Lashana Lynch and Eddie Redmayne are going head-to-head in “The Day of the Jackal,” a British television drama adaptation of the Frederick Forsyth novel and subsequent award-winning 1973 film of the same name from Universal Pictures, which is slated to premiere Nov. 7 on Peacock and Sky.
An unrivaled and highly elusive lone assassin, the Jackal (Redmayne), makes his living carrying out hits for the highest fee. But following his latest kill, he meets his match in a tenacious British...