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Donald Trump asked Emma Thompson on a date, the Oscar-winning actor revealed at Locarno Film Festival.

“A phone rang in my trailer, and it was Donald Trump. I thought it was a joke. ‘Hi, it’s Donald Trump here,'” Thompson revealed. “I said, ‘How can I help you?’ I thought he needed directions. He said: ‘I would love for you to stay in one of my beautiful places, and maybe we could have dinner,” she revealed during a masterclass in Locarno, recalling working on Mike Nichols’ political satire “Primary Colors”.

“I realized that on that very day my divorce has finally come through. I bet he has people looking all over for suitable people he could take out, for all these nice divorcees — I mean, he found the number of my trailer! That’s stalking! So yes, I could have gone on a date with Donald Trump. I could...

Emma Thompson discussed her career, including getting a call from Donald Trump asking her on a date, her days doing stand-up comedy, including jokes about herpes and Margaret Thatcher, Sense and Sensibility, and the Monica Lewinsky scandal playing out during the Primary Colors shoot in Locarno, Switzerland on Saturday.

She appeared in front of a huge and hugely excited crowd after, on Friday evening, joining the likes of Faye Dunaway, Mia Farrow, Andy García, Adrien Brody, Meg Ryan, Hilary Swank, Daisy Edgar-Jones, and Irène Jacob as a recipient of the Locarno Film Festival‘s Leopard Club Award on the Swiss town’s picturesque Piazza Grande. The Friday evening world premiere and awards ceremony was such a hot ticket in town that security had to turn people away when the square reached capacity.

At Saturday’s talk, all seats were filled well ahead of the event, with more people crowding around...

Emma Thompson called her character in Brian Kirk’s film “Dead of Winter” a “real life heroine” during a conversation at Locarno Film Festival on Friday.

“We seem to be telling an awful lot of stories about the super rich or about the dark side of human nature, and this woman’s life, this ordinary humble life, is so beautiful and so rich,” Thompson said of the film. “She’s able to say: ‘I’m able to let it go to let someone else find herself.’ It’s a story of her love.”

In the action thriller, she plays a widowed woman who just wanted to go fishing in snowbound Minnesota. Instead, she finds herself in the middle of a kidnapping plot. Thompson also executive produced the film.

Written by Nicholas Jacobson-Larson and Dalton Leeb, both from Minnesota, it pays homage to the “amazing women” who raised them, said Jacobson-Larson,...

Emma Thompson has gone from snowy landscapes to sunny pastures. The star plays a widowed fisherwoman who travels alone through snowbound northern Minnesota and interrupts the kidnapping of a teenage girl, portrayed by Laurel Marsden (Ms. Marvel), in her latest film, Dead of Winter, directed by Brian Kirk (21 Bridges, The Day of the Jackal, Penny Dreadful). On Friday, though, she discussed the movie in summery Locarno, Switzerland during a press conference at the 78th edition of the Locarno Film Festival.

In the film, Thompson’s character faces a huge challenge. “Hours from the nearest town and with no phone service, she realizes that she is the young girl’s only hope,” explains a synopsis.

“Why start this action thing when you’re 66?! That’s just stupid,” Thompson told the press in Locarno on Friday, earning laughter.

The cold and action scenes meant she was trying to get ready by...

At Locarno Film Festival on Friday, Emma Thompson will be honored and her latest film, Brian Kirk’s thriller “The Dead of Winter,” will have its world premiere. Variety spoke to the co-chiefs of Augenschein, which produced the film alongside Stampede Studios, about its slate of star-led, director-driven English-language films.

Locarno has a special place in the hearts of Augenschein’s founders, Jonas Katzenstein and Maximilian Leo, as it was there that their company first demonstrated that it had undergone a transformation.

Brian Kirk’s thriller “The Dead of Winter” world premieres Friday at the Locarno Film Festival. Courtesy of Augenschein

Up to that point, the German production company was known for foreign-language arthouse films, such as Berlin Silver Bear winner “Ana, My Love,” but all that changed with the 2019 Locarno launch of Patrick Vollrath’s plane hijacking thriller “7500,” starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt. From that point on, English-language, director-driven, star-led,...

Quincy Tyler Bernstine has been cast in a series regular role in Liz Meriwether’s upcoming Hulu series, Variety has learned exclusively.

Bernstine joins previously announced cast members Emmy Rossum, Lola Petticrew, and Scott McNairy in the untitled show, which is loosely inspired by the 1987 movie “Black Widow.” The show was originally announced in March.

The official logline for the show states, “An FBI agent (Rossum) uses the secrets from a female serial killer’s (Petticrew) past to try and find her.” Bernstine will star as Nora, described as “a veteran FBI agent working alongside Alice (Rossum) in the department who has worked on hundreds of homicides and human trafficking cases.”

Bernstine received a Tony Award nomination in 2024 for her role in “Doubt.” Her onscreen credits include shows like “And Just Like That,” “Julia,” “Power,” and “Power Book II: Ghost.” She will next be seen in the Peacock limited series...

