Ah, that's great! Hadn't heard about that. I read the novel back in 2000 as we had it in the house and the Corgi paperback cover boasted that Forsyth was "easily beating Ian Fleming on his own ground." It's certainly a seminal thriller, largely introducing the "docu-thriller" of the grittier 1970s.
"The tough man of the world. The Secret Agent. The man who was only a silhouette." - Ian Fleming, Moonraker (1955).
Yeah should be good. I don't doubt that it won't exactly be a close adaptation of the novel, but the premise is still a good one and Redmayne is a pretty match for Edward Fox! Quite funny we've got a Bond girl replacing a Bond villain as the hero lead too.
Oh nice. This should be fun. The original DAY OF THE JACKAL is a superior thriller and the remake, THE JACKAL, is entertaining enough (if you can get past Gere's terrible Irish accent).
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It's good that they're at least keeping the story being about the attempted assassination of President Charles de Gaulle, so it will be period set. I suppose there's always the temptation to update the story to modern times with a different main target. Much the same issue occurs with Princess Diana being the target of the serial killer David Dragonpol in John Gardner's Never Send Flowers. It's one of the occupational dangers of using real-life figures as the targets in thrillers. President De Gaulle died in 1970 just before the publication of Forsyth's The Day of the Jackal in 1971 but the edge-of-your-seat thriller element still remains undiminished of course.
"The tough man of the world. The Secret Agent. The man who was only a silhouette." - Ian Fleming, Moonraker (1955).
“The new series is a bold, contemporary reimagining of the beloved and respected novel and film. While remaining true to the DNA of the original IP, this contemporary drama will delve deeper into the chameleon like ‘anti-hero’ at the heart of the story, in a high octane, cinematic, globetrotting 'cat and mouse' thriller, set amidst the turbulent geo-political landscape of our time.”
It would be lots of fun if it were period, but I think it's not.
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Ah, I see. I thought I read about the OAS and De Gaulle in that article but I didn't read it carefully enough. I kind of thought they might update it as modern audiences wouldn't be overly familiar with the French politics of that era.
"The tough man of the world. The Secret Agent. The man who was only a silhouette." - Ian Fleming, Moonraker (1955).
It is being made by some pretty standard TV people, and the screenwriter of Public Enemies. I just don't have a lot of faith in it; the adaptation with Richard Gere and Bruce Willis was just awful.
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She’s the hero lead in the new Day of the Jackal show, so we’ll get to see her as an MI6 agent again.
Yes! Such good news!
Is that from the Frederick Forsyth novel? Are they remaking it?
Yes that's right, and with Eddie Redmayne as the Jackal, which I think is pretty great casting. It'll be on Sky.
Ah, that's great! Hadn't heard about that. I read the novel back in 2000 as we had it in the house and the Corgi paperback cover boasted that Forsyth was "easily beating Ian Fleming on his own ground." It's certainly a seminal thriller, largely introducing the "docu-thriller" of the grittier 1970s.
Yeah should be good. I don't doubt that it won't exactly be a close adaptation of the novel, but the premise is still a good one and Redmayne is a pretty match for Edward Fox! Quite funny we've got a Bond girl replacing a Bond villain as the hero lead too.
Oh nice. This should be fun. The original DAY OF THE JACKAL is a superior thriller and the remake, THE JACKAL, is entertaining enough (if you can get past Gere's terrible Irish accent).
It's good that they're at least keeping the story being about the attempted assassination of President Charles de Gaulle, so it will be period set. I suppose there's always the temptation to update the story to modern times with a different main target. Much the same issue occurs with Princess Diana being the target of the serial killer David Dragonpol in John Gardner's Never Send Flowers. It's one of the occupational dangers of using real-life figures as the targets in thrillers. President De Gaulle died in 1970 just before the publication of Forsyth's The Day of the Jackal in 1971 but the edge-of-your-seat thriller element still remains undiminished of course.
I don't think it is set in period:
“The new series is a bold, contemporary reimagining of the beloved and respected novel and film. While remaining true to the DNA of the original IP, this contemporary drama will delve deeper into the chameleon like ‘anti-hero’ at the heart of the story, in a high octane, cinematic, globetrotting 'cat and mouse' thriller, set amidst the turbulent geo-political landscape of our time.”
It would be lots of fun if it were period, but I think it's not.
Ah, I see. I thought I read about the OAS and De Gaulle in that article but I didn't read it carefully enough. I kind of thought they might update it as modern audiences wouldn't be overly familiar with the French politics of that era.
$30 for a photo of Lashana Lynch... hard pass.
Also this remake of the Day of the Jackal is going to be hot trash.
Happy friday?
As regards it being trash I suppose only time will tell. It's hard to pre-judge it before we see it.
The odds are against it.
Fair enough. I doubt I'll see it anyway. The original story and the original film will be very hard to beat I'd imagine.
Is someone not good behind it?
exactly!
It is being made by some pretty standard TV people, and the screenwriter of Public Enemies. I just don't have a lot of faith in it; the adaptation with Richard Gere and Bruce Willis was just awful.
The showrunner of Top Boy has written it I see; I don’t think that’s terrible news.
The previous adaptation has nothing to do with it.; may as well say the previous one was great so this one will be.
A trailer:
So looking forward to this. They've got so much spot on. Eddie Redmayne is perfect.
Starts tonight, good reviews here: