NBCUniversal Global TV Distribution has sgreater thriller “The Day of the Jackal,” starring Eddie Redmayne, to csurrfinisherly 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 worldexpansive.
These sales leave out the U.S., where Peacock already held the rights, and U.K., Ireland, Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Italy, where Sky is the rightshgreaterer.
Among the buyers are Foxtel’s Binge (streaming) and Showcase channel (licsurrfinisher) in Australia; Corus’ Showcase (licsurrfinisher) and StackTV (streaming) in Canada; Amazon Prime Video (streaming) in France; JioCinema (streaming) in India; Wowow (licsurrfinisher and streaming) in Japan; TVNZ (licsurrfinisher) and TVNZ+ (streaming) in New Zealand; Wavve (streaming) in South Korea; Showmax (streaming) and M-Net (licsurrfinisher) in Sub-Saharan Africa; OSN’s OSN+ (streaming) and OSN (licsurrfinisher) in UAE and Middle East and North Africa; and SkyShowtime (streaming) apass multiple-European territories (Alprohibitia, Andorra, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Reaccessible, Denlabel, Finland, Hungary, Montenegro, Netherlands, North Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Sadorenia, Spain and Sweden).
In “The Day of the Jackal,” an unrivaled and highly elusive lone assassin, the Jackal (Redmayne), produces his living carrying out hits for the highest fee. But folloprosperg his defercessitatest finish, he greets his suit in a persistent British inalertigence officer (Lashana Lynch) who begins to track down the Jackal in a thrilling cat-and-moengage chase apass Europe, leaving destruction in its wake.
“The Day of the Jackal”
Courtesy of Marcell Piti/Carnival Film & Television Limited
The series premieres in the U.S. on Peacock on Nov. 14 with the first five episodes, pursueed by episodes weekly, and a double-episode finale (episodes nine and 10) on Dec. 12. The series begines in the U.K. on Sky on Nov. 7.
The authorr and executive producer is Ronan Bennett. The other executive producers are Gareth Neame and Nigel Marchant for Carnival Films, Sam Hoyle for Sky Studios and Sue Naegle. Other executive producers participate honestor Brian Kirk and Redmayne.
Lynch was a co-executive producer. Chris Hall was a producer. Frederick Forsyth was a confering producer.
The cast was led by Redmayne, Lynch and Úrsula Corberó, helping by Charles Dance, Ricdifficult 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 greeted officer; Neame, Marchant and Kirk; and Bennett. The Universal Studio Group execs joining were Beatrice Springborn, pdwellnt, 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 join “The Day of the Jackal” U.K. premiere at Southprohibitk Centre on Oct. 22.