Set to take place August 6-16, the 78th edition of the Locarno Film Festival has now unveiled its promising lineup. Among the highlights are the world premieres of Radu Jude’s second feature of 2025, Dracula; Alexandre Koberidze’s Dry Leaf; Sophy Romvari’s Blue Heron; Maureen Fazendeiro’s The Seasons; Le Lac from Jean-Luc Godard’s collaborator Fabrice Aragno; Ben Rivers’ Mare’s Nest; Abdellatif Kechiche’s long-awaited sequel Mektoub, My Love: Canto Due; Sho Miyake’s Two Seasons, Two Strangers; and many more.

“Building the program of the Locarno Film Festival means engaging with the living matter of contemporary cinema. A cinema that unfolds while the world is undergoing violent upheavals, while we witness – in real time – horrors that we had only read about in history books or studied in archival footage,” said Giona A. Nazzaro, Artistic Director.

He continues, “The question is simple, and brutal in its inevitability:...

Switzerland’s Locarno Film Festival will debut 17 features, including new works by Radu Jude and Abdellatif Kechiche, as part of its 2025 competition. This year’s event runs from August 6 to 16.

The festival announced its competition lineups this morning. The Radu Jude feature is his much-talked-about Dracula. The film was shot in Transylvania and is said to blend several takes on the Dracula story. Teasing the project as last year’s Locarno Film Festival, Jude said: “I am from Romania. My father is actually from Transylvania. It’s time that someone from Romania does a Dracula film. It’s only Hollywood that has done it 1,000 times. We shouldn’t let Hollywood dominate our Dracula.”

The Abdellatif Kechiche feature is Mektoub, My Love: Canto Due, the third edition in his controversial Mektoub series. Ben Rivers, a Locarno regular, will debut his latest feature, Mare’s Nest. Scroll down for the full Loarno lineup.

Liz Meriwether has cast two key roles in her upcoming Hulu series.

Variety has learned that both Lola Petticrew and Scott McNairy are now set to star in the untitled series, which is loosely inspired by the 1987 movie “Black Widow.” Emmy Rossum is also attached to star in the drama, which was originally announced in March. In addition, Brian Kirk has boarded the series as director and executive producer.

The official logline states, “An FBI agent uses the secrets from a female serial killer’s past to try and find her.” Rossum will star as the FBI agent. Petticrew will play Catherine, who is described as “a killer with a complicated past targeting wealthy men and running from the NYPD and FBI.”

McNairy will play Danny, said to be “An NYPD Homicide Detective who’s been at it too long. Danny’s sharp, tired, and emotionally tangled in ways he...

When the dust settled, there were 177 submissions in the Best Drama Directing category for the 2025 Emmys. Based on the TV Academy's calculus, there will be seven finalists when the nominations are announced July 15.

The vast uptick in submissions, when compared to the writing category, is due to the number of directors put up for each show. Front-runners like Severance, The Pitt, The Last of Us, and Paradise each went for for triple entries. Meanwhile, Andor, The Diplomat, and The Handmaid’s Tale each opted for a double-play. And because some shows had only one director behind the camera throughout the duration, such as The White Lotus and Squid Game, they were only allowed one episode for the category.

While a higher number of submissions per series may result in potential vote-splitting, we have seen time and time again that passionate voters will mark down a show on the ballot multiple times,...

In the 1971 novel “The Day of the Jackal” by Frederick Forsyth and the 1973 film adaptation by Fred Zinnemann, there was not much of a question about who the Jackal was: a remorseless assassin who had been hired to kill French president Charles de Gaulle. Either he was going to die or de Gaulle was.

But Peacock’s new TV version, created by Ronan Bennett, is different — partly because it’s a continuing series, so you expect its title character to survive, and partly because the Jackal is played by Eddie Redmayne, whose innate likability means that we’re bound to root for him at least some of the time.

Redmayne’s Jackal is meticulous and relentless, but one of the conceits of the show is that the British detective who’s out to get him, played by Lashana Lynch, is as remorseless as her target, and almost as willing to bend the rules.

If you were a fan of “The Day of the Jackal,” the 1973 political thriller directed by Fred Zinnemann and based on Frederick Forsyth’s novel about an elusive assassin, and worried that a television adaptation would prove unworthy, you weren’t alone — even the creators of Peacock’s new take on the material were nervous about living up to the original.

“We did approach it with some trepidation,” executive producer Nigel Marchant told IndieWire as part of our Usg University virtual panel series. “Gareth [Neame], my producing partner, and I were great fans of the book and the original movie, and we knew you couldn’t redo the movie and make it any better.”

With that in mind, Marchant and his collaborators — including star and executive producer Eddie Redmayne, director of photography Christopher Ross, costume designer Natalie Humphries, and director and executive producer Brian Kirk, all of whom joined Marchant on...

Emma Thompson is to receive the Leopard Club Award at this year’s Locarno Film Festival, which takes place August 6-16 August.

