Robert De Niro set to play POTUS in major TV debut with Netflix political series 'Zero Day'
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: Robert De Niro is one of the greatest actors of all time and his legendary career is a testament to his success. Even after being a part of the industry for over five decades, we have never seen De Niro playing a pivotal role in a TV series. That’s a travesty, right? But things are about to be changed because Netflix is set to enthrall viewers with a new political series with De Niro playing the lead role.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, the ‘Goodfellas’ star is set to star in a Netflix limited series titled ‘Zero Day’ in which he will be reportedly seen playing the role of a former US president. The report also indicates that the series is being created by ‘Narcos’ showrunner Eric Newman and Noah Oppenheim, the president of NBC News. The duo will be writing the script for the upcoming series, with Oppenheim producing the series along with De Niro and Jonathan Glickman.
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All the other details have been kept under wraps and no release date has been announced yet.
‘The Comeback Trail’ actor has made some appearances on Television, but they have always been guest appearances in shows like ‘Saturday Night Live’ and ‘Extras’. If the series gets a green light, this will the first time that De Niro will be seen playing a series in his career. Apart from that, this will be the second Netflix project that he will be a part of after the 2019 movie ‘The Irishman’. Directed by Martin Scorsese, ‘The Irishman’ saw De Niro playing the role of Frank Sheeran alongside Al Pacino and Joe Pesci. The movie turned out to be a huge success and received universal acclaim. The film was nominated for 10 awards at the 92nd Academy Awards and received numerous other accolades.
De Niro has never been seen in a TV lead role, but he did appear as Bernie Madoff in the HBO TV movie ‘The Wizard of Lies’ alongside Michelle Pfeiffer and earned an Outstanding Lead Actor nomination at the Primetime Emmys.
De Niro will be next seen in Scorsese’s first-ever western thriller ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’. The actor will be playing the role of William Hale, who was an American cattleman and a convicted murderer. The Oscar-winning actor will be sharing the screen space with another Academy Award-winning star, Leonardo DiCaprio, for the movie.
Jesse Plemons, Lily Gladstone, Brendan Fraser, and John Lithgow will also be seen playing pivotal roles in the movie.
‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ is expected to release in 2023.