Robert DeNiro and Angela Bassett team up to track down terrorists in ‘Zero Day’ trailer

Netflix has an exciting new conspiracy thriller on its hands.

The streaming platform revealed the first trailer for zero day, an upcoming limited series starring Robert DeNiro and Angela Bassett. The series will be released on Netflix in February 2025.

Zero day follows DeNiro as George Mullen, a former US president who now heads the Zero Day Commission. Along 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 havoc around the country and thousands of deaths.”

“Zero Day is about the aftermath of a devastating cyber attack that kills thousands of people and threatens to push an already teetering nation over the edge,” said Eric Newman, a writer and executive producer for the show. for Netflix.

The series’ first trailer sees “total chaos” surface after a terrorist attack, prompting former US President George Mullen (DeNiro) to declare that those responsible for the attack are “dangerous” and “will 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 authorizes a special commission of inquiry and gives it powers of surveillance, search and seizure.” As Mullen questions whether she’s “just going to grab people off the street without warrants,” Mitchell replies, “You actually 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.”

Along with 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 someone who puts the people first.

“That’s the backbone of my character on the show. Don’t avoid anything. Don’t play games,” DeNiro said in an interview with Netflix’s Tudum. “Be honest about what’s going on so 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 executive producer and the show’s director.

Zero day will premiere on February 20, 2025 on Netflix.