Paramount+ is adding a heist thriller series to its upcoming British slate and has ordered “The Day” (working title), to be led by Minnie Driver (“Good Will Hunting,” “Emily in Paris”), Luca Pasqualino (“Rivals,” “The Musketeers”) and Louisa Harland (“Renegade Nell,” “Derry Girls”).
Co-produced By Dynamic Television and Clapperboard Studios and described as a “propulsive edge-of-your-seat thriller,” the eight-part series is based on the Belgian show “De Dag.”
As the name suggests, “The Day” is set across a single day, following a terrifying bank siege that starts when police stumble across a bank robbery mid-heist, prompting the criminals to barricade themselves inside. The story opens from the police perspective, led by hostage negotiator Sylvia “Vox” Voxley (Driver), as she battles time and rising pressure to save the hostages. But as the crisis hurtles towards breaking point, the story rewinds, with viewers pulled inside the bank to relive the same events through the eyes of the robbers and their hostages.
As per the description, “With each episode flipping perspective between the police operation and the robbers barricaded inside, ‘The Day’ constantly resets the narrative. Every shift in perspective reframes the truth and deepens the mystery — building to an explosive finale where the full picture finally snaps into place.”
Currently in production, “The Day” will premiere on Paramount+ in the U..K and Ireland, with Dynamic Television handling global distribution outside these territories.
Paramount+’s U.K. and Ireland arm recently co-commissioned a new take on the classic pirating adventure “Treasure Island,” with David Oyelowo, Hayley Atwell and Jack Huston starring and MGM+ ordering for the U.S.
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