Two-time Oscar-winner Robert De Niro (Raging Bull, The Godfather Part II) will star in Netflix’s limited series Zero Day, marking the first time the acting icon has starred in a television series. De Niro will also be an executive producer on what the streaming service describes as a conspiracy thriller.
Netflix offered this brief description of the six-episode limited series: “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?”
Zero Day was created by Eric Newman, Noah Oppenheim, and Pulitzer Prize winner Michael S. Schmidt. Homeland and Mad Men‘s Lesli Linka Glatter is on board to direct all six episodes. Oppenheim and Newman are writing the series as well as executive producing (Newman for Grand Electric). Schmidt, Glickman, and Linka Glatter are also serving as executive producers.
“I am a lifelong fan of Robert De Niro. To have him as a producing partner and star in this show is beyond my wildest dreams. And Lesli Linka Glatter has directed so many of my favorite episodes of television; she was our clear first choice to direct this show,” explained Eric Newman. “I am grateful to Netflix for their continued faith and support and thrilled to be in business with the amazing creative team of Noah, Lesli, and Jonathan on this timely (and terrifying) series.”
Noah Oppenheim added: “To see this ripped-from-reality thriller come to life, starring the legendary Robert De Niro, is more than we could have hoped.”
“Zero Day is a shrewd, heart-pounding conspiracy thriller that will keep audiences at the edge of their seat. What an honor to have this A-list caliber of talent assembled, led by the iconic Robert De Niro and brought to life by the unrivaled talents of Eric Newman, Noah Oppenheim, Lesli Linka Glatter and Michael S. Schmidt,” said Peter Friedlander, Vice President of Scripted Series, Netflix, US and Canada.
