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The Jackal is an elusive assassin who makes his living committing murders for the biggest sums of money. He soon meets his match in a tenacious British intelligence officer who tracks him down in a thrilling cat-and-mouse chase across Europe. Check out our list of renewals and cancellations to see if your favorite series has been picked up. Forsyth was working as a freelance journalist covering the Biafran War. When it ended, he returned to Britain, unemployed and unsure of what to do next. He said: “I came back at Christmas 1969, completely broke. I had no chance of getting a job, I didn’t have a flat, I didn’t have a car and I had no savings. Then I had this crazy, crazy idea to write a novel “Everyone said you were either joking or crazy because the odds of getting it published are a hundred to one, if not a thousand.” The rights were snapped up to play the Jackal in the 1973 film, but the role went to the then-unknown Edward Fox because director Fred Zinnemann thought he could blend in invisibly in a crowd. Referenced on The Graham Norton Show: Denzel Washington/Paul Mescal/Saoirse Ronan/Eddie Redmayne/Blossoms (2024) Why was she cast in this role when there are so many actresses who could do it better? Eddie Redmayne can do it all, his acting range is impressive, from dramas to musicals to movies. He never disappoints. In this role, he is solid in everything he plays. The plot is interesting and captivating… it’s funny how we applauded the Jackal… Not for the MY 6 agent. The location of the series is impressive and the plot is a high octane thrill. Not comparable to the original, it is an adaptation worthy of our times.