The Leopard Club Award will be awarded to Thompson on August 8 when the festival will premieres thriller The Dead of Winter by Brian Kirk on the Piazza Grande.

Thomson stars in and executive produced The Dead Of Winter, which follows a widowed fisherwoman (Thompson) trapped in a Minnesotan blizzard who interrupts the kidnapping of a teenager (Laurel Marsden), only to realize that she is the young victim’s only hope. It is produced by Stampede Ventures and augenschein.

Emma Thompson will receive the Leopard Club Award at this year’s Locarno Film Festival, where her latest flick, The Dead Of Winter, will debut.

From director Brian Kirk, the film follows a widowed fisherwoman (Thompson) trapped in a Minnesotan blizzard who interrupts the kidnapping of a teenager only to realize that she is the young victim’s only hope. It is Kirk’s follow-up to 2019’s 21 Bridges.

Also starring are Laurel Marsden, Judy Greer, Gaia Wise, Lloyd Hutchinson, and Brían F. O’Byrne. Screenplay is by Nicholas Jacobson-Larson and Dalton Leeb. Vertical has taken North American rights on the flick.

Thomas will attend Locarno in person to introduce The Dead Of Winter and pick up her Leopard Club award.

Previous Locarno Leopard Club winners include Faye Dunaway, Mia Farrow, Andy García, Stefania Sandrelli, Adrien Brody, Meg Ryan, Hilary Swank, Kasia Smutniak, Daisy Edgar-Jones, and Irène Jacob.

Some of Thompson...

Emma Thompson will be honored by the Locarno Film Festival where her latest film, Brian Kirk’s action thriller “The Dead of Winter” – which she executive produced – will have its world premiere.

Thompson, who is the only person in Academy Awards history to have won Oscars both for acting (“Howard’s End”) and screenwriting (“Sense and Sensibility”) is being celebrated by the Swiss fest which is Europe’s preeminent event dedicated to indie cinema, with its Leopard Club Award.

One of Britain’s most prominent actors, Thompson is being praised by Locarno for a career in acting, writing, and producing that spans both television and film and ranges from independent features to major blockbusters. “Thompson’s willingness to take risks with her roles has meant that she has remained a vital force on stage and screen for four decades, a testament to the depth of affection multiple generations of fans hold for her,...

Emma Thompson will receive the Leopard Club Award at the 78th edition of the Locarno Film Festival this summer.

The British star will be honored on Friday, Aug. 8, during Locarno78, which will also be world premiering Thompson’s thriller The Dead of Winter by Brian Kirk on the Swiss town’s picturesque Piazza Grande square that same evening.

“A woman, traveling alone through snowbound northern Minnesota, interrupts the kidnapping of a teenage girl,” played by Laurel Marsden, reads a synopsis of the movie, produced by Stampede Ventures and augenschein. “Hours from the nearest town and with no phone service, she realizes that she is the young girl’s only hope.”

Written by Nicholas Jacobson-Larson and Dalton Leeb, the film also stars Judy Greer, Marc Menchaca, Thompson’s daughter Gaia Wise, Lloyd Hutchinson, and Brían F. O’Byrne. Thompson is also an executive producer on it.

“Academy, BAFTA, Golden Globe, and Emmy...

Vertical has acquired North American rights to Brian Kirk’s action thriller The Dead of Winter, starring and executive produced by Emma Thompson. The film will be released in theaters in the fourth quarter of 2025.

The film also stars Judy Greer, Marc Menchaca, Laurel Marsden (Ms. Marvel), Gaia Wise (The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim), Lloyd Hutchinson (Mickey 17), and Brían F. O’Byrne.

With the screenplay by Nicholas Jacobson-Larson and Dalton Leeb, The Dead of Winter follows a widowed fisherwoman (Thompson) trapped in a Minnesotan blizzard who interrupts the kidnapping of a teenager (Marsden), only to realize that she is the young victim’s only hope. The film is Kirk’s follow-up to the 2019 movie 21 Bridges.

“The Dead of Winter is a merciless thriller, set in an epic wilderness with a beautiful love story at its heart. Emma Thompson gives a stunning performance unlike anything she has ever done before,...

Vertical has acquired North American rights to Brian Kirk’s action thriller “The Dead of Winter,” the company announced on Friday.

Starring and executive produced by Emma Thompson and also starring Judy Greer, Marc Menchaca, Laurel Marsden (“Ms. Marvel”), Gaia Wise (“The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim”), Lloyd Hutchinson (“Mickey 17”) and Brían F. O’Byrne, the film is set for theatrical release in Q4 of this year.

From a screenplay by Nicholas Jacobson-Larson and Dalton Leeb, “The Dead of Winter” follows a widowed fisherwoman (Thompson) trapped in a Minnesotan blizzard who interrupts the kidnapping of a teenager (Marsden), only to realize that she is the young victim’s only hope. The film is Kirk’s follow-up to 2019’s “21 Bridges.”

