The actor stars in Peacock’s gripping 10-part adaptation of the 1971 bestseller about an assassin, who in this telling is hired to kill a tech billionaire.

Like any international thriller worth its salt, Peacock's The Day of the Jackal series (the first five episodes premiere November 14) expertly juggles an eclectic cast of characters — spies, informants,

Padded with sluggish sequences and uninteresting subplots, this aggravatingly inert affair lumbers its way toward an unsatisfying finish line, in the process squandering a captivating performance by Eddie Redmayne as its chameleonic protagonist.

Frederick Forsyth’s acclaimed 1971 novel “The Day of the Jackal” is coming to Peacock on Thursday, Nov. 7 in the form of a new TV series. Eddie Redmayne stars as an assassin known to most as The Jackal,

Fans have been excited to know when The Day of the Jackal drops on Peacock. This action-drama thriller has hooked viewers with its complex plot and surprising twists. It centers around a gripping pursuit between a talented assassin and an intelligence officer as they navigate through Europe.

Are you ready to see Eddie Redmayne in a role like none before? What about Lashana Lynch in an intense spy thriller catching the bad guy? The Day of the Jackal is coming to Peacock very soon! We spoke with Eddie Redmayne and Lashana Lynch about the new Peacock series.