The trailer for Peacock's upcoming British television drama series, The Day of the Jackal, was unveiled on Wednesday. The series is an adaptation of Frederick Forsyth's novel of the same name. Eddie Redmayne and Lashana Lynch star in lead roles in this series directed by Brian Kirk.
The trailer shows Redmayne as a skilled assassin, nicknamed the 'Jackal'. He leaves no crumbs behind and therefore is almost like a ghost with no trail to follow and catch him. An intelligence officer, played by Lashana Lynch, is assigned the case of finding this assasin, and she takes it as a challenge.
The official description of The Day of the Jackal reads, "A ruthless 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."
Úrsula Corberó, Charles Dance, Richard Dormer, Chukwudi Iwuji, Lia Williams, Khalid Abdalla, Eleanor Matsuura, Jonjo O'Neill, and Sule Rimi, round out the cast of The Day of the Jackal. With a screenplay by Ronan Bennett, the series will premiere on Peacock on November 7.