“’The Dead of Winter’ is a merciless thriller, set in an epic wilderness with a beautiful love story at its heart. Emma Thompson gives a stunning...

Exclusive: Vertical has taken North American rights to Brian Kirk’s action thriller The Dead of Winter which stars and was executive produced by Emma Thompson. A Q4 theatrical release is being eyed.

With a screenplay by Nicholas Jacobson-Larson and Dalton Leeb, The Dead of Winter follows a widowed fisherwoman (Thompson) trapped in a Minnesotan blizzard who interrupts the kidnapping of a teenager (Laurel Marsden), only to realize that she is the young victim’s only hope. The film is Kirk’s follow-up to 2019’s 21 Bridges.

Pic stars Judy Greer, Marc Menchaca, Laurel Marsden, Gaia Wise, Lloyd Hutchinson, and Brían F. O’Byrne.

“The Dead of Winter is a merciless thriller, set in an epic wilderness with a beautiful love story at its heart. Emma Thompson gives a stunning performance unlike anything she has ever done before,” said Kirk. “The movie has been a passion project for all of us...

Netflix, as one of the best streaming services available, is known for offering a wide variety of films to its consumers. Every month, plenty of new movies are added to the platform, but, unfortunately, the streaming service is forced to remove some hits as well.

In February 2025, for example, several successful films such as Dune, Snowpiercer, and The Fast and the Furious franchise were removed, leaving many people out of the loop. So, if you're one of those individuals with a long list of films to view, some of them may leave Netflix sooner than you imagine. With that in mind, here's every movie leaving Netflix in March 2025.

'Inception' (2010) Leaving March 1

Inception, written and directed by Christopher Nolan, is perhaps one of the greatest films of the 21st century, with a brilliant concept and an iconic filmmaker behind the camera. Starring Leonardo DiCaprio, the Oscar-winning film follows Dom Cobb,...

Bad news for action movie fans, as a thriller with 91% from audiences on Rotten Tomatoes is all set to abandon Netflix soon. Released back in 2019, the action thriller 21 Bridges features the late, great Black Panther star Chadwick Boseman in the lead as an NYPD detective on the hunt for a pair of cop killers. Boasting a reliably charismatic performance from Boseman, 21 Bridges proved divisive among critics and audiences, but is well worth any and every action movie fan’s time. But you don’t have long.

Directed by Brian Kirk, written by Adam Mervis and Matthew Michael Carnahan, and produced by Avengers: Endgame’s Joe Russo and Anthony Russo, 21 Bridges stars Chadwick Boseman alongside Sienna Miller, Stephan James, Taylor Kitsch, Keith David, and J. K. Simmons. 21 Bridges is now all set to leave Netflix in the United States at the end of this week on February...

Cillian Murphy has been named Best Lead Actor in the film category of the Irish Film and Television Awards (IFTAs) for the second year running.

Following his win last year for Oppenheimer (which went on to bag him the Oscar), Murphy won for his role in the film Small Things Like These.

The film, an adaptation of Claire Keegan’s novella, also won Best Film.

Complete Winners List Below

An Irish-language film about Belfast rap group Kneecap was nominated in 17 award categories. The film’s director Rich Peppiatt won best director in the film category, and it was also recognised in casting and costume design.

At the ceremony in Dublin, Ireland, Friday evening, Saoirse Ronan was a double winner, taking home Best Lead Actress for The Outrun and Best Supporting Actress for The Blitz.

Ralph Fiennes and Demi Moore were winners in the international acting categories for Conclave and The Substance respectively.

German production company Augenschein has just added “The Weight,” starring Ethan Hawke and Russell Crowe, to its slate. Company founders Jonas Katzenstein and Maximilian Leo talk to Variety about how they made the shift from foreign-language arthouse fare to English-language elevated genre movies, with stars attached.

Despite its very German-sounding name — which roughly translates as the “shine of the eye” — Augenschein has the global market firmly in its sights. As for the films, they are defined by their “signature-style directing,” Leo says.

Its Berlin lineup is led by Jan-Ole Gerster’s thriller “Islands,” starring Sam Riley, Stacy Martin and Jack Farthing, which world-premieres Sunday in the Berlinale Special Gala section, with Protagonist handling world sales.

“Mother Mary”

Other films on its slate include David Lowery’s pop melodrama “Mother Mary,” starring Anne Hathaway and Michaela Cole, with A24 handling worldwide distribution; and Brian Kirk’s action thriller “The Death of Winter,...

Small Things Like These, an Irish drama starring Cillian Murphy as a coal merchant and father haunted by secret abuses in a local convent sanctioned by the Catholic Church, beat out Kneecap, the hip-hop comedy featuring Michael Fassbender, to win the best film honor at the Irish Film & Television Awards 2025 during a ceremony held in Dublin on Friday. Saoirse Ronan left with two awards (the lead actress honor for her role in The Outrun and the supporting actress trophy for Blitz). Murphy won the best actor IFTA for his work in Small Things Like These. Demi Moore (The Substance) and Ralph Fiennes (Conclave) were honored in the international acting categories, and Colin Farrell (The Penguin) and Sharon Horgan (for writing Bad Sisters) earned TV statuettes.

