Robert De Niro series Zero Day gets production suspended by Netflix amid strike by Hollywood writers
Production of the Robert De Niro series Zero Day is being suspended by Netflix due to the ongoing Hollywood writers’ strike
- The Zero Day cast and crew were sent home on Wednesday with no set return date, according to an article on Thursday by Deadline
- The executive producer of the Netflix series and starring De Niro, 79, was filming in and around New York City before production was suspended
- The six-episode conspiracy thriller follows De Niro’s character Mullen, who is rehired after his retirement to head a commission investigating a global cyber-attack.
Netflix has suspended production of the limited series Zero Day starring Robert De Niro due to the ongoing writers’ strike.
The Zero Day cast and crew were sent home on Wednesday with no set return date, according to an article on Thursday by deadline.
The series’ executive producer and starring De Niro, 79, was filming in and around New York City before production was suspended.
De Niro stars in the limited series alongside Lizzy Caplan, Jesse Plemons, Joan Allen, Connie Britton and Edi Gathegi.
The six-episode conspiracy thriller follows De Niro’s character Mullen, who is relegated after retirement to head a committee investigating a global cyber-attack.
The 11,500-member Writers Guild of America went on strike last month after negotiations with Hollywood studios that began in March failed to reach an agreement.
The strike has blacked out nighttime TV shows like “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon,” “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert,” and “Saturday Night Live,” and delayed the making of scripted TV shows, including the new season of Stranger Things .
The big first awards show during the current strike was the MTV Movie & TV Awards, which had no host and relied on recycled clips and a few pre-recorded acceptance speeches. The strike also disrupted the PEN America Gala and the Peabody Awards.
A representative for De Niro confirmed last month that he has become a father for the seventh time.
De Niro and his girlfriend Tiffany Chen, 45, welcomed their newborn Gia Virginia Chen-De Niro, who was due on April 6.
The Godfather actor has six other children; Drena, 51, and Raphael, 46, with ex-wife Diahnne Abbott, Elliot, 25, and Helen, 11, with ex-wife Grace Hightower, and twins Aaron and Julian, 27, with ex-girlfriend, Toukie Smith.
Tiffany and Robert are said to have first met in 2015 when they worked together on the film The Intern.
De Niro starred in the comedy About My Father which was released on May 26 by Lionsgate.
On strike: Members of the Writers Guild of America and SAG-AFTRA walk the picket line outside Paramount Studios in Los Angeles on Wednesday
New addition: De Niro and his girlfriend Tiffany Chen, shown in New York City on Wednesday, welcomed their newborn Gia Virginia Chen-De Niro, who was due on April 6