Stan today announced the high-octane revenge thriller series Kill Jackie, starring Academy Award®, BAFTA and Tony Award-Winning actress Catherine Zeta-Jones (Chicago, Wednesday), premieres October 2, only on Stan.
Co-produced by Australia-based Steel Springs Pictures and Fremantle, Kill Jackie is based on the acclaimed novel The Price You Pay by Sunday Times best-selling author Nick Harkaway, writing as Aidan Truhen (Karla’s Choice, Tigerman), and stars Catherine Zeta-Jones as Jackie Price.
Jackie has been living a luxurious existence for the last twenty years – travelling 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 realises 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.
Appearing alongside Zeta-Jones is Daniel Ings (A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, The Gentlemen), Sidse Babett Knudsen (Prime Target, Borgen), Óscar Jaenada (Rambo V, Cantinflas), Australian actress Hattie Hook (Of An Age, Stan Original Ten Pound Poms), Darci Shaw (A Thousand Blows, This City is Ours), Raff Law (Masters of The Air, Triton), Enzo Cilenti (Black Mirror, The Crown), Christine Adams (Hijack, Malice), Julian Rhind-Tutt (Britannia, Napoleon), Karlis Arnolds Avots (Soviet Jeans, Lovable), Set Sjöstrand (The Wheel of Time, Valhalla), Tadashi Ito (Society of the Snow, The Platform 2), Sebastian Armesto (Gangs of London, A Small Light), Julian Barratt (The Mighty Boosh, The Great), Gavin Spokes (House of The Dragon, Slow Horses), Jonathan Cake (And Just Like That, Camping), Bamshad Abedi- Amin (A Town Called Malice, The Last Kingdom), Bill Paterson (Fleabag, Criminal Justice) and Ron Perlman (Hellboy).
From the creatives behind Killing Eve and Gangs of London, Kill Jackie is an eight-part series co- produced by Fremantle and Steel Springs Pictures and co-created by Conor Keane, Tom Butterworth (Gangs of London), Peter Lawson (John Wick) and Damon Thomas (Killing Eve). The Executive Producers are Peter Lawson and Jose Agustin Valdes for Steel Springs Pictures, and Tom Butterworth, Damon Thomas, Catherine Zeta-Jones with Rebecca Dundon, Dante Di Loreto and Jeffrey Levine. The lead Director is Damon Thomas,with writer and showrunner Tom Butterworth.
Conor Keane co-wrote the TV adaptation and is associate producer. Nick Harkaway serves as executive consultant on the series. José Luis Escolar’s Deabru Kalea Filmeak is supervising production in Bizkaia. Fremantle handles sales in all territories except the US, which is managed by De Maio Entertainment and Steel Springs Pictures.
Editor’s Notes:
The book rights deal was handled by the Curtis Brown Media Rights Team on behalf of Patrick Walsh at PEW Literary. Catherine Zeta-Jones is represented by UTA and Ziffren Brittenham LLP. Tom Butterworth is represented by Curtis Brown (Nick Marston and Katie Battcock). Daniel Ings is represented by United Agents, WME, TFC Management, ColorCreative, Sloane, Offer, Weber & Dern and CLD Communications.
The new series Kill Jackie premieres on October 2, with all episodes available at once, only on Stan.