Rich Peppiatt received the best director IFTA for Kneecap, which follows the West Belfast hip-hop trio of the same name on their mission to save their mother tongue.

The Marvel Cinematic Universe would be a very different place if these directors had been chosen to develop movies for Marvel Studios. The director is one of the most important figures in the development of any movie, but for Marvel Studios, this position is even more crucial. Some of Marvel's directors have become household names as they have helped to produce the most successful film franchise of all time, but many of them weren't Marvel Studios' only choice when planning the McU's projects.

Over the years, Marvel Studios has built strong relationships with brilliant directors, including Jon Favreau, the Russo brothers, James Gunn, Peyton Reed, Ryan Coogler and Destin Daniel Cretton, among others. Had many of these notable directors chosen not to join the MCU, however, Marvel Studios had other options. In the 17 years since the MCU began, there have been many major directors who almost joined the MCU, which...

“Kneecap” — the Irish-language music biopic that became one of the buzziest indie films of 2024 and is now tipped for both Oscar and BAFTA recognition — has, perhaps unsurprisingly, emerged far ahead of the pack of nominees for the 2025 Irish Film & TV Academy (IFTA) awards.

Rich Peppiatt’s raucous comedy, about (and starring) the Belfast rap trio of the same name, has landed an astonishing 17 nominations for the awards, including best film, director, three of the six slots for lead actor, three of the six for supporting actress and one for Michael Fassbender in the supporting actor category.

“Small Things Like These,” the considerably quieter Irish drama fronted (and produced) by Cillian Murphy has nine nominations, including lead actor for Murphy, who won the award last year for “Oppenheimer.”

Having been co-produced by Irish company Tailored Films, Ali Abbasi’s Donald Trump biopic “The Apprentice” is also in the mix, with four nominations.

Nominations are out for the 2025 Irish Film & Television Awards with the Cillian Murphy drama Small Things Like These and the music comedy Kneecap among the tipped films. Scroll down for the full list of nominees.

Small Things Like These has nods in Best Screenplay, Lead Actor for Murphy, and Best Film. Other Best Film nominees include Donald Trump biopic The Apprentice, King Frankie, and Kneecap.

Kneecap has a strong showing across the noms, with nods in Best Director for Rich Peppiatt and all three of the film’s leads pop up in Best Actor. Paul Mescal also received a Best Actor nomination for his role in Ridley Scott’s Gladiator II.

On the TV side, Sharon Horgan’s Bad Sisters is nominated for Best Drama while the Eddie Redmayne thriller The Day of the Jackal has multiple noms, including Best Director for a Drama Series.

The Irish Film & Television Academy...

The 82nd Golden Globes took place on January 5, where stars gathered to honor some of the most exciting movies and television shows of the year. While some box office successes such as Moana 2 and Wicked did not take home trophies in the big movie categories, many of the year's breakout TV shows (such as The Penguin and Shogun) received high honors throughout the night.

ScreenRant had the honor of attending the 2025 Golden Globes, interviewing nominees and creatives from projects being honored that evening. The Penguin showrunner Lauren LeFranc answered some burning fan questions about her stellar Dcu show, Moana 2 director Dana Ledoux Miller teased her work adapting the screenplay for live-action Moana, while The Wild Robot director Chris Sanders and producer Jeff Hermanns considered future Roz movies.

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We are now in the season of his beloved short story A Christmas Carol, but really, Charles Dickens never goes out of season. One of the 19th-century writer's most popular novels, Great Expectations, has been adapted to the screen many times. Most recently, Steven Knight's miniseries based on the novel came to Hulu in 2023, featuring Olivia Colman as the icon herself, Miss Havisham. However, going back a little more than a decade, the 2012 3-episode miniseries starring Gillian Anderson as Miss Havisham, Douglas Booth as Pip, and Vanessa Kirby as Estella ultimately takes the cake as one of the most visually stunning, well-acted Dickens adaptations so far. This iteration of the novel from director Brian Kirk really captures the tone of the novel and has a standout performance from Anderson that is one of the best of her career.

It's official: Eddie Redmayne will return for season two of The Day of the Jackal. The hit series—a co-production between UK television network Sky and US streamer Peacock—has given fans the news they were so craving in the weeks since its renewal was initially announced last month.

In a new video posted on SkyTV's Instagram (which we first saw via Variety), the actor started out by thanking fans for watching the show and making it a hit. And then, he put the announcement plainly: "If there's one thing the jackal can't stand, it's a loose end. So we will see you soon for season two."

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After—and major spoiler alert if you haven't seen the series yet!—killing his target...

Eddie Redmayne is returning to Peacock. The award-winning star will officially return for Season 2 of “The Day of the Jackal” to reprise his role as the titular sniper in the Peacock and Sky series.

The drama was recently nominated for two Golden Globes, including Best Television Series and Best Performance by an Actor in Television Series in the drama category. The show also secured two Critics Choice Awards nominations, Best Drama Series and Best Actor in a Drama Series.

“The Day of the Jackal” was the biggest new series to ever launch on Sky. Its first episode reached an audience of 4.6 million over a 28-day period. Additionally, the final episode of Season 1, which aired on Dec. 12, saw the biggest overnights for a Sky Original drama ever.

In the United States, the series ranked No. 1 on Peacock’s Top 10 TV list. It also ranked in the Top 5 streaming shows during its opening weekend,...

Eddie Redmayne will be back as the Jackal.

Peacock and Sky renewed hit man drama The Day of the Jackal for a second season earlier this month and the streamer and British broadcaster confirmed that Redmayne will return.

It comes as little surprise given that Redmayne is the main character of the drama series and [Spoiler Alert] seemingly emerges relatively unscathed at the end of the first season in the dramatic and twist-heavy finale.

The splashy 10-part adaptation starred Redmayne and Lashana Lynch and has been rating well on both sides of the pond.

Adapted by Ronan Bennett from the hit Frederick Forsyth novel, Season 1 follows an unrivaled and highly elusive lone assassin, the Jackal (Redmayne), who 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 (Lynch) who starts to track down the Jackal in a thrilling cat-and-mouse chase across Europe,...

Eddie Redmayne has confirmed he is returning for “The Day of the Jackal” Season 2.

The series, in which Redmayne plays mysterious mercenary the Jackal, was renewed last month.

For fans who haven’t seen the Sky and Peacock adaptation of the 1972 book and 1973 feature film starring Edward Fox as cold-blooded assassin the Jackal, the news is sure to be confusing.

The original sees the Jackal hotly pursued across Europe in a high-stakes cat and mouse chase by a dogged detective — played by Lashana Lynch in the new adaptation — before one of them must perish when they eventually meet face to face.

Those who have watched the Sky/Peacock version — including it’s expectation-defying season finale — will know there is more story for Redmayne to tell.

“If there’s one thing that the Jackal can’t stand, it’s a loose end. So we will see you soon for Season 2,” Redmayne...

“The Day of the Jackal”, the Brit-produced live-action episodic thriller adaptation of the Frederick Forsyth novel, directed by Brian Kirk, stars Eddie Redmayne, Lashana Lynch, Úrsula Corberó, Charles Dance, Richard Dormer, Chukwudi Iwuji, Lia Williams, Khalid Abdalla, Eleanor Matsuura and Jonjo O'Neill, streaming December 30, 2024 on Peacock:

“…reimagined into a contemporary political setting, the story focuses on a ruthless killer and master of disguise…

“…known only as the ‘Jackal’, and the intelligence officer tasked with capturing him…”

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“The Day of the Jackal” will get a U.S. network debut, as NBC will air the first episode of the Eddie Redmayne drama on Dec. 30 at 10 p.m. Et/Pt.

The series, which premiered on Peacock and Sky on Nov. 7, picked up two Golden Globe nominations (for best drama series and best actor in a drama for Redmayne). On Nov. 22, it was renewed for a second season.

Based on Frederick Forsyth’s 1971 novel but reimagined into today’s world, “The Day of the Jackal” stars Redmayne as “The Jackal,” a renowned assassin who easily slips into various disguises and aliases, and Lashana Lynch as Bianca Pullman as an intelligence agent dedicated to capturing him.

“The Day of the Jackal” ranked No. 1 on Peacock’s top 10 TV shows chart, and it was the biggest new series ever to launch on Sky.

The series was a Variety Critic’s Pick, with...

NBC will attempt to whet the appetites of viewers who have yet to subscribe to sister platform Peacock by airing the first episode of The Day of the Jackal.

The episode will air Monday, Dec. 30 at 10 p.m. Et/Pt. The drama that streams on Peacock follows assassin/Jackal (Eddie Redmayne), who 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 series has been nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Television Series and star Redmayne was nominated for Best Performance by an Actor in Television Series. The Critics Choice Awards also nominated the show for Best Drama Series and for Redmayne for Best Actor.

The series has already been renewed...

Warning: The following contains major spoilers for The Day of the Jackal season 1 finale.The Day of the Jackal director addresses the TV adaptation's massive change to the season 1 finale. Based on Freddie Forsyth's 1971 novel and the 1973 film adaptation of the same name, the 10-part television reboot stars Eddie Redmayne as the deadly sniper assassin and Lashana Lynch as detective Bianca Pullman. In the final face-to-face, the Jackal originally dies in both the book and the movie, but the TV adaptation ends season 1 the other way around by having Bianca being the Jackal's last victim in the season.

Lead director and executive producer Brian Kirk explains the change at the end of season 1 in an interview with Variety. Kirk admits that he was "involved in the discussion" about Bianca being the one to die, but he credits showrunner Ronan Bennett for making "the ultimate twist" happen. The director...

