‘Zero Day’ Official Trailer Picks Up After Catastrophic U.S. Cyber Attack
The new Zero Day trailer sets a grim scene for what is called a “zero day” event, a cyber attack that exploits vulnerability.
Wolf Blitzer appears with a CNN breaking news update of sheer panic in the trailer (below): The country has been hit with widespread technology outages, computers have been highjacked and there are significant casualties. Robert de Niro, as former U.S. President George Mullen, says that 3,402 people have died.
“This will happen again.”
In response to the attack, De Niro’s Mullen has been brought back into the White House inner circle when he’s asked to head up the Zero Day Commission and charged with finding the perpetrators of the devastating cyber attack that has caused chaos and left thousands of fatalities in its wake.
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The logline for Zero Day reads, “As disinformation runs rampant and the personal ambition of power brokers in technology, Wall Street and government collide, Mullen’s unwavering search for the truth forces him to confront his own dark secrets while risking all he holds dear.”
The trailer hints that Mullen may be hiding something, however, as his wife, played by Joan Allen, confronts him over whether or not he is of sound mind. The footage also includes warnings of civil liberties being stripped and conspiracy theorists being platformed.
The six-episode limited series releases Feb. 20 on Netflix.
The ensemble cast also includes Jesse Plemons, Lizzy Caplan, Connie Britton, Matthew Modine and Angela Bassett. Clark Gregg and Gaby Hoffmann guest star. Zero Day, meanwhile, marks De Niro’s first series regular role.
Zero Day is written and executive produced by Eric Newman and Noah Oppenheim, with Lesli Linka Glatter as executive producer and director of all episodes. Michael S. Schmidt is also writer and executive producer, with De Niro and Jonathan Glickman as executive producers. The series is co-created by Newman (Narcos), Oppenheim (a former president of NBC News) and New York Times writer Schmidt. Newman and Oppenheim are showrunners.
