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The Day of the Jackal is a British spy thriller television series, based on the Frederick Forsyth novel of the same name. It stars Eddie Redmayne and Lashana Lynch. It is written and created by Ronan Bennett, produced by Christopher Hall and directed by Brian Kirk, Anthony Philipson, Paul Wilmshurst and Anu Menon. The first series began airing ...
Eddie Redmayne’s gripping spy thriller, The Day of the Jackal, will make its cable debut. The premiere episode will air on NBC tonight, Monday, December 30 at 10 p.m. eastern.
Eddie Redmayne has confirmed he is returning for “The Day of the Jackal” Season 2. The series, in which Redmayne plays mysterious mercenary the Jackal, was renewed last month. More from Variety
An assassin hunting for one last kill, a determined law enforcement agent racing to stop him: We’ve seen the elements that make up Peacock’s The Day of the Jackal many times before on screen.
The Day of the Jackal was published in serial format in 1971 in both the London Evening Standard and Israel's oldest daily newspaper, Ha'aretz. [20] Earning Forsyth the 1972 Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Novel, in 1973 it was also made into a 143-minute feature film directed by Fred Zinnemann.
The Day of the Jackal is a 1973 political thriller film directed by Fred Zinnemann and starring Edward Fox and Michael Lonsdale.Based on the 1971 novel of the same name by Frederick Forsyth, the film is about a professional assassin known only as the "Jackal" who is hired to assassinate French president Charles de Gaulle in the summer of 1963.
Eddie Redmayne is ready for a bit of a break from the chaos of living life as the Jackal. The British actor, 42, stars as the titular assassin in Peacock's The Day of the Jackal, which came to an ...
As the story opens, the Jackal plans to continue working as an assassin until he has enough money to retire. The money paid him for assassinating two German engineers, thus delaying the development of Gamal Abdel Nasser's Al Zarifa rocket, had been enough to keep him in luxury for several years, but the offer of US$500,000 (about 5 million in 2024 dollars) from the OAS to kill de Gaulle gives ...