The Day Of The Jackal has been renewed for a second season just weeks after it made its debut on Sky and Peacock Original.

The series, which is based on the Frederick Forsyth novel of the same name, stars Eddie Redmayne as the ᴀssᴀssin being targeted by an intelligence officer, played by Lashana Lynch.

And after a stellar start, the future certainly is bright for the thrilling series as it’s been green-lit for another stint on screens.

The good news comes amid season one’s incredible start, which saw it become the ‘biggest’ Sky Original ever, while also being the broadcaster’s biggest launch in over two years, garnering a record audience of 3 million in its first week.

The Day Of The Jackal has also broken global records too, with the show seeing the ‘biggest ever debut for a UK Sky Original’ in Sky Group markets Italy, Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Ireland.

Meanwhile, across the pond in the United States, the series has been ranked number one on Peacock’s Top 10 TV Shows.

The Day Of The Jackal has been renewed for a second season just weeks after it made its debut on Sky and Peacock Original

The series, which is based on the Frederick Forsyth novel of the same name, stars Eddie Redmayne [pictured] as the ᴀssᴀssin being targeted by an intelligence officer, played by Lashana Lynch

While, according to preliminary Nielsen data, The Day Of The Jackal was a Top 5 streaming original in the US for its opening weekend.

The success of the show continued in Australia, where further records were smashed.

The Day Of The Jackal, which said to be Sky’s ‘most expensive series ever’, became the ‘highest rated new series launch’ for Fox Showcase.

The renewal for season two comes after the series received mixed reviews from critics, with some hailing the Eddie Redmayne reboot ‘truly compelling’ while others branded it ‘dull and pointless’. 

Eddie stars as Jackal the elusive ᴀssᴀssin who makes his living carrying out hits for the highest fee. But he soon meets his match in a tenacious British intelligence offer who tracks him down in a thrilling cat-and-mouse chase across Europe. 

The Telegraph claimed the 21st-century reboot was ‘truly compelling’ as they ᴀssessed Eddie’s character.  

Jasper Rees rated the series a star rating of four out of five and wrote: ‘The main event of the chase is prone to misfire and mid-story sag. Still, the otherness of Redmayne compels.’ 

While the Irish Independent claimed The Day Of The Jackal is ‘long and baggy’ and has too many ‘uninteresting characters’. 

The good news comes amid season one’s incredible start, which saw it become the ‘biggest’ Sky Original ever, while also being the broadcaster’s biggest launch in over two years, garnering a record audience of 3 million in its first week [Lashana Lynch pictured]

The Day Of The Jackal has also broken global records too, with the show seeing the ‘biggest ever debut for a UK Sky Original’ in Sky Group markets Italy, Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Ireland

Meanwhile, across the pond in the United States, the series has been ranked number one on Peacock’s Top 10 TV Shows

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Pat Stacey wrote: ‘This Day of the Jackal is… well, not. It’s long and it’s baggy, with too many uninteresting characters, too many tedious domestic scenes, and the usual overblown and unbelievable shootouts and car chases.’ 

Meanwhile, Rebecca Cook from Digital Spy said The Day Of The Jackal is a ‘compulsive but conventional watch’. 

The reviews from critics come after Eddie recently revealed that he ‘barely’ saw his co-star Lashana on set, despite the pair taking centre stage in their thrilling new series.

The actor and actress joined host Nick Grimshaw, 40, on BBC Radio 1 last month.

The renewal for season two comes after the series received mixed reviews from critics, with some hailing the Eddie Redmayne reboot ‘truly compelling’ while others branded it ‘dull and pointless’

The reviews from critics come after Eddie recently revealed that he ‘barely’ saw his co-star Lashana on set, despite the pair taking centre stage in their thrilling new series

However, Eddie revealed that promoting the series has been the most ‘fun’ part as the pair finally get to ‘hang out and spend time together’. 

Revealing that they barely saw each other during filming, Eddie said: ‘Even though Lashana and I are in it (the series) we barely got to see each other while we were making it.’ 

‘Because it was kind of a cat and mouse story and we’re kept apart for a huge amount of it.’ 

He confessed: ‘So, the promoting (side) has been the fun bit because we got to hang out and spend time together.’