The Day of the Jackal on Binge trailer – The official trailer and key art for the highly anticipated 10-part series The Day of the Jackal, starring Academy Award® winner Eddie Redmayne, BAFTA® Award winner Lashana Lynch and Úrsula Corberó, has been released ahead of its 7 November premiere on BINGE.
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.
Wider cast includes Charles Dance (Game of Thrones, The King’s Man) featuring in the role of 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 the critically acclaimed Top Boy. Internationally award-winning Director Brian Kirk (Game of Thrones, Luther, Boardwalk Empire) is the lead director.
The 10-part adaptation is based on the seminal novel by Frederick Forsyth and subsequent award-winning 1973 film from Universal Pictures.
Gareth Neame and Nigel Marchant are Executive Producers for Carnival Films. Redmayne is also an Executive Producer, and Lynch a Co-Executive Producer on the project. Sam Hoyle is the Executive Producer for Sky Studios. Sue Naegle serves as Executive Producer and Marianne Buckland as Co-Executive Producer. Christopher Hall is Producer and Emily Shapland is Co-Producer.
Frederick Forsyth is Consulting Producer. Ronan Bennett is Executive Producer/Writer. Brian Kirk is Executive Producer/Lead Director. Produced by: Carnival Films, which is part of Universal International Studios, a division of Universal Studio Group. Distribution: NBCUniversal Global TV Distribution.
The Day of the Jackal on Binge – premieres Thursday 7 November on BINGE, available on Hubbl, and at 9pm on Showcase and available On Demand
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The Day of the Jackal on Binge trailer
