Hail to the chief!
Robert De Niro will play a former President of the United States in the potential political thriller Zero Day, our sister web site Variety stories.
The in-the-works Netflix restricted collection hails from Eric Newman (Narcos, The Watcher) and NBC News president Noah Oppenheim (The Thing About Pam), who will write — with Michael Schmidt — and executive-produce. De Niro additionally will function an EP.
TVLine has reached out to De Niro for remark.
Zero Day could be De Niro’s first series-regular position. In 2016 reportedly was hooked up to an untitled Prime Video mafia drama from David O. Russell; Julianne Moore was slated to be his co-star in the present, which nabbed a two-season order. But Harvey Weinstein was an govt producer, and in the wake of his sexual harassment and assault allegations, Amazon scrapped the collection.
De Niro’s notable TV work contains starring as Bernie Madoff in The Wizard of Wall Street, a job that nabbed him an Emmy nomination. He additionally, in fact, is an Oscar-winning actor who’s finest recognized for movies like Raging Bull, Taxi Driver, Cape Fear, Analyze This and Meet the Parents.
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