Upcoming political thriller Zero Day, with Robert de Niro in his first TV lead, screens subsequent week on Netflix.

De Niro performs revered former US President George Mullen, who, as head of the Zero Day Fee, is charged with discovering the perpetrators of a devastating cyberattack that has brought on chaos, and hundreds of fatalities, throughout the nation. As disinformation runs rampant and the private ambitions of energy brokers in know-how, Wall Avenue, and authorities collide, Mullen’s seek for the reality forces him to confront his personal darkish secrets and techniques whereas risking all he holds pricey.

The A-list forged additionally consists of Angela Bassett, Jesse Plemons, Lizzy Caplan, Connie Britton, Matthew Modine, Joan Allen, Gaby Hoffmann, and Dan Stevens.

This can be a 6 half sequence created by Eric Newman, Noah Oppenheim, and Michael Schmidt.

Zero Day asks the query on everybody’s thoughts — how do we discover fact in a world in disaster, one seemingly being torn aside by forces exterior our management? And in an period rife with conspiracy principle and subterfuge, how a lot of these forces are merchandise of our personal doing, even perhaps of our personal imagining?

Thursday February 20 on Netflix.