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 ...

But Redmayne’s innate slipperiness is well-suited to his latest role: an unknowable and deadly assassin in “The Day of the Jackal,” premiering Thursday on Peacock with five episodes (of 10).

He goes by many names, but you can call him the Jackal. If you need a high-profile target taken out — say, a populist German politician, or the president of France — he’s the man to call.

By Etan Vlessing Canada Bureau Chief When The Day of the Jackal executive producers Gareth Neame and Nigel Marchant took on a TV remake of Frederick Forsyth’s 1971 historical novel, they had a ...

There wouldn’t have been room for a cougar in Fredrick Forsyth’s 1971 novel, The Day of the Jackal, nor in Fred Zinnemann’s 1973 feature. I hear the title and I think of a meticulous yet ...

Eddie Redmayne is no stranger to prosthetics but the variety of disguises he dons as a stone-cold assassin in “The Day of the Jackal” proved to be his most challenging physical transformation yet.

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Suspense is the yeast, the essential ingredient for killer espionage fiction. “The Day of the Jackal” novelist Frederick Forsyth is a master of this technique. His skill to thrill supercharges ...

Fred Zinnemann’s tightly wound 1973 film “The Day of the Jackal,” and the Frederick Forsyth novel he adapted it from, are tough acts to follow. While Peacock’s 10-part series doesn’t ...

Eddie Redmayne as an ace assassin? To some people, the casting for the new TV adaptation of The Day of the Jackal doesn’t make any sense. The whole point of the killer – the titular “Jackal ...

In its first season, “The Day of the Jackal” doesn’t answer that question. Not completely, anyway. We see Richard, aka the Jackal, spending time in the British Army during the Second Gulf ...