Did an update about a second season of The Day of the Jackal season 2 just spoil what happens in season 1 of the Peacock show?

Lashana Lynch also stars in the 10-episode thriller about a professional assassin and the intelligence officer chasing him, adapted from Frederick Forsyth's 1971 novel.

Eddie Redmayne and Lashana Lynch star in Peacock's TV adaptation of the 1970s classic 'The Day of the Jackal’ to thrilling results.

In an interview with Digital Trends, Eddie Redmayne and Lashana Lynch spoke about their new thriller for Peacock, The Day of the Jackal.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Day Of The Jackal “ranked among the top five original streaming series in the U.S. for its opening weekend, based on preliminary Nielsen data,” and in the U.K. became Sky Atlantic’s best series debut in two years.

Eddie Redmayne's Peacock series "The Day of the Jackal" — an adaptation of the book — is the most egregiously bloated series of the year. [REVIEW]

The Day of the Jackal is a thriller that constantly stops trying to thrill, and more than any other failing, that lack of urgency, tension, or excitement is its fatal downfall. An incredibly loose adaptation of Frederick Forsyth’s novel (which was made into a superior 1973 film by Fred Zinnemann) that has little relation to its source material aside from its general premise and main character,

Peacock's The Day of the Jackal remake is brilliant thanks to Eddie Redmayne and Lashana Lynch, and the show's commitment to being a true thriller.

A contemporary reimagining of the 1971 novel of the same name by Frederick Forsyth, The Day of the Jackal follows an elusive killer-for-hire (Academy Award-winner Eddie Redymane),