Eddie Redmayne in First Teaser for ‘Day of the Jackal’ Murderer Collection
by Alex Billington
July 27, 2024
Supply: YouTube
“Who precisely is that this man?” Peacock has unveiled a primary look teaser trailer for an upcoming murderer thriller collection titled The Day of the Jackal, sure certainly based mostly on the e book (and British film) of the identical identify. The 1973 film can be known as The Day of the Jackal, starring Edward Fox, and it is tailored from the e book by Frederick Forsyth. There is a 1997 Hollywood film known as The Jackal additionally about an murderer, although it isn’t an actual adaptation. The brand new collection is a daring, up to date re-imagining of the beloved and revered novel and movie. Whereas remaining true to the DNA of the unique, this up to date drama will delve deeper into the lifetime of the chameleon like “anti-hero” on the coronary heart of the story, in a excessive octane, cinematic, globetrotting “cat & mouse” thriller, set amidst the turbulent geo-political panorama of our time. Academy Award winner Eddie Redmayne stars on this collection as “the Jackal”, with Lashana Lynch as Bianca, Úrsula Corberó, Charles Dance, Richard Dormer, Chukwudi Iwuji, Lia Williams, Khalid Abdalla, and Eleanor Matsuura. It is a legit teaser – some critically slick photographs in it, does not appear to be a easy TV present in any respect. That clear constructing rappelling shot impressed me probably the most – hoping there’s various spy scenes in it.
Here is the primary look teaser trailer for Peacock’s collection The Day of the Jackal, direct from YouTube:
A ruthless murderer, the Jackal, (Eddie Redmayne) makes his residing finishing up hits for the best charge. However following his newest kill, he meets his match in a tenacious British intelligence officer (Lashana Lynch) who begins to trace down the Jackal in an exhilarating cat-and-mouse chase throughout Europe, leaving destruction in its wake. The Day of the Jackal is a collection created and written and showrun by Irish screenwriter Ronan Bennett (The Break, Face, Fields of Gold, The Hamburg Cell, Public Enemies; and collection “Insurgent Coronary heart”, “10 Days to Conflict”, “Hidden”, “Gunpowder”, “Prime Boy”). Further writing from Charles Cumming, Shyam Popat, Jessica Sinyard. Tailored from the British novel of the identical identify written by Frederick Forsyth first printed in 1971. With episodes directed by filmmaker Brian Kirk (Middletown, My Boy Jack, Gilded Lilys; eps of “Sport of Thrones”, “Nice Expectations”, “Penny Dreadful”, “Onerous Solar”), and in addition Paul Wilmshurst, Anu Menon, and Anthony Philipson. It is government produced by Ronan Bennett, Sam Hoyle, Nigel Marchant, Gareth Neame, Eddie Redmayne, Brian Kirk. Made by Carnival Movies & Sky Studios. Peacock will debut The Day of the Jackal collection streaming on Peacock beginning November seventh, 2024 this fall. Anybody ?