Robert De Niro Cast In New Series From Narcos Creator
Robert De Niro is set to star in a brand new limited series called Zero Day. Developed for Netflix, the project hails from Narcos showrunner Eric Newman and President of NBC News, Noah Oppenheim. While plot details are being kept under wraps, the story is said to be a political thriller that sees the Academy Award-winning actor play a former U.S President.
Newman and Oppenheim will write the script from a story they created with Michael Schmidt. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Newman will executive produce along with Oppenheim, Robert De Niro, and Jonathan Glickman of Panoramic Media. As part of his overall deal at the streamer, the Narcos showrunner also handles producing duties for The Watcher, True Story as well as the upcoming Painkiller and Griselda.
If Zero Day is given the green light, it will mark the first regular series role for Robert De Niro. The legendary actor previously earned an Emmy nomination for playing Bernie Madoff in HBO’s 2017 movie The Wizard of Lies. He has also made a few guest appearances on Saturday Night Live and Extras. Throughout his movie career, the actor has been nominated for seven Academy Awards.
He won the Best Actor trophy for Raging Bull and Best Supporting Actor for The Godfather Part II.
The 79-year-old most recently wrapped Tony Goldwyn’s upcoming feature Inappropriate Behavior. Billed as a comedy-drama, the film is written by Tony Spiridakis and stars Bobby Cannavale alongside Robert De Niro. The story follows Max Brandel who blows up his successful career and marriage to become a somewhat less successful stand-up comic.
The cast also features Rose Byrne, Vera Farmiga, Rainn Wilson, and Whoopi Goldberg.
Robert De Niro also has a few projects set for release in 2023. The first is a Western crime drama called Killers of the Flower Moon. Directed by Martin Scorsese from a screenplay he wrote with Eric Roth, the film is based on a series of Oklahoma murders in the Osage Nation committed after oil was discovered on tribal land in the 1920s.
Set suing that period, the story follows members of the Osage tribe who are murdered under mysterious circumstances. The movie also stars Leonardo DiCaprio.
The 79-year-old actor will also appear in About My Father, directed by Laura Terruso from a screenplay by Sebastian Maniscalco and Austen Earl. The story begins when Sebastian tells his father (Robert De Niro) that he plans to propose to his American girlfriend. When the old-fashioned Italian immigrant insists on crashing a visit with the girl’s parents, the families clash, as they have nothing in common.
But by the end of the holiday weekend, they ultimately unite.
Robert De Niro will also star as Sheriff Mike Church in Savage Salvation. Alternatively titled, Wash Me in the River, the thriller is directed by Randall Emmett and features Jack Huston, John Malkovich, Quavo, and Willa Fitzgerald. The story follows a rehabilitated addict seeks who revenge on the cartel responsible for supplying his fiancée with the drugs that caused her death.
