{"id":18407,"date":"2023-03-22T09:00:33","date_gmt":"2023-03-22T13:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/worldscreen.com\/"},"modified":"2023-03-22T09:15:02","modified_gmt":"2023-03-22T13:15:02","slug":"eddie-redmayne-cast-as-lead-in-the-day-of-the-jackal-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/eddie-redmayne-cast-as-lead-in-the-day-of-the-jackal-series\/","title":{"rendered":"Eddie Redmayne Cast as Lead in The Day of the Jackal Series"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Eddie Redmayne (<em>The Good Nurse<\/em>,<em> Trial of the Chicago Seven<\/em>,<em> The Theory of Everything<\/em>) has been cast in the lead role of Sky and Peacock\u2019s series adaptation of <em>The Day of the Jackal<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Based on Frederick Forsyth\u2019s thriller novel and its subsequent 1973 film adaptation, which both saw a professional assassin hired to take out French President Charles de Gaulle, the new series offers a modern reimagining and delves deeper into the central antihero.<\/p>\n<p>Irish screenwriter and novelist Ronan Bennett (<em>Top Boy<\/em>, <em>Gunpowder<\/em>, <em>Face<\/em>, <em>Public Enemies<\/em>) has signed on as writer and showrunner, and Brian Kirk (<em>Game of Thrones<\/em>, <em>Luther<\/em>, <em>Boardwalk Empire<\/em>, <em>21 Bridges<\/em>) is set to direct.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Day of the Jackal<\/em> is being produced by Carnival Films (<em>Downton Abbey<\/em>, <em>The Last Kingdom<\/em>), part of Universal International Studios. It was commissioned by Sky Studios and Peacock.<\/p>\n<p>Executive producers are Redmayne; Gareth Neame and Nigel Marchant for Carnival Films; and Sam Hoyle for Sky Studios. Author Forsyth is serving as consulting producer, with Christopher Hall as producer.<\/p>\n<p>The series will be available on Peacock in the U.S. and on Sky in the U.K., Ireland, Italy, Germany, Switzerland and Austria. NBCUniversal Global Distribution is handling international sales.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are excited to bring to life Ronan Bennett\u2019s reimagining of Forsyth\u2019s revered thriller in the complex world in which we live today and are incredibly fortunate to have an actor of Eddie\u2019s caliber as our Jackal,\u201d Neame, CEO and executive producer at Carnival Films, said. \u201cPaired with Ronan\u2019s screenplay and Brian Kirk\u2019s direction, this is a first-class creative team.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eddie Redmayne (The Good Nurse, Trial of the Chicago Seven, The Theory of Everything) has been cast in the lead role of Sky and Peacock\u2019s series adaptation of The Day of the Jackal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1412,"featured_media":18408,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[982,6325,6326,2629,4318,1032,3440,6327],"class_list":["post-18407","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-carnival-films","tag-eddie-redmayne","tag-frederick-forsyth","tag-gareth-neame","tag-peacock","tag-sky","tag-sky-studios","tag-the-day-of-the-jackal","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - 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