'The Day of the Jackal' Reveals Full Cast
It has been a while since we checked in with the joint adaptation of The Day of the Jackal from Peacock and Sky. The project, based on the novel of the same name, is a fictionalized retelling of the failed assassination attempt of French President Charles De Gaulle in the mid-1960s and was initially announced in November 2022. In April 2023, Peacock and Sky announced they had cast Oscar winner Eddie Redmayne (Fantastic Beasts) to star as the titular Jackal. With filming now underway and Sky aiming for a 2024 release in the U.K., the rest of the cast has been confirmed, with Lashana Lynch (No Time To Die) as his main co-star Bianca, the MI-6 agent assigned to take the Jackal down.
The Day of the Jackal is a profoundly ambitious adaptation of Frederick Forsyth’s novel, a ten-part limited series (in this economy!), filmed across a global backdrop as Bianca relentlessly chases The Jackal across the planet in her ruthless chase to take him down. The big-budget series, from Downton Abbey producers Gareth Neame and Nigel Marchant of Carnival Films, also sports a massive cast that reads like a who’s who of British talent, including a raft of PBS favorites.
Prominent names joining Redmayne and Lynch include Charles Dance (And Then There Were None), featuring in the role of Timothy Winthrop, Richard Dormer (COBRA) as Norman, and Lia Williams (The Capture) as Isabel Kirby.
