Fans are finally getting a glimpse of AMC+’s new revenger thriller Kill Jackie. In a Sept. 23 press release, the streaming service shared first-look photos and a first-look clip for the series. The eight-episode series will premiere Friday, Oct. 2, with new episodes weekly.
With award-winning actress Catherine Zeta-Jones (The Mask of Zorro, No Reservations) as the star, Kill Jackie is a screen adaptation of the best-selling novel The Price You Pay, written by Nick Harkaway, pen name Aiden Truhen (Karla’s Choice, Sleeper Beach). Tom Butterworth (Birthday Girl, The Last Legion) and Conor Keane (North Sea Connection, The Price You Pay) co-wrote the TV adaptation.
Additionally, AMC+ shared the series’ synopsis: “Jackie Price (Zeta-Jones) has been living a luxurious existence for the last twenty years – traveling the world, selling fine art and, above all, trying to stay anonymous after escaping a dangerous past as an international drug smuggler. But just as life starts to feel a little boring, it takes a sudden lethal turn when she discovers that The Seven Demons, a squad of the world’s most terrifying hitmen, have been hired to kill her. Assuming someone from her past is behind it, Jackie unleashes her old instincts and embarks on a wild, dangerous game plan: to take down The Demons one by one before they kill her. However, she soon realizes her own demons are much more terrifying than the ruthless killers on her trail…and her buried secrets lead her closer to home, with surprising consequences.”
The full cast list for Kill Jackie includes Zeta-Jones, Daniel Ings (A Knight of the Seven Kingdowms, The Gentlemen), Sidse Babett Knudsen (What Lies Between Us, The Family Plan 2), Óscar Jaenada (The Losers, Cantinflas), Hattie Hook (Safe Hands, Savage River), Darci Shaw (The Irregulars, The Bay), Raff Law (Masters of the Air, The Hat), Enzo Cilenti (Free Fire, Guardians of the Galaxy), Christine Adams (Hijack, Dreaming Whilst Black), Julian Rhind-Tutt (Death in Paradis, Moominvalley), Karlis Arnolds Avots (Youth Eternal, A Dog’s Gaze), Set Sjöstrand (Youth Eternal, A Dog’s Gaze), Tadashi Ito (Under Paris, The Odyssey), Sebastian Armesto (The Man with the Plan, Gangs of London), Julian Barratt (Lost Treasure of Rome, Badjelly), Gavin Spokes (Cold Storage, Gone), Jonathan Cake (Emily in Paris, Protection), Bamshad Abedi-Amin (Malice, Criminal Record), Bill Paterson (The Witches, Miss Potter) and Ron Perlman (Stranglehold, Cape Fear).
Kill Jackie is co-created by Butterworth, Keane, Peter Lawson (Alice, Sleepless) and Damon Thomas (Killing Eve, The Big Cigar). Butterworth will serve as showrunner. The series’ executive producers include Lawson and Jose Agustin Valdes (Alice) for Steel Springs Pictures, Butterworth, Thomas, Zeta-Jones, Rebecca Dundon (In Flight, The Listeners), Dante Di Loreto (Baywatch, P-Valley) and Jeffrey Levine (Tech Toys, Gangsters!). Thomas and Butterworth serve as lead directors. Harkaway serves as executive consultant on the series. Kill Jackie is produced by Fremantle and Steel Springs Pictures.
