Eddie Redmayne is an elusive killer
Eddie Redmayne plays a very elusive lone assassin in the upcoming Peacock and Sky series “The Day of the Jackal,” which unveiled its first teaser Friday evening during the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics.
The series centers on the titular Jackal (Redmayne), a chameleon-like assassin “who makes his living performing hits for the highest pay,” as the show’s synopsis states. “But after his latest assassination, he meets his match in a tenacious British intelligence officer (Lashana Lynch), who begins tracking down the Jackal in a thrilling cat-and-mouse chase across Europe, leaving destruction in his wake.”
The intense teaser shows Redmayne’s Jackal changing into various disguises as he shoots his targets from rooftops and descends from buildings. “Who exactly is this man?” says a female voice in the teaser, to which Redmayne responds: “You know who I am.”
Redmayne also serves as executive producer on “The Day of the Jackal,” along with writer Ronan Bennett and director Brian Kirk. Other executive producers include Gareth Neame and Nigel Marchant for Carnival Films, Sam Hoyle for Sky Studios and Sue Naegle. Frederick Forsyth is a consulting producer and Chris Hall also produces.
The cast is completed by Úrsula Corberó, Charles Dance, Richard Dormer, Chukwudi Iwuji, Lia Williams, Khalid Abdalla, Eleanor Matsuura, Jonjo O’Neill, Nick Blood, Sule Rimi and Florisa Kamara.
“The Day of the Jackal” premieres November 7 on Peacock in the US and Sky in Britain.
Watch the full teaser for “The Day of the Jackal” below.
