A new Peacock series just got renewed days after premiering. Deadline reports that the Eddie Redmayne and Lashana Lynch-led spy thriller The Day of the Jackal has been renewed for a second season. The renewal comes just two weeks after it premiered on Nov. 7. The series comes from Peacock and the U.K.’s Sky Atlantic and is adapted by Ronan Bennett from the Frederick Forsyth novel of the same name.
Also starring an ensemble cast that includes Úrsula Corberó, Chukwudi Iwuji, Khalid Abdalla, Lia Williams, Charles Dance, and Nick Blood, The Day of the Jackal centers on a ruthless British assassin known only as the “Jackal” and an intelligence officer tasked with capturing him after his latest kill. The early renewal is not so surprising, as the series has been at the top of Peacock’s top 10 most watched this week and was in the top five for streaming originals
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