The Day of the Jackal Season 2 is formally on the best way, because the Peacock and Sky Unique thriller sequence has been renewed for a brand new season.
The brand new season was formally introduced in a brand new video launched by Peacock on their Instagram account. Intercut with a wide range of clips from the primary season, the announcement comes shortly after the premiere of the primary season of the sequence.
The primary season of The Day of the Jackal premiered earlier this month on Peacock, and has already change into one of many streaming platform’s prime exhibits, rating #1 on the platform. The sequence additionally turned the most important Sky Unique ever and the most important launch on Sky in over two years.
Try the The Day of the Jackal Season 2 announcement video beneath:
What’s The Day of the Jackal about?
“An unmatched and extremely elusive lone murderer, the Jackal, (Eddie Redmayne) makes his residing finishing up hits for the very best price,” the official synopsis reads. “However following his newest kill, he meets his match in a tenacious British intelligence officer (Lashana Lynch) who begins to trace down the Jackal in an exhilarating cat-and-mouse chase throughout Europe, leaving destruction in its wake.”
The sequence stars Eddie Redmayne as The Jackal, an murderer identified all over the world, and Lashana Lynch, an MI6 agent who begins investigating him. Together with Redmayne and Lynch, the sequence stars Úrsula Corberó, Charles Dance, Richard Dormer, Chukwudi Iwuji, Lia Williams, Khalid Abdalla, Eleanor Matsuura, Jonjo O’Neill, Nick Blood, Sule Rimi, and Florisa Kamara.
Ronan Bennett wrote the sequence and serves as an government producer alongside Brian Kirk (who additionally serves as director), Redmayne, Carnival Movies’ Gareth Neame and Nigel Marchant, Sky Sutdios’ Sam Hoyle, and Sue Naegle. Lynch serves as a co-executive producer, whereas Chris Corridor serves as a producer and Frederick Forsyth as a consulting producer.
The primary 5 episodes of The Day of the Jackal premiered on Peacock on November 14, 2024. New episodes will proceed to drop weekly till a double-episode finale releases on December 12, 2024.
