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\n\tWarner Bros. Discovery has acquired revenge thriller \u201cKill Jackie,\u201d starring Catherine Zeta-Jones, for HBO Max in Spain, Portugal, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland, Iceland, France and Belgium.<\/p>\n
\n\tThe deal takes in two of HBO\u2019s most established streaming markets, the Nordics and Spain, where SVOD services HBO Nordics and HBO Espa\u00f1a launched way back to 2012 and 2016 with HBO Max set to pass Prime Video to turn into the second largest streamer in Spain by the top of 2026, in keeping with Ampere Evaluation.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\n\tProduced by Fremantle, which handles all international distribution outside the U.S., and Steel Spring Pictures, the eight-part series is scheduled to debut in 2026. \u201cKill Jackie\u201d looks set to provide Zeta-Jones, an Oscar, Bafta and Tony Award winner (\u201cChicago,\u201d \u201cWednesday\u201d), as she has recognised, a \u201cmultifaceted\u201d role encompassing \u201cempowerment, identity and redemption.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\tZeta-Jones plays a drug dealer turned glamorous art dealer whose past suddenly caches up along with her as she becomes the goal of The Seven Demons, successful squad of the world\u2019s most terrifying assassins.<\/p>\n
\n\tWhen a tragic event makes her hell-bent for revenge, Jackie determines to take out the Demons one after the other, unleashing her old killer instincts. \u201cNonetheless, she soon realises her own demons are rather more terrifying than the ruthless killers on her trail\u2026and her buried secrets ultimately lead her much closer to home, with surprising consequences,\u201d the synopsis runs.<\/p>\n
\n\tA buzz title on the London TV Screenings, \u201cKill Jackie\u201d co-stars Daniel Ings (\u201cThe Knight of the Seven Kingdoms\u201d) as Jackie\u2019s foil, her distinctly sensitive-about-violence tax lawyer, who, in keeping with reports, provides much of the humor in a consistently high-octane, twisting, comedic thriller. \u00a0<\/p>\n
\n\tWritten by Tom Butterworth (\u201cGangs of London\u201d) and Conor Keane, \u201cKill Jackie\u201d is lead directed by Damon Thomas (\u201cKilling Eve\u201d), adapting \u201cThe Price You Pay\u201d by Sunday Times best-selling writer Nick Harkaway, writing as Aidan Truhen.<\/p>\n
\n\tKey solid also takes in one other HBO alum, Sidse Babett Knudsen (\u201cPrime Goal,\u201d \u201cBorgen\u201d),and \u202f\u00d3scar Jaenada\u202f,\u202fHattie\u202fHook,\u202fDarci Shaw,\u202fRaff Law\u202f,\u202fEnzo Cilenti,\u202fChristine Adams,\u202fJulian Rhind-Tutt,\u202fKarlis Arnolds Avots,\u202fSet Sj\u00f6strand,\u202fTadashi Ito,\u202fSebastian Armesto,\u202fJulian Barratt,\u202fGavin Spokes\u202f,\u202fJonathan Cake,\u202fBamshad Abedi-Amin\u202fand\u202f Bill Paterson.<\/p>\n
\n\t\u201cHBO\u00a0Max has an impressive track record of partnering on the perfect projects, making it the proper home for\u00a0\u2018Kill Jackie,\u2019 said Jamie Lynn, EVP co-production & distribution EMEA. \u201cBecause the platform continues to grow across Europe, we couldn\u2019t be more delighted to embark on this adventure together. With its relentless pace, thrilling motion and unforgettable central performance, we all know\u00a0\u2018Kill Jackie\u2019\u00a0is within the perfect of hands.\u201c<\/em><\/p>\n \n\t\u201cI loved Nick\u2019s gonzo thriller of a book,\u201d Butterworth has said. \u201cOur ambition is to twist and expand his world into something equally funny, dark, crazed and unique. Or die trying.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\t\u201cKill Jackie\u201d is a \u201csly character study that asks what happens whenever you\u2019re forced to act out your darkest impulses with a view to survive. But at its heart, it\u2019s a grounded, universal story about family: the sort we\u2019re born with and the sort we elect,\u201d Fremantle told Variety<\/em> is the run-up to Mipcom.\u00a0<\/p>\n \n\t\u201cKill Jackie\u201d is produced in partnership with Jos\u00e9 Luis Escolar\u2019s Deabru Kalea Filmeak which supervised production in and around Bilbao. So expect the propulsive thriller to make full use of Bilbao\u2019s extraordinarily chic post-industrial cityscape, benefiting from its Guggenheim Museum, belle \u00e9poque and modern plate glass architecture, estuary-adjunct walkways and green countryside.\u00a0<\/p>\n \n\t\u201cKilling Jackie\u201d is co-created by Conor Keane, Butterworth Peter Lawson (\u201cJohn Wick\u201d) and Thomas. Butterworth serves as each author and showrunner.\u00a0<\/p>\n \n\tExecutive producers are Lawson and Jose Agust\u00edn Vald\u00e9s for Steel Springs Pictures, Butterworth, Thomas, Zeta-Jones, Rebecca Dundon, Dante Di Loreto and Jeffrey Levine, with Nick Harkaway serving as executive consultant.<\/p>\n \n\tWith the WBD deal, a multi-territory sales to Prime Video and a recent AMC+ U.S. sale, \u201cKill Jackie\u201d has closed the lion\u2019s share of major territories on this planet.<\/p>\n \n\tZeta-Jones is represented by UTA and Ziffren Brittenham LLP. Butterworth is represented by Curtis Brown. Daniel Ings is represented by United Agents, WME, TFC Management, ColorCreative, Sloane, Offer, Weber & Dern and CLD Communications.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Warner Bros. Discovery has acquired revenge thriller \u201cKill Jackie,\u201d starring Catherine Zeta-Jones, for HBO Max in Spain, Portugal, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland, Iceland, France and Belgium. The deal takes in two of HBO\u2019s most established streaming markets, the Nordics and Spain, where SVOD services HBO Nordics and HBO Espa\u00f1a launched way back to 2012 and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":373202,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20669],"tags":[3385,12069,7764,12477,620,6026,12450,14687],"class_list":["post-373201","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hollywood","tag-acquired","tag-catherine","tag-hbo","tag-jackie","tag-kill","tag-max","tag-wbd","tag-zetajones"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t