The US is under attack! The system is in chaos! But it’s not the news, it’s Netflix’s new thriller.
How to watch Zero Day in New Zealand
Zero Day is streaming in New Zealand exclusively on Netflix from February 20, 2025, with all six episodes dropping at once.
Zero Day: Limited Series
What is Zero Day about?
Created by political journalists Michael S. Schmidt and Noah Oppenheim, along with Narcos showrunner Eric Newman, Zero Day sees the United States subjected to what’s being described as “a crippling cyberattack” that sends air traffic control systems haywire, collapses informational infrastructure, and spawns wild conspiracy theories as to who might be behind it all. Thrust to the fore is former US President George Mullen, who must unravel the mystery. But this is more of a big, sprawling ensemble drama, not a one man show, despite who’s in the lead role. And speaking of which…
The cast of Zero Day
Well, the big draw here is obviously screen legend Robert De Niro as George Mullen, with support coming from Lizzy Caplan as his daughter, Alexandra Mullen; Joan Allen as his wife, Sheila Mullen; Jesse Plemons as Roger Carlson; Connie Britton as Valerie Whitesell; Bill Camp as Director Lasch; Dan Stevens as Evan Green; Angela Bassett as President Evelyn Mitchell; Matthew Modine as Richard Dreyer; and McKinley Belcher III as Carl Otieno.
Also on hand in recurring roles are Clark Gregg as Robert Lyndon; Gaby Hoffmann as Monica Kidder; Mark Ivanir as Natan; Mozhan Navabi as Melissa Kornblau; Cuyle Carvin as Agent Tom McCarthy; Eden Lee as Special Agent Angela Kim; and Ryan Spahn as Leon Felton.
Zero Day trailer
Why we’re excited about Zero Day
Hey, big Bob De Niro in a taut, timely political thriller? You could not keep us away at howitzer-point. This is the kind of handsomely mounted prestige series that we’ve been missing. And it seems like it might have a few things to say about the US’s current political moment, despite Netflix’s publicists really wishing it didn’t.
