Eddie Redmayne Thriller ‘The Day of the Jackal’ Sold to Nearly 200 Territories by NBCU (EXCLUSIVE)
variety.comLeo Barraclough International Features Editor NBCUniversal Global TV Distribution has sold thriller “The Day of the Jackal,” starring Eddie Redmayne, to nearly 200 territories around the world.
The show’s U.K. premiere was on Tuesday in London. The series, a standout title during the L.A. Screenings in May, has subsequently been snapped up by buyers worldwide.
These sales exclude the U.S., where Peacock already held the rights, and U.K., Ireland, Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Italy, where Sky is the rightsholder.
Among the buyers are Foxtel’s Binge (streaming) and Showcase channel (linear) in Australia; Corus’ Showcase (linear) and StackTV (streaming) in Canada; Amazon Prime Video (streaming) in France; JioCinema (streaming) in India; Wowow (linear and streaming) in Japan; TVNZ (linear) and TVNZ+ (streaming) in New Zealand; Wavve (streaming) in South Korea; Showmax (streaming) and M-Net (linear) in Sub-Saharan Africa; OSN’s OSN+ (streaming) and OSN (linear) in UAE and Middle East and North Africa; and SkyShowtime (streaming) across multiple-European territories (Albania, Andorra, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Hungary, Montenegro, Netherlands, North Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain and Sweden).
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