David Farnor | On 22, Nov 2024

Sky and Peacock have renewed The Day of the Jackal for a second season.

Starring Eddie Redmayne, Lashana Lynch and Úrsula Corberó, the series is a modern reimagining of the seminal novel by Frederick Forsyth and subsequent award-winning 1973 film. The Jackal (Redmayne) is an unrivalled and highly elusive lone assassin 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 comes from executive producers Gareth Neame and Nigel Marchant (Carnival Films), writer and executive producer Ronan Bennett, executive producer and director Brian Kirk, executive producer Sam Hoyle (Sky Studios), executive producer Sue Naegle and co-executive producer Marianne Buckland (Carnival Films).

The series premiered on 7th November in the UK, with the first five episodes arriving together.

“Eddie Redmayne and Lashana Lynch are a perfect match in this clinical, chilling cat-and-mouse thriller,” we wrote in our review.

The show has been a huge hit with audiences, becoming the biggest Sky Original ever in the UK and the biggest launch on Sky in over two years, drawing a record audience of 3m in its first week. 

Now, before the finale has even aired, Sky has greenlit a second season, with no details yet on who would be returning for another chapter.

 

First look: Eddie Redmayne, Lashana Lynch star in The Day of the Jackal

27th June 2024

Eddie Redmayne and Lashana Lynch are heading to Sky for The Day of the Jackal, and new images and a trailer give us a first look at the series.

The 10-part thriller is a modern reimagining of the seminal novel by Frederick Forsyth and subsequent award-winning 1973 film. The series is produced by Carnival Films, which is part of Universal International Studios, a division of Universal Studio Group, and was commissioned by Sky Studios and Peacock.

An unrivalled and highly elusive lone assassin, the Jackal, (Eddie 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 Jackal in a thrilling cat-and-mouse chase across Europe, leaving destruction in its wake. 



The series also stars Úrsula Corberó (Money Heist) as Nuria, someone at the heart of The Jackal’s personal life, unaware of who he truly is. The wider cast includes Charles Dance (Game of Thrones, The King’s Man) as Timothy Winthrop, Richard Dormer (Blue Lights, Fortitude, Game of Thrones) as Norman, Chukwudi Iwuji (Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.3, The Split) as Osita Halcrow, Lia Williams (The Capture, The Crown) as Isabel Kirby, Khalid Abdalla (The Crown, The Kite Runner) as Ulle Dag Charles,  Eleanor Matsuura (The Walking Dead, I Used To Be Famous) as Zina Jansone, Jonjo O’Neill (Andor, Bad Sisters) as Edward Carver, Nick Blood (Slow Horses) as Vince, Sule Rimi (Classified, Andor) as Paul Pullman and Florisa Kamara (Eastenders) as Jasmin Pullman.

The series is written and adapted by Ronan Bennett, creator and writer of Top Boy. Brian Kirk (Game of Thrones, Luther, Boardwalk Empire) is the lead director.

You can see the final result on Sky Atlantic and NOW in the UK – and Peacock in the USA – on 7th November.

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