The Day of The Jackal-New Peacock Series (2024)

This is going to be a very short post but I just had to include a new trailer from Peacock for its new series, The Day of The Jackal, which is a remake of the 1973 film by Fred Zinnemann based on a book by Frederick Forsyth. The original film starred Edward Fox as a professional assassin known as The Jackal. In 1997, there was another remake movie starring Bruce Willis and Richard Gere which was titled simply as The Jackal but it was poorly received. I have never seen the 1997 version before but I have watched the original 1973 film with my late father a long time ago. Although the film was rather dated, we both found the film to be interesting and well made. So you could imagine my surprised reaction to the trailer and Peacock's decision to adapt this forgotten story into a series for our small screens. This time around, the British actor Eddie Redmayne will be playing the titular character. I can't help but notice that Eddie Redmayne has a strong physical resemblance to British actor, Edward Fox (now 87 years old), who played The Jackal in the original 1973 film. Ironically, the series will start streaming on Peacock starting 7th November 2024 which is the birthday of my late father. Below is the trailer for the new series. 

(the above video is courtesy of Peacock YouTube)