Get the latest gossip
‘The Day of the Jackal’ Director Sidesteps UnitedHealthcare CEO Murder Parallels, Breaks Down Decision to Kill Off [SPOILER]: ‘It’s About Growing the IP’
'The Day of the Jackal' season finale saw the long-awaited showdown between the assassin-for-hire and the detective tracking him down.
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. A number of plot threads are left unresolved, including whether the Jackal will be reunited with his wife Nuria (Úrsula Corberó) and son — or whether he plans to take his revenge on her for absconding. Ahead of the last episode dropping, lead director and executive producer Brian Kirk sat down with Variety to discuss the differences between the book and the series, the parallels with the recent real-life assassination of a prominent CEO and the shocking decision to kill off Pullman in the much-anticipated final showdown.
Or read this on Variety