‘Zero Day’ trailer calls for De Niro after catastrophic cyber attack

The new one Zero day trailer sets a grim scene for what’s called a “zero day” event, a cyber attack that exploits a vulnerability.

Wolf Blitzer appears with a CNN breaking news update of sheer panic in the trailer (below): The country has been hit by widespread technology outages, computers have been pulled out, and there are significant casualties. Robert de Niro says as former US President George Mullen 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 and asked to head the Zero Day Commission, charged with finding the perpetrators of the devastating cyber attack that has wreaked havoc and left thousands dead in its wake.

The log line for Zero day reads: “As disinformation abounds and power brokers’ personal ambitions in technology collide with Wall Street and government, Mullen’s unwavering search for the truth forces him to confront his own dark secrets while risking everything he holds dear.”

However, the trailer hints that Mullen may be hiding something as his wife, played by Joan Allen, confronts him about whether or not he’s healthy. The recordings also include warnings that civil liberties are being taken away and that conspiracy theorists are being platformed.

The six-episode limited series will be released February 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 daymeanwhile, marks two-time Oscar winner 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 a writer and executive producer, with De Niro and Jonathan Glickman serving as executive producers. The series is co-created by Newman (Narcos), Oppenheim (a former president of NBC News) and New York Times author Schmidt. Newman and Oppenheim are showrunners.