Eddie Redmayne and Lashana Lynch's gritty new drama The Day Of The Jackal airs its first trailer By Chikamso Chukwuenyem For Mailonline Published: 08:31 BST, 27 July 2024 | Updated: 08:45 BST, 27 July 2024 e-mail View comments Eddie Redmayne and Lashana Lynch 's gritty new British series The Day Of The Jackal aired its first trailer on Saturday. The upcoming political thriller follows the 1973 film of the same name as the second English-language adaptation of the 1971 book of the same name. Reimagined into a contemporary political setting, The Day Of The Jackal (2024) centres around an unrivalled and highly elusive lone assassin, the Jackal, (Eddie, 42,) who makes his living carrying out hits for the highest fee.
However, the Jackal meets his match in a tenacious British intelligence officer (Lashana, 36) who starts to track him down in a thrilling cat-and-mouse chase across Europe, leaving destruction in its wake. Also starring are Guardians Of The Galaxy's Chukwudi Iwuji, Game Of Thrones ' Charles Dance, and Money Heist's Ursula Corbero. Eddie Redmayne (pictured) and Lashana Lynch's, 36, gritty new British series The Day Of The Jackal aired its first trailer on Saturday The upcoming political thriller follows the 1973 film of the same name as the second English-language adaptation of the 1971 book of the same name (pictured: Lashana) Reimagined into a contemporary political setting, The Day Of The Jackal (2024) centres around an unrivalled and highly elusive high-networth l.