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• 2025

• Thriller
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Summary

Robert De Niro takes his first starring role in a TV series in a six-part political thriller set in a troubling era of fake news and carefully seeded suspicion, directed by Lesli Linka Glatter. Following a devastating cyberattack, which results in thousands of fatalities, former US President George Mullen (De Niro) barrels out of retirement to lead the Zero Day Commission. The task force is convened to unmask the culprits as disinformation runs rampant and influential figures in technology jostle for supremacy in a power vacuum. Mullen's former chief of staff Valerie Whitesell (Connie Britton) and former aide turned political fixer Roger Carlson (Jesse Plemons) are entangled in the one-time president's crusade for answers. However, he harbours dark secrets and one wrong move could jeopardise the future of his daughter, New York congresswoman Alexandra Mullen (Lizzy Caplan), who has worked hard to escape her father's shadow

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Jack Seale

A conspiracy drama from the creator of Narcos, with real heft in the casting: as well as Jesse Plemons, Joan Allen, Angela Bassett, Connie Britton and Lizzie Caplan, we have Robert De Niro as former President of the United States George Mullen. When a massive cyber- attack cripples American society and stalls its democratic processes, the country looks to beloved elder statesman Mullen for guidance, and he’s tapped up to lead a new kind of national government. As the show looks at how fragile our institutions and infrastructure are, we are set for a tense political thriller.

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News & features about Zero Day

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  Zero Day ending explained: Who was behind the cyber attack?
  
  George Mullen's investigation came to a close in the show's final episode. But how did it all play out?

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  Zero Day star Matthew Modine: 'This kind of cyber attack is inevitable'
  
  "The inevitability of that, I think, is real and even more frightening today than it was when we were making the show."

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  Zero Day runs into a major issue that we've seen before in cyber thrillers
  
  Marketing teams seem to understand their audience's fascination with devastating, wide-scale cyber attacks. Screenwriters, less so.

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  Robert De Niro stars in high-octane look at Netflix's Zero Day
  
  The show is set in the aftermath of a devastating cyber attack.

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  Zero Day cast: Full list of stars in Robert De Niro Netflix thriller
  
  The all-star cast also includes Angela Bassett and Jesse Plemons.

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  Robert De Niro joined by Stranger Things and Black Mirror stars in Zero Day trailer
  
  The political thriller looks at the aftermath of a devastating cyber attack.

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  The show will become available on FX and Hulu.

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