What is Day Zero like, the miniseries starring Robert De Niro that Netflix premieres in February
Netflix officially released the first trailer of Day Zerothe six-episode miniseries with Robert DeNiro in the leading role and as executive producer. The story takes as its starting point a cyber attack which will leave the main organizations of North American power exposed.
The cyberattack creates consequences that threaten to plunge the United States into chaos, with widespread technology outages, computer hacking, and more than 3,402 deaths. Therefore, the former president George Mullenplayed by De Niro, is summoned again to the White House by order of the current president (played by Angela Bassett), to lead Day Zero, a commission in charge of finding those responsible for the attack.
“As misinformation spreads and the personal ambition of power groups in tech, Wall Street, and government collide, Mullen’s relentless pursuit of the truth forces him to confront his own dark secrets, while risking everything he can. “He cares,” says the argument published by Netflix.
The trailer hints that Mullen is hiding a secret that not even his wife, played by Joan Allen, knows. The images also include warnings about the importance of conspiracy theorists and how such an attack could endanger civil liberties.
Who is behind Day Zero
In addition to the performances of De Niro, Basset and Allen, Day Zero includes in its cast Jesse Plemons, Lizzy Caplan, Connie Britton, Joan Allen, Bill Camp, Gaby Hoffman, Matthew Modine, Dan Stevens. Clark Gregg and Mckinley Belcher III. The miniseries will premiere on February 20 and will have six episodes lasting one hour each.
The executive production is in charge of Edward Newmanwho also worked on Once Upon a Time in the West and Narcos, and Noah Oppenheimformer president of NBCNews, who also serve as showrunners. Leslie Linka Glatter is in charge of directing all episodes and is an executive producer, as is the writer of The New York Times Michael S. Schmidt, Jonathan Glickman and De Niro himself.
This is the actor’s first leading role Taxi Driver and scary cape in a miniseriesdespite having received multiple award nominations Emmyincluding one for best actor in a television movie or limited series for The wizard of lies the movie HBO in which he stood out for his portrayal of convicted fraudster Bernie Madoff. The actor’s only role in a television series was as a guest in the Argentine miniseries Nothing (2023)starring Luis Brandoni and directed by Mariano Cohn and Gaston Duprat.
