill, Nick Blood, Sule Rimi,...

The Day of the Jackal will see more days as The Hollywood Reporter reveals that Peacock has renewed the thriller for another season. Our Alex Maidy enjoyed the show as he said in his review, “This grounded, realistic thriller takes time to develop the protagonist and antagonist while leaving audiences wondering which side they trust and whether they should or should not. This is not a clean-cut espionage story or even an action-oriented tale. The Day of the Jackal is a worthy modernization of the classic novel and delivers two of the year’s better performances on film or the small screen.”

According to THR, “The series drew 3 million viewers in its first week on [U.K. broadcast] Sky Atlantic, the best series debut there in two years. On Peacock, the show ranked among the top five original streaming series in the U.S. for its opening weekend, based on preliminary Nielsen data.

Peacock and Sky Original thriller series The Day of the Jackal has been renewed for a second season. The series launched globally to critical acclaim and was a hit with viewers around the world.

The Day of the Jackal ranked #1 on Peacock’s Top 10 TV Shows on its platform and was a Top 5 streaming original in the US for its opening weekend. In the UK, the series has become the biggest Sky Original ever and the biggest launch on Sky in over two years, drawing a record audience of three million viewers in its first week.

In Sky Group markets Italy, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and Ireland, the series is the biggest ever debut for a UK Sky Original. In Australia, the series has become the highest rated new series launch of this year for Fox Showcase.

The series has sold to almost 200 territories globally, including SkyShowtime across Europe; Disney+ in...

Eine der größeren Erfolgsgeschichten auf Sky in diesem Jahr war der Serienstart von „Day of the Jackal“ mit Eddie Redmayne. Die Comcast-Tochterfirma hat jetzt eine zweite Staffel bestellt.

„The Day of the Jackal“ mit Eddie Redmayne (Credit: Sky)

Die Thriller-Agenten-Serie „The Day of the Jackal” ist in Deutschland das erfolgreichste internationale Sky Original aller Zeiten und der zweiterfolgreichste Serienstart überhaupt im Jahr 2024. Jetzt hat Sky kommuniziert, dass es mit Eddie Redmayne in einer zweiten Staffel weitergehen wird. Auch in allen anderen Märkten spricht Sky bei „The Day of the Jackal“ von Zuschauerrekorden.

In der ersten Staffel von „The Day of The Jackal“ sind Eddie Redmayne und Lashana Lynch, die beide auch als Executive Producer fungieren, zusammen mit Úrsula Corberó als Hauptdarsteller zu sehen. Die Serie wird von den Executive Producern Gareth Neame und Nigel Marchant (Carnival Films), dem Autor und Executive Producer Ronan Bennett, dem Executive Producer und Regisseur Brian Kirk,...

Sky’s new thriller series The Day Of The Jackal, starring Eddie Redmayne, has been renewed for season 2. More on the news below.

The Day Of The Jackal debuted with its first five episodes on Sky Atlantic earlier this month and was an immediate success. According to the very detailed press release Film Stories has received the series has become the biggest Sky Original series ever and scored the biggest launch of any Sky programme in over two years.

The series stars Eddie Redmayne as the titular Jackal, an expert assassin, and Lashana Lynch as the intelligence officer tasked with catching him. The Day Of The Jackal is based on Frederick Forsyth’s novel of the same name, which was also adapted into a film in 1973 with Edward Fox as the Jackal.

Another adaptation came in 1997. Titled The Jackal, Bruce Willis starred as an unnamed assassin, but the film otherwise...

Eddie Redmayne‘s new series The Day of the Jackal will be returning for a new season at Peacock!

Shortly after the series premiered on the streaming platform in the United States, it was confirmed that a second season had been ordered.

The actor shared the screen in the series, which is airing in the United Kingdom on Sky, with Lashana Lynch.

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The Hollywood Reporter confirmed the news of the renewal. At this time, it is not yet clear if Eddie or Lashana are expected to return for the new season.

We’ll update you as we learn more.

Here’s a synopsis of the series: “A ruthless assassin, the Jackal, (Redmayne) makes his living carrying out hits for the highest fee. But following his latest kill, he meets his match in a tenacious British intelligence officer (Lashana Lynch) who starts to track down...

