Peacock and Sky Original thriller series The Day of the Jackal has been renewed for a second season. The series launched globally to critical acclaim and was a hit with viewers around the world.
The Day of the Jackal ranked #1 on Peacock’s Top 10 TV Shows on its platform and was a Top 5 streaming original in the US for its opening weekend. In the UK, the series has become the biggest Sky Original ever and the biggest launch on Sky in over two years, drawing a record audience of three million viewers in its first week.
In Sky Group markets Italy, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and Ireland, the series is the biggest ever debut for a UK Sky Original. In Australia, the series has become the highest rated new series launch of this year for Fox Showcase.
The series has sold to almost 200 territories globally, including SkyShowtime across Europe; Disney+ in Latin America; Prime Video in France; Corus in Canada; TVNZ in New Zealand; JioCinema in India; WOWOW in Japan; Wavve in South Korea; Showmax and M-Net in Sub-Saharan Africa; OSN in the Middle East and North Africa; and Foxtel in Australia.
Season one of The Day of the Jackal features executive producer and star Eddie Redmayne, co-executive producer and star Lashana Lynch, and Úrsula Corberó. The series premiered on Sky on November 7 and on Peacock on November 14.
The series comes from executive producers Gareth Neame and Nigel Marchant (Carnival Films), writer and executive producer Ronan Bennett, executive producer and director Brian Kirk, executive producer Sam Hoyle (Sky Studios), executive producer Sue Naegle, and co-executive producer Marianne Buckland (Carnival Films).
The Day of the Jackal comes from Carnival Films, which is part of Universal International Studios, a division of Universal Studio Group. NBCUniversal Global TV Distribution handle international sales of the series.
In the 10-episode series, an unrivaled 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 cast also includes Úrsula Corberó, Charles Dance, Richard Dormer, Chukwudi Iwuji, Lia Williams, Khalid Abdalla, Eleanor Matsuura, Jonjo O’Neill, and Sule Rimi.
Mirko Parlevliet has been reporting on the entertainment industry since 1998 and founded Vital Thrills to provide the latest news on streaming, movies, and TV shows. He previously created the websites ComingSoon, SuperHeroHype, and ShockTillYouDrop.