“The Day of the Jackal,” Peacock and Sky’s authentic thriller collection starring Eddie Redmayne, has been renewed for a second season.

The collection facilities on the titular Jackal (Redmayne), a chameleon-like contract killer “who makes his dwelling finishing up hits for the very best payment,” because the present’s synopsis states. “However following his newest kill, he meets his match in a tenacious British intelligence officer (Lashana Lynch), who begins to trace down the Jackal in an exhilarating cat-and-mouse chase throughout Europe, leaving destruction in its wake.”

“The Day of the Jackal” launched Nov. 14 to important and industrial acclaim and has offered to nearly 200 territories world wide. In Selection‘s assessment, critic Aramide Tinubu known as it a “really participating drama,” including: “Meticulously introduced and superbly detailed, the collection is a breathless journey till the very finish.”

The ten-episode collection is presently airing, with the final episode set to premiere on Dec. 12.

Redmayne additionally serves as an government producer on “The Day of the Jackal,” alongside author Ronan Bennett and director Brian Kirk. Different government producers embody Gareth Neame and Nigel Marchant for Carnival Movies, Sam Hoyle for Sky Studios and Sue Naegle. Frederick Forsyth is a consulting producer, and Chris Corridor additionally produces.

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

“The Day of the Jackal” hails from Carnival Movies, which is a part of Common Worldwide Studios, a division of Common Studio Group. NBCUniversal World TV Distribution handles worldwide gross sales.