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‘The Day of the Jackal’ Producer Didn’t Want to Do a Reboot Because He Loved the Original Movie, but Then the ‘Business Imperative Took Over’
'The Day of the Jackal' producer Gareth Neame said he initially balked at making the Eddie Redmayne series because he loved the movie.
“The Day of the Jackal” producer Gareth Neame has admitted he initially balked at making the Eddie Redmayne reboot, which was released last month, because he was such a fan of the 1973 movie starring Edward Fox. Carnival Films managing director Nigel Marchant, who joined Neame on the panel alongside Universal International Studios president Beatrice Springborn and Margaret Schatzel, SVP for global scripted series, also addressed the changes made to the source material, including giving Redmayne’s character the Jackal a family. During a Content London panel on Tuesday Sky scripted exec Meghan Lyvers also addressed the question of whether the series, which departs significantly from the book and film, needed to be based on the “Day of the Jackal” IP in the first place.
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