Catherine Zeta-Jones Is a Former Drug Smuggler on the Run in AMC+’s Kill Jackie

Catherine Zeta-Jones is trading luxury, fine art and a quiet life for a whole lot of bullets. AMC+ has unveiled the first teaser art for Kill Jackie, its upcoming eight-episode revenge thriller starring the Academy Award, BAFTA and Tony Award-winning actress, and the premise sounds like exactly the kind of stylish, dangerous television we want to be watching this fall. The series premieres Friday, October 2, 2026, exclusively on AMC+, with new episodes dropping weekly.

Based on The Price You Pay by Sunday Times bestselling author Nick Harkaway, writing under the name Aidan Truhen, Kill Jackie follows Jackie Price, a woman who has spent the last two decades doing everything possible to leave her extremely dangerous past behind. She may have traded international drug smuggling for selling fine art and traveling the world, but apparently the past wasn't quite ready to let her go.

Meet Jackie Price, Because She Has a LOT to Explain

Jackie has spent 20 years living what sounds like a pretty enviable life. She travels, sells expensive artwork and keeps herself deliberately anonymous after escaping her former life as an international drug smuggler, seemingly putting all those dangerous days firmly in the rearview mirror.

Then she learns that The Seven Demons, a group of some of the world's most terrifying assassins, have been hired to kill her. Suddenly, that peaceful art-dealer lifestyle isn't looking quite so peaceful anymore, and Jackie has a pretty good idea that someone from her past is responsible for putting a price on her head.

Rather than sit around waiting for the inevitable, Jackie decides to go on the offensive. She dusts off the skills she thought she had buried and sets out to eliminate The Seven Demons one by one before they can eliminate her. Because apparently when seven professional killers are coming after you, the logical response is to hunt them first.

Her Kill List Is Only the Beginning

The fun part is that Jackie may discover the people hunting her aren't actually the biggest problem. As she gets deeper into the deadly game, she begins uncovering secrets from her own past that could be far more dangerous than the assassins chasing her across the globe.

Those buried secrets also bring the danger much closer to home, forcing Jackie to confront parts of her life she has spent years trying to forget. The series promises a revenge story filled with twists and unexpected consequences, which means that just when Jackie thinks she understands who is behind everything, there will probably be another secret waiting to ruin her day. And with a title like Kill Jackie, we already know subtlety isn't exactly going to be the show's thing.

Catherine Zeta-Jones Has Plenty of Company

Zeta-Jones leads a seriously impressive ensemble cast that includes Daniel Ings, Sidse Babett Knudsen, Óscar Jaenada, Hattie Hook, Darci Shaw, Raff Law, Enzo Cilenti, Christine Adams, Julian Rhind-Tutt, Karlis Arnolds Avots, Set Sjöstrand, Tadashi Ito, Sebastian Armesto, Julian Barratt, Gavin Spokes, Jonathan Cake, Bamshad Abedi-Amin, Bill Paterson and Ron Perlman.

With that many recognizable names surrounding Jackie, we're expecting the suspicious-character bingo card to be filled out by episode two. Somebody is going to know something, somebody is going to betray somebody and there is a very good chance that at least one person who seems trustworthy absolutely should not be.

The series is also coming from a creative team with some serious experience making television characters deeply questionable and situations increasingly dangerous. The project was co-created by Conor Keane, Tom Butterworth, Peter Lawson and Damon Thomas, bringing together talent associated with Gangs of London, Killing Eve and John Wick.

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The Team Behind Kill Jackie Knows a Thing or Two About Revenge

Tom Butterworth serves as writer and showrunner, while Damon Thomas is the lead director. Thomas is also an executive producer, with Peter Lawson and Jose Agustin Valdes executive producing for Steel Springs Pictures alongside Butterworth, Zeta-Jones, Rebecca Dundon, Dante Di Loreto and Jeffrey Levine.

Conor Keane co-wrote the television adaptation and serves as associate producer, while author Nick Harkaway is an executive consultant on the series. The eight-episode thriller is co-produced by Fremantle and Steel Springs Pictures, giving the project plenty of television muscle behind the scenes.

Considering the creative pedigree attached to Kill Jackie, AMC+ is clearly hoping this becomes more than another assassin-on-the-run story. The combination of international crime, buried secrets, revenge and a woman who has apparently decided that running away is no longer an option gives the series plenty of room to play.

When Does Kill Jackie Premiere?

Kill Jackie premieres Friday, October 2, 2026, exclusively on AMC+, with new episodes airing weekly. The eight-episode series will be available to viewers in the United States through the streaming service.

The teaser art may be keeping the actual footage under wraps for now, but the premise alone has us intrigued. Jackie Price spent 20 years trying to build a new life after escaping her criminal past, only to discover that somebody has assembled seven of the world's most dangerous killers to make sure she doesn't get to enjoy it.

That sounds like a pretty terrible retirement plan. With Catherine Zeta-Jones leading a revenge thriller from the creative minds behind Killing Eve, Gangs of London and John Wick, Kill Jackie could be one of AMC+'s most intriguing new series this fall. Jackie may have wanted a quiet life surrounded by art, but the universe clearly had other plans.

Mark October 2 on the calendar, because Jackie Price is done running. Now the question is whether the Seven Demons realize just how big a mistake they made by coming after her. And something tells us they're about to find out.