Spoiler Alert: This article contains major spoilers from the Season 1 finale of “The Day of the Jackal,” now streaming on Peacock and Now.

Despite some initial scepticism about rebooting a property as iconic as “The Day of the Jackal,” the ten-part series starring Eddie Redmayne and Lashana Lynch has been a resounding success for Peacock in the U.S. and Sky in the U.K.

So much so a second season of the show, which is based on both Freddie Forsyth’s 1971 novel and the 1973 feature film adaptation starring Edward Fox, has already been greenlit.

In the season finale, the cat and mouse chase between the mysterious assassin the Jackal (Redmayne) and his nemesis, detective Bianca Pullman (Lynch) finally comes to a head as the duo meet face to face. Despite being cornered by Pullman and her colleague, in an almost anti-climactic moment the Jackal swiftly dispatches them both and moves onto his next mission,...

“The Day of the Jackal”, Brit-produced live-action episodic adaptation of the Frederick Forsyth novel, directed by Brian Kirk, starring Eddie Redmayne, Lashana Lynch, Úrsula Corberó, Charles Dance, Richard Dormer, Chukwudi Iwuji, Lia Williams, Khalid Abdalla, Eleanor Matsuura and Jonjo O'Neill, has been renewed for Season Two streaming on Peacock:

“…reimagined into a contemporary political setting, the story focuses on a ruthless killer and master of disguise…

“…known only as the ‘Jackal’, and the intelligence officer tasked with capturing him…”

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Eddie Redmayne as the Jackal in ‘The Day of the Jackal’ episode 1 (Photo by: Marcell Piti/Carnival Film and Television Limited)

Peacock and Sky have given the thriller The Day of the Jackal an early season two renewal. Starring Eddie Redmayne as the titular character, the series hit the top spot on Peacock’s Top 10 TV Shows list over its first weekend. The 10-episode first season premiered on November 14, 2024 and will wrap up on December 19th.

In addition to Eddie Redmayne, season one stars Lashana Lynch, Úrsula Corberó, Charles Dance, Richard Dormer, and Chukwudi Iwuji. Lia Williams, Khalid Abdalla, Eleanor Matsuura, Jonjo O’Neill, and Sule Rimi also stars.

“An unrivaled and highly elusive lone assassin, the Jackal (Redmayne), makes his living carrying out hits for the highest fee,” reads Peacock’s synopsis. “But following his latest kill, he meets his match in a tenacious British intelligence officer (Lynch) who starts...

NBCUniversal's Peacock and U.K. broadcaster Sky have renewed The Day of the Jackal for a second season. The series, starring Eddie Redmayne and Lashana Lynch, will soon wrap up its first season.

Per The Hollywood Reporter, the renewal follows the successful launch of The Day of the Jackal stateside and in the U.K. The series attracted three million viewers in its first week on Sky Atlantic, its best series debut in two years. Based on preliminary Nielsen data, the show ranked among the top five original streaming series in the U.S. for its opening weekend on Peacock. It remains unclear whether Redmayne and Lynch will return following the conclusion of the ten-episode first season.

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The Day of the Jackal will see more days as The Hollywood Reporter reveals that Peacock has renewed the thriller for another season. Our Alex Maidy enjoyed the show as he said in his review, “This grounded, realistic thriller takes time to develop the protagonist and antagonist while leaving audiences wondering which side they trust and whether they should or should not. This is not a clean-cut espionage story or even an action-oriented tale. The Day of the Jackal is a worthy modernization of the classic novel and delivers two of the year’s better performances on film or the small screen.”

According to THR, “The series drew 3 million viewers in its first week on [U.K. broadcast] Sky Atlantic, the best series debut there in two years. On Peacock, the show ranked among the top five original streaming series in the U.S. for its opening weekend, based on preliminary Nielsen data.

Peacock and Sky Original thriller series The Day of the Jackal has been renewed for a second season. The series launched globally to critical acclaim and was a hit with viewers around the world.

The Day of the Jackal ranked #1 on Peacock’s Top 10 TV Shows on its platform and was a Top 5 streaming original in the US for its opening weekend. In the UK, the series has become the biggest Sky Original ever and the biggest launch on Sky in over two years, drawing a record audience of three million viewers in its first week.

In Sky Group markets Italy, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and Ireland, the series is the biggest ever debut for a UK Sky Original. In Australia, the series has become the highest rated new series launch of this year for Fox Showcase.

The series has sold to almost 200 territories globally, including SkyShowtime across Europe; Disney+ in...

“The Day of the Jackal,” Peacock and Sky’s original thriller series starring Eddie Redmayne, has been renewed for a second season.

The series centers on the titular Jackal (Redmayne), a chameleon-like contract killer “who makes his living carrying out hits for the highest fee,” as the show’s synopsis states. “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” launched Nov. 14 to critical and commercial acclaim and has sold to almost 200 territories around the world. In Variety‘s review, critic Aramide Tinubu called it a “truly engaging drama,” adding: “Meticulously presented and beautifully detailed, the series is a breathless adventure until the very end.”

