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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,...
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,...
- 12/13/2024
- by K.J. Yossman
- Variety Film + TV
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