‘The Day of the Jackal’ Review: Eddie Redmayne Kills in Peacock’s Occasionally Gripping, Frequently Padded Game of Cat-and-Mouse
Lashana Lynch also stars in the 10-episode thriller about a professional assassin and the intelligence officer chasing him, adapted from Frederick Forsyth's 1971 novel.
‘The Day of the Jackal’ Review: Eddie Redmayne’s Suave Sniper
The actor stars in Peacock’s gripping 10-part adaptation of the 1971 bestseller about an assassin, who in this telling is hired to kill a tech billionaire.
Q&A: Lashana Lynch Is on the Hunt for Eddie Redmayne in 'The Day of the Jackal'
Lashana Lynch has been running away from spies since she starred in James Bond film “No Time To Die.” LONDON (AP) — Lashana Lynch was running away from spies. After playing Nomi in 2021’s “No Time To Die,
Eddie Redmayne’s ‘The Day of the Jackal’ Is a Torturous Bore
The Day of the Jackal is a thriller that constantly stops trying to thrill, and more than any other failing, that lack of urgency, tension, or excitement is its fatal downfall. An incredibly loose adaptation of Frederick Forsyth’s novel (which was made into a superior 1973 film by Fred Zinnemann) that has little relation to its source material aside from its general premise and main character,
'Day of the Jackal' review: Eddie Redmayne propels this edge of your seat thriller
Eddie Redmayne's Jackal is a precision instrument, with no word, movement or number wasted.
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Frederick Forsyth: ‘My wife Sandy knew that her life was over. We both knew it’
As The Day of the Jackal returns, Frederick Forsyth talks about the death of his wife, foiling a Putin plot and what he ...
‘The Day Of The Jackal’ EPs On Bringing Frederick Forsyth’s Novel Into The 21st Century & Swapping Politics For Cat-And-Mouse Entertainment
The Day Of The Jackal' EPs from Carnival have talked Eddie Redmayne, Frederick Forsyth and making the novel contemporary.
Review: In ‘Cross’ and ‘Day of the Jackal,’ driven heroes hunt unreal killers
Prime Video's "Cross" and Peacock's "The Day of the Jackal," premiering Thursday, are cat-and-mouse stories, though exactly ...
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Frederick Forsyth reveals that his glamorous wife died just days before the London premier of Day of the Jackal
In Troubles-era Ireland however, Forsyth’s connections with military intelligence (and high-status literary success) put his family at risk. The IRA had been kidnapping famous peoples’ relatives, ...
Third 'Day of the Jackal' isn't a movie but sure looks like one
In latest version of Frederick Forsyth novel, Eddie Redmayne stars in grand-scale Peacock series that takes his skilled assassin character to beautiful locations in London, Budapest and elsewhere.
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‘The Day of the Jackal’ is a sleek, Bond-esque thriller
Suspense is the yeast, the essential ingredient for killer espionage fiction. “The Day of the Jackal” novelist Frederick ...
The man who inspired the Day of The Jackal
Frenchwoman Hélène Bastien-Thiry says she would only consider watching the much-touted new Day of the Jackal series on one ...
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Review: ‘Day of the Jackal’ is reborn for a new era
Fred Zinnemmann’s tightly wound 1973 film “The Day of the Jackal,” and the Frederick Forsyth novel he adapted it from, ...
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The Day Of The Jackal Review: Peacock's Propulsive Action Thriller Series Actually Refreshes The Genre
With strong performances & a well-crafted story, The Day of the Jackal has something for everyone, drawing viewers in with ...
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EDEN CONFIDENTIAL: Frederick Forsyth's 'glamorous, beautiful' wife Sandy dies aged 76 after years-long battle with opioids that left him in despair
But there was one man whose attendance was particularly remarkable – Jackal author Frederick Forsyth, who wrote what fellow novelist Lee Child has called 'the book that broke the mould'.
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The Day of the Jackal, Sky Atlantic review - Frederick Forsyth's assassin gets a modern-day makeover
Fred Zinnemann’s 1973 film The Day of the Jackal was successful thanks to its lean, almost documentary-like treatment of its ...