‘The Day of the Jackal’ Producer Didn’t Want to Do a Reboot Because He Loved the Original Movie, but Then the ‘Business Imperative Took Over’
variety.comK.J. Yossman “The Day of the Jackal” producer Gareth Neame has admitted he initially balked at making the Eddie Redmayne reboot, which was released last month, because he was such a fan of the 1973 movie starring Edward Fox.
The film is itself based on Frederick Forsyth’s 1971 novel. The new series, which also stars Lashana Lynch, began broadcasting on Sky in the U.K.
and Peacock in the U.S. last month. It has already been renewed for a second season. “It came up in a creative meeting before the pandemic, and I just immediately [said] ‘No, we’re not doing that.
I love the movie, nope, we’re not,’” said Neame, who is CEO of Universal International Studios-owned Carnival Films, during a panel at TV industry confab Content London on Thursday. “And colleagues kept bringing it up as, you know, ‘We have the rights.’ And the [Universal Pictures] film group weren’t doing anything with ‘Day of the Jackal.’ It was a dormant piece.
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