While Peacock’s The Day of the Jackal introduced a new generation to one of the world’s greatest assassins, it’s far from the Jackal’s first onscreen appearance. The story has been tackled a few times ...

Eddie Redmayne's dad had one request when the actor revealed he was doing a series adaptation of The Day of the Jackal: Don't f--k it up. Fred Zinnemann's 1973 film version of the Frederick Forsyth ...

Redmayne, director of photography Christopher Ross, costume designer Natalie Humphries, director and executive producer Brian Kirk, and executive producer Nigel Marchant talk about what they wanted to ...

Mallinson: There's no question of Her Majesty's Government ever conceding the fact that this Jackal was an Englishman. So far as one can see, there was a period when an Englishman came under suspicion ...

Gareth Neame and Nigel Marchant had long wanted to adapt Frederick Forsyth's 1971 novel The Day of the Jackal, which had already been turned into a 1973 film directed by Fred Zinneman and starring ...

This season saw a resurgence of sophisticated spy thrillers, including Sky’s adaptation of the 1973 film “The Day of the Jackal,” based on Frederick Forsyth’s 1971 novel. The adapted series sets ...

Frederick Forsyth, a British author of thrillers who frequently made the bestseller lists, sold 70 million books and saw his novels “The Day of the Jackal,” “The Odessa File” and “The Dogs of War,” ...

Frederick Forsyth, the British novelist behind The Day Of The Jackal, The Odessa File, The Dogs Of War and several other books that were turned into movies or TV shows, died today in Kent, England, ...