NBCUniversal Global TV Distribution has sold thriller “The Day of the Jackal,” starring Eddie Redmayne, to nearly 200 territories around the world. The show’s U.K. premiere was on Tuesday in London.
The series, a standout title during the L.A. Screenings in May, has subsequently been snapped up by buyers worldwide.
These sales exclude the U.S., where Peacock already held the rights, and U.K., Ireland, Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Italy, where Sky is the rightsholder.
Among the buyers are Foxtel’s Binge (streaming) and Showcase channel (linear) in Australia; Corus’ Showcase (linear) and StackTV (streaming) in Canada; Amazon Prime Video (streaming) in France; JioCinema (streaming) in India; Wowow (linear and streaming) in Japan; TVNZ (linear) and TVNZ+ (streaming) in New Zealand; Wavve (streaming) in South Korea; Showmax (streaming) and M-Net (linear) in Sub-Saharan Africa; OSN’s OSN+ (streaming) and OSN (linear) in UAE and Middle East and North Africa; and SkyShowtime (streaming) across multiple-European territories (Albania, Andorra, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Hungary, Montenegro, Netherlands, North Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain and Sweden).
In “The Day of the Jackal,” an unrivaled and highly elusive lone assassin, the Jackal (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 Day of the Jackal”
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The series premieres in the U.S. on Peacock on Nov. 14 with the first five episodes, followed by episodes weekly, and a double-episode finale (episodes nine and 10) on Dec. 12. The series launches in the U.K. on Sky on Nov. 7.
The writer and executive producer is Ronan Bennett. The other executive producers are Gareth Neame and Nigel Marchant for Carnival Films, Sam Hoyle for Sky Studios, Sue Naegle, director Brian Kirk and Redmayne.
Lynch was a co-executive producer. Chris Hall was a producer. Frederick Forsyth was a consulting producer.
The cast was led by Redmayne, Lynch and Úrsula Corberó, supporting by Charles Dance, Richard Dormer, Chukwudi Iwuji, Lia Williams, Khalid Abdalla, Eleanor Matsuura, Jonjo O’Neill, Nick Blood, Sule Rimi and Florisa Kamara.
The series was produced by Carnival Films, part of Universal International Studios, a division of Universal Studio Group.
At the U.K. premiere were Cécile Frot-Coutaz, CEO of Sky Studios and chief content officer; Neame, Marchant and Kirk; and Bennett. The Universal Studio Group execs attending were Beatrice Springborn, president, UCP and Universal International Studios, and Rob Howard, chief financial officer and executive VP at Universal International Studios.
Ursula Corbero, Eddie Redmayne and Lashana Lynch attend “The Day of the Jackal” U.K. premiere at Southbank Centre on Oct. 22.