Frederick Forsyth's game-changing 1971 thriller "The Day of the Jackal" — about an assassin hired to take out Charles De Gaulle — was made into an iconic film starring Edward Fox two years later, but receives a TV mini-series reboot with a new "Jackal" in Eddie Redmayne and a twenty-first century storyline.
It's streaming on Peacock in the U.S., but if you're away, we'll explain how to watch The Day of the Jackal online from anywhere with a VPN.
