Olympics Opening Ceremony Debuts ‘The Day of the Jackal’ Teaser with Eddie Redmayne, Lashana Lynch

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Lashana Lynch is a British intelligence officer hunting down an elusive assassin, played by Eddie Redmayne, in a new trailer for Peacock‘s The Day of the Jackal.

The first-look teaser debuted during the 2024 Paris Olympics Opening Ceremony on NBC and Peacock on Friday night, showing Redmayne’s highly-skilled character in front of a sniper rifle and peeling elaborate disguises from his body.

He makes his living carrying out hits for the highest fee, but “following his latest kill, he meets his match in a tenacious British intelligence officer (Lynch) who starts to track down the Jackal in a thrilling cat-and-mouse chase across Europe, leaving destruction in its wake.

Charles Dance, Richard Dormer, Úrsula Corberó, Chukwudi Iwuji, Lia Williams, Khalid Abdalla, Eleanor Matsuura, Jonjo O’Neill, Nick Blood, Sule Rimi and Florisa Kamara round out the rest of the cast.

The Day of the Jackal will premiere on Peacock in the U.S. and on Sky in the U.K. on Nov. 7. Executive producers include Ronan Bennett, Gareth Neame, Nigel Marchant, Sam Hoyle, Sue Naegle, Brian Kirk, Redmayne, and Lynch.

Produced by Carnival Films, part of Universal International Studios, NBCUniversal will handle global TV distribution of The Day of the Jackal.

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