Paramount+ has commissioned eight-part heist thriller The Day (|w/t), co-produced by Dynamic Television and Clapperboard Studios.
It will star Minnie Driver (Good Will Hunting, Emily in Paris), Luca Pasqualino (Rivals, The Musketeers) and Louisa Harland (Renegade Nell, Derry Girls).
The drama is based on the 2018 Belgian series De Dag and unfolds across a single day.
When police stumble across a bank robbery mid-heist, the criminals barricade themselves inside, and a siege begins. The series opens from the police perspective, led by hostage negotiator Sylvia “Vox” Voxley (Minnie Driver). But the story rewinds – taking viewers inside the bank to relive the same events through the eyes of the robbers and their hostages.
With each episode flipping perspective between the police operation and the robbers barricaded inside, The Day (w/t) builds to a finale where the full picture finally snaps into place.
The Day is written by Ben Harris and Jesse O’Mahoney, and is based on the De Dag, which was created by Jonas Geirnaert and Julie Mahieu.
The eight-part thriller was commissioned for Paramount+ by Sebastian Cardwell, Head of Scripted & Deputy Chief Content Officer, UK; and Paul Testar, Commissioning Editor, for Paramount+ UK & Ireland. The series is executive produced by Mike Benson and Andy Morgan for Clapperboard Studios, Daniel March for Dynamic Television, and Tamryn Reinecke. