Get ready for your new Netflix political thriller obsession: Zero Day.
The series stars Robert De Niro, who plays “a hugely popular but complicated former US president” who is tasked with heading up the ‘Zero Day Commission’, an “unprecedented group of experts tasked with investigating a devastating global cyber attack”. He is recruited by Angela Bassett's character, who happens to be the US President, and must carry out his mission while also dealing with his own personal demons.
The series has been described as a “ripped-from-reality thriller", drawing on some very real political and security issues we encounter in the real world. "Right now, our actual world is scarier,” De Niro himself has told Netflix's TUDUM. He added that transparency and truth is key to his character. “That’s the spine of my character in the show,” he said. “Don’t dodge anything. Don’t play games. Be honest about what’s going on so that the public knows what’s going on.”
It will see the clashing of the government and Wall Street, looking closely at how politics, finance and security problems intersect. Serious stuff. We predict a seriously compelling drama.
Here's everything we know about Zero Day.
Zero Day plot
The plot synopsis hints at some serious political drama. “Zero Day asks the question on everyone’s mind — how do we find truth in a world in crisis, one seemingly being torn apart by forces outside our control? And in an era rife with conspiracy theory and subterfuge, how much of those forces are products of our own doing, perhaps even of our own imagining?”
De Niro will play former President George Mullen, who is instructed to find the perpetators of a devastating cyber attack which killed thousands of people. As shared by TUDUM: “Disinformation runs rampant and the personal ambitions of power brokers in technology, Wall Street and government collide. Mullen’s unwavering search for the truth forces him to confront his own dark secrets while risking all he holds dear.” Tense.
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Zero Day cast
The cast is seriously impressive, with Robert De Niro and Angela Bassett being joined by Jesse Plemons, Lizzy Caplan (who plays “a young congressional representative from New York who’s worked hard to distance herself from her father’s political legacy and establish herself in her own right”), The White Lotus star Connie Britton, Joan Allen, Stranger Things star Matthew Modine, Girls star Gaby Hoffmann, Bill Camp, Dan Stevens, McKinley Belcher III, Clark Gregg and Mark Ivanir.
Zero Day release date
Zero Day drops on Netflix on 20 February.
Zero Day trailer
Watch below. We see the attack unfold, with De Niro's character at the centre of the investigation. Can he find out more about it before the attacker strikes again?
