Netflix has a stirring new conspiracy thriller on its hands.
The streaming platform unveiled the first trailer for Zero Day, an upcoming limited series starring Robert DeNiro and Angela Bassett. The show is set to release on Netflix in February 2025.
Zero Day follows DeNiro as George Mullen, a former U.S. president who now leads the Zero Day Commission. Teaming up with current president Evelyn Mitchell, played by Bassett, DeNiro goes to extreme lengths to track down “the perpetrators of a devastating cyber attack that has caused chaos around the country and thousands of fatalities.”
“Zero Day is about the aftermath of a devastating cyberattack that kills thousands of people and threatens to push a nation already on the precipice over the edge,” said Eric Newman, a writer and executive producer for the show, to Netflix.
The show’s first trailer sees “total chaos” surface after a terrorist attack occurred, leading former U.S. president George Mullen (DeNiro) to declare that those responsible for the attack are “dangerous” and are “gonna do it again.”
Mullen—now in charge of the Zero Day Commission—then sits down with current POTUS Evelyn Mitchell (Bassett), who informs him that “Congress is authorizing a special investigatory commission and endowing it with powers of surveillance, search and seizure.” As Mullen questions whether she is “just going to grab people off the streets without warrants,” Mitchell responds: “Actually, you are.”
“People will believe what they need to believe,” she adds. “The truth is the truth, but it’s not always the most important thing.”
Alongside DeNiro and Bassett, the cast includes Lizzy Caplan, Jesse Plemons, Joan Allen, Connie Britton and Matthew Modine, with guest stars Bill Camp, Dan Stevens, Gaby Hoffmann, Clark Gregg and McKinley Belcher III.
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DeNiro said his character is a straightforward kind of person, and one that prioritizes the people.
“That’s the spine of my character in the show. Don’t dodge anything. Don’t play games,” DeNiro said in an interview with Netflix’s Tudum. “Be honest about what’s going on so that the public knows what’s going on.”
In addition to his on-screen role, DeNiro also served as an executive producer alongside Jonathan Glickman. Newman, Noah Oppenheim and Michael S. Schmidt are all writers and executive producers for the show, while Lesli Linka Glatter is an executive producer and the show’s director.
Zero Day will premiere on February 20, 2025, on Netflix.
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