In 'The Day of the Jackal' Trailer, the Hunt for Eddie Redmayne Is On

Although almost everybody had to get at least a little bit familiar with Peacock in order to watch the Paris Olympics over the summer, much of the NBC streamer's original programming still largely flies under the radar of mainstream viewers. True, reality juggernaut The Traitors is helping to shift that, but too many British series — We Are Lady Parts, The Capture, Vigil, Everything I Know About Love — are still left to languish in the unexplored depths of its originals catalog. Perhaps, that too is finally about to change, as Peacock prepares to drop one of its biggest and buzziest titles to date: An all-star, prestige remake of classic thriller The Day of the Jackal is set to hit our screens this November.

Based on the 1973 Frederic Forsyth novel of the same name (and the Oscar-nominated feature film adaptation that followed), The Day of the Jackal is a fictionalized retelling of a real-life assassination attempt on the life of French president Charles de Gaulle that ultimately spirals out into a high stakes cat and mouse chase around the globe.

The ten-episode limited series stars Eddie Redmayne (Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them) as the titular elusive and highly effective killer for hire known as the Jackal. The chameleon-like assassin has pulled off several high-profile crimes, but his latest kill has attracted the attention of a tenacious British intelligence officer named (played by The Marvel's Lashana Lynch) who is determined to bring him to justice, no matter the cost.