The 10-episode series is currently airing, with the last episode set to premiere on Dec.

The Day of the Jackal will go on for more days at Peacock and Sky.

The NBCUniversal-owned streamer and U.K. broadcaster Sky have renewed The Day of the Jackal, a thriller starring Eddie Redmayne and Lashana Lynch, for a second season. The pickup comes on the heels of a successful launch both in the U.K. and the United States. The series drew 3 million viewers in its first week on Sky Atlantic, the best series debut there in two years. On Peacock, the show ranked among the top five original streaming series in the U.S. for its opening weekend, based on preliminary Nielsen data.

The series is based on a 1971 novel by Frederick Forsyth, which was previously adapted into a 1973 feature film. The series follows a cat-and-mouse game between a chameleonic assassin (Eddie Redmayne) and an MI6 agent (Lashana Lynch) who’s determined to catch him.

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The Peacock and Sky dramatic series “The Day of the Jackal” was renewed for a second season, the streamer and broadcaster announced Thursday.

The show’s success was “unusually strong” Carnival Films CEO Gareth Neame told TheWrap this month. The series is part of Neame’s strategic plan that includes launching series that are “expressly British but will have global appeal.” The formula worked when he sold “Downton Abbey” to NBCUniversal in 2008, though he admitted he “could not have anticipated” how successful that series would ultimately become.

Sky and Peacock announced the series was in production in 2023. Eddie Redmayne produced and starred in the first season. The show is based on the Frederick Forsyth thriller and subsequent award-winning 1973 film adaptation of the same name.

“While staying true to the DNA of the original story, this contemporary drama will delve deeper into the chameleon like ‘anti-hero’ at the heart of the story in a high octane,...

Peacock and Sky have a second season of The Day of the Jackal in their crosshairs.

The splashy 10-part adaptation starring Eddie Redmayne and Lashana Lynch has been rating well on both sides of the pond, and the renewal comes just over a week after its premiere.

Adapted by Ronan Bennett from the hit Frederick Forsyth novel, Season 1 follows an unrivaled and highly elusive lone assassin, the Jackal (Redmayne), who 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 (Lynch) who starts to track down the Jackal in a thrilling cat-and-mouse chase across Europe, leaving destruction in its wake. Cast also includes Úrsula Corberó, Charles Dance, Richard Dormer, Chukwudi Iwuji, Lia Williams, Khalid Abdalla, Eleanor Matsuura, Jonjo O’Neill and Sule Rimi.

The Day of the Jackal has been No. 1 in Peacock’s top 10 most...

The British thriller series The Day of the Jackal continues to captivate audiences with its pulse-pounding narrative that follows a relentless hunt for an infamous assassin. In Episode 6, tensions escalate between the Jackal (Eddie Redmayne) and British intelligence officer Bianca (Lashana Lynch), setting up a high-stakes clash. Based on Frederick Forsyth’s classic novel, this modern reimagining spans present-day Europe, weaving in elements of suspense and betrayal. Directed by Brian Kirk, the series is earning praise for its tense storytelling and stellar cast. Here is everything we have on The Day of the Jackal Episode 7.

Release Date and Time for Episode 7

Here’s when Episode 7 of The Day of the Jackal will air in various time zones:

US (Eastern Time): 10:00 Pm Et, November 29, 2024 US (Central Time): 9:00 Pm Ct, November 29, 2024 US (Mountain Time): 8:00 Pm Mt, November 29, 2024 US (Pacific Time): 7:00 Pm Pt, November 29, 2024 UK (GMT): 3:00 Am,...

This isn’t Fred Zinnemann’s “The Day of the Jackal,” but the Peacock series brings forth just as much thrill and action as the 1973 film.

The series is based on Frederick Forsyth’s 1971 novel of the same name, and it’s cast Eddie Redmayne to take on Edward Fox’s role as The Jackal. Redmayne also serves as one of the executive producers for the series.

“The Day of the Jackal” was directed by Brian Kirk (“Game of Thrones”) and was written by Ronan Bennet (“Top Boy”).

Check out everything you need to know about how to watch below.

When does “The Day of the Jackal” come out?

“The Day of the Jackal” premiered on Peacock with the first five episodes of the series on Thursday, Nov. 14. New episodes will drop weekly every Thursday until its double finale on Dec. 12.

Where is “The Day of the Jackal” streaming?

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“The Day of the Jackal” is the new Brit-produced live-action episodic adaptation of the Frederick Forsyth novel, directed by Brian Kirk, starring Eddie Redmayne,Kirk Starring Eddie Redmayne, Lashana Lynch, Úrsula Corberó, Charles Dance, Richard Dormer, Chukwudi Iwuji, Lia Williams, Khalid Abdalla, Eleanor Matsuura and Jonjo O'Neill, now streaming on Peacock:

“…reimagined into a contemporary political setting, the story focuses on a ruthless killer and master of disguise…

“…known only as the ‘Jackal’, and the intelligence officer tasked with capturing him…”

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