The Day Of The Jackal may only be midway through its run on Sky, but more days of the Jackal are already on their way. That's right, folks — after hitting the mark with audiences around the world, becoming the biggest Sky Original of all time here and an instant No. 1 smash on Peacock stateside, Top Boy creator Ronan Bennett's Eddie Redmayne and Lashana Lynch led espionage thriller has landed itself a swift Season 2 renewal.

A story of 'analogue spycraft' based on Frederick Forsyth's 1971 novel, The Day Of The Jackal follows international assassin The Jackal (Redmayne), who — having just pulled off a spectacular kill in Munich — finds himself contracted to kill a tech billionaire with a God complex (Khalid Abdalla). At the same time, Lashana Lynch's MI6 agent Bianca Pullman tails the elite assassin, constantly having to spin the plates of her spiralling family life and her obsessive compulsion...

“The Day of the Jackal,” Peacock and Sky’s original thriller series starring Eddie Redmayne, has been renewed for a second season.

The series centers on the titular Jackal (Redmayne), a chameleon-like contract killer “who makes his living carrying out hits for the highest fee,” as the show’s synopsis states. “But following his latest kill, he meets his match in a tenacious British intelligence officer (Lashana Lynch), who starts to track down the Jackal in a thrilling cat-and-mouse chase across Europe, leaving destruction in its wake.”

“The Day of the Jackal” launched Nov. 14 to critical and commercial acclaim and has sold to almost 200 territories around the world. In Variety‘s review, critic Aramide Tinubu called it a “truly engaging drama,” adding: “Meticulously presented and beautifully detailed, the series is a breathless adventure until the very end.”

The 10-episode series is currently airing, with the last episode set to premiere on Dec.

The Day of the Jackal will go on for more days at Peacock and Sky.

The NBCUniversal-owned streamer and U.K. broadcaster Sky have renewed The Day of the Jackal, a thriller starring Eddie Redmayne and Lashana Lynch, for a second season. The pickup comes on the heels of a successful launch both in the U.K. and the United States. The series drew 3 million viewers in its first week on Sky Atlantic, the best series debut there in two years. On Peacock, the show ranked among the top five original streaming series in the U.S. for its opening weekend, based on preliminary Nielsen data.

The series is based on a 1971 novel by Frederick Forsyth, which was previously adapted into a 1973 feature film. The series follows a cat-and-mouse game between a chameleonic assassin (Eddie Redmayne) and an MI6 agent (Lashana Lynch) who’s determined to catch him.

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The Day of the Jackal hit its target sooner than we thought: Peacock has renewed the Eddie Redmayne-led assassin thriller for Season 2, TVLine has learned, just eight days after its debut.

Redmayne stars as the Jackal, a highly paid hitman who hops around the globe snuffing out targets while eluding capture. Lashana Lynch (No Time to Die) co-stars as Bianca, a British intelligence officer who is determined to bring the Jackal to justice. She “starts to track down the Jackal in a thrilling cat-and-mouse chase across Europe, leaving destruction in its wake,” per the official synopsis.

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The Peacock and Sky dramatic series “The Day of the Jackal” was renewed for a second season, the streamer and broadcaster announced Thursday.

The show’s success was “unusually strong” Carnival Films CEO Gareth Neame told TheWrap this month. The series is part of Neame’s strategic plan that includes launching series that are “expressly British but will have global appeal.” The formula worked when he sold “Downton Abbey” to NBCUniversal in 2008, though he admitted he “could not have anticipated” how successful that series would ultimately become.

Sky and Peacock announced the series was in production in 2023. Eddie Redmayne produced and starred in the first season. The show is based on the Frederick Forsyth thriller and subsequent award-winning 1973 film adaptation of the same name.

“While staying true to the DNA of the original story, this contemporary drama will delve deeper into the chameleon like ‘anti-hero’ at the heart of the story in a high octane,...

Peacock and Sky have a second season of The Day of the Jackal in their crosshairs.

The splashy 10-part adaptation starring Eddie Redmayne and Lashana Lynch has been rating well on both sides of the pond, and the renewal comes just over a week after its premiere.

Adapted by Ronan Bennett from the hit Frederick Forsyth novel, Season 1 follows an unrivaled and highly elusive lone assassin, the Jackal (Redmayne), who makes his living carrying out hits for the highest fee. But following his latest kill, he meets his match in a tenacious British intelligence officer (Lynch) who starts to track down the Jackal in a thrilling cat-and-mouse chase across Europe, leaving destruction in its wake. Cast also includes Úrsula Corberó, Charles Dance, Richard Dormer, Chukwudi Iwuji, Lia Williams, Khalid Abdalla, Eleanor Matsuura, Jonjo O’Neill and Sule Rimi.

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The Day of the Jackal is heating up after an extremely close call at the end of episode 5. We've come a long way since episode 1 when the Jackal had everything under control. The Jackal (Eddie Redmayne) killed Norman Stoke (Richard Dormer) while he was being tortured and interrogated and escaped Bianca (Lashana Lynch) and MI6.

In The Day of the Jackal episode 6, the Jackal finds shelter in a barn, but when he wakes, he’s knocked unconscious by the owner of the property. He’s tied up when he wakes up. The owner, Attila, who doesn’t speak English tries to send him on his way, but then he finds the Jackal’s gun and he drags him into his home to speak to someone and translate what the Jackal is saying.

The Jackal offers to pay the man holding him to let him go, but the other men want their cut.

Gareth Neame, whose Carnival Films shepherded “Downton Abbey” to international success, “could not have anticipated” that the British period drama would not only become a worldwide hit, but launch a successful film franchise, with a third film due September 2025.

But Carnival’s success isn’t limited to the moonshot of “Downton”: The British powerhouse, which sold to NBCUniversal in 2008, just launched “The Day of the Jackal” with Eddie Redmayne and Lashana Lynch for Sky/Peacock and has the upcoming dramas “Lockerbie: A Search for Truth,” starring Colin Firth, and the hotly anticipated “All Her Fault,” Sarah Snook’s first series since “Succession” wrapped.

Neame talked to TheWrap about how his series’ successes have changed the landscape for other U.K.-based productions and how Carnival still feels like a “boutique” studio despite being part of one of the biggest media corporations on the planet.

Read his full Office With a View Q&a below.

The Day of the Jackal is one of the most popular shows on TV right now! After the five-episode series premiere on Nov. 14 in the US, fans are ready to watch the final five episodes on Peacock right now.

Unfortunately, it's a weird release schedule for The Day of the Jackal starring Eddie Redmayne and Lashana Lynch! The new episodes of The Day of the Jackal are dropping one at a time every Thursday until the two-episode season finale on Thursday, Dec. 12.

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The Day of the Jackal is off to a strong start on Peacock. The new series starring Eddie Redmayne and Lashana Lynch premiered on Thursday, Nov. 14.

If you like shows about assassins, this is definitely the show for you to watch right now. For those who don’t know, the series is based on the book of the same name by Frederick Forsyth.

We shared all the big moments moments in The Day of the Jackal episode 1 to make sure you didn’t miss anything!

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In Munich, Germany, an assassin kills Ralf, a custodian at a media building, and steals Ralf’s identity. Everything seems to be going okay on the assassin’s mission until an unsuspecting worker walks in on him attaching his silencer. He kills her, but the security guard hears. The assassin shoots everyone on the floor and chases the mark down the stairwell.

The Day of the Jackal has premiered on Peacock, but is this new thriller worth watching?

The Day of the Jackal was first published in 1971 and was the breakout best-seller by Frederick Forsyth. A 1973 film adaptation followed, quite faithful to the novel, as a pack of French militants hire a mysterious assassin known only as The Jackal to kill French President Charles de Gaulle. 

The new Peacock series updates the story with Oscar winner Eddie Redmayne as the Jackal, hired to kill a tech billionaire. Lashana Lynch is the British agent tracking him across Europe. It takes a different tact than the original story with a focus on the Jackal's personal life, including  a wife unaware of his true actions.

The show just dropped its first five episodes on Peacock, with another five more coming, so what's the critical response to it?

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Eddie Redmayne’s The Day of the Jackal is now streaming and its entrance was not a quiet one! The spy thriller is the biggest Sky Original ever, that’s a nice feat! Do you know what the other most popular Sky Originals are? Check them out below and see if you’ve watched them all.

According to Televisual, The Day of the Jackal enjoyed a huge launch, breaking “a record audience of three million in its first week.” The action-drama premiered on Peacock on Thursday, Nov. 7, with its first five episodes. Episode 6 then dropped on Nov. 14, and there are four more episodes to go. So if you’re not already watching, you can still catch up!

In addition to Eddie Redmayne, The Day of the Jackal also stars Lashana Lynch, Ursula Corbero, Charles Dance, and others. The British series is based on the Frederick Forsyth novel of the same name.

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