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 ...

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 ...

In the 1971 novel "The Day of the Jackal" by Frederick Forsyth and the 1973 film adaptation by Fred Zinnemann, there was not much of a question about who the Jackal was: a remorseless assassin who had ...

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,” ...

Eddie Redmayne in "The Day of the Jackal: (Credit: Marcell Piti/Carnival Film & Television Limited) In the 1971 novel “The Day of the Jackal” by Frederick Forsyth and the 1973 film adaptation by Fred ...