Eddie Remayne Confirms His ‘The Day of the Jackal’ Season 2 Return

It’s official: Eddie Redmayne will return for season two of The Day of the Jackal. The hit series—a co-production between UK television network Sky and US streamer Peacock—has given fans the news they were so craving in the weeks since its renewal was initially announced last month.

In a new video posted on SkyTV’s Instagram (which we first saw via Variety), the actor started out by thanking fans for watching the show and making it a hit. And then, he put the announcement plainly: “If there’s one thing the jackal can’t stand, it’s a loose end. So we will see you soon for season two.”

What Is ‘The Day of the Jackal’ About And How Did Season One End?

The Day of the Jackal is a British television series, based on a novel by Frederick Forsyth of the same name, which was also adapted into a film in 1973. The series stars Eddie Redmayne and Lashana Lynch. Its TV iteration was written and created by Ronan Bennett. The story follows a professional assassin known only as Jackal (Redmayne) and the intelligence officer (Lynch) tasked with catching him.

The original version followed the Jackal after he is recruited by a French dissident paramilitary organization to kill Charles de Gaulle, the then-President of France, during the summer of 1963. In its current iteration, the Jackal is tasked with assassinating tech billionaire Ulle Dag Charles, whose company is on the cusp of releasing an allegedly disruptive and dangerous program known as River.

After—and major spoiler alert if you haven’t seen the series yet!—killing his target and the agent tasked with finding him, the Jackal sets off to find his wife and son (and maybe kill his wife for leaving with their kid?), but not before vowing to exact revenge on the man who employed him to take out Ulle, Timothy Winthrop (played by Charles Dance). His killing of Bianca (Lynch) the agent tasked with killing him, was a shocking twist that deviated from the source material and film, and—obviously—leaves the door open for more from the Jackal.

As lead director Brian Kirk told Variety last month, the decision was a divisive but exciting one, explaining that “there’d been such an intense investment in the character of the Jackal, and so much excitement about how much further he could be taken, and that’s been validated by the fact that there is a second season.

The series received an 85% fresh rating from critics according to Rotten Tomatoes, with reviews calling it “gripping,” and “hold-your-breath exciting.” MovieWeb’s own Greg Archer called it a “surprisingly must-see” and “inventive adaptation” in his review. A lot of that boils down to Redmayne’s inventive and David Bowie-inspired inhabiting of the Jackal character.

Needless to say, fans will surely be clamoring to find out what’s next for the unparalleled assassin and whichever poor soul gets tasked with finding and killing him next.

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.

Release Date

November 7, 2024

Cast

Úrsula Corberó
, Eddie Redmayne
, Lashana Lynch
, Ben Hall
, Sule Rimi
, Florisa Kamara
, Stuart Whelan
, Jonjo O’Neill
, Adam James
, Christy Meyer
, Lee Byford
, Martin McDougall
, Russell Balogh
, Andreas Jessen
, Jan-Martin Müller
, Lucy Russell
, Gerard Kearns
, Eddie Elks
, Charles Dance
, Richard Dormer
, Chukwudi Iwuji
, Lia Williams
, Khalid Abdalla
, Eleanor Matsuura

Seasons

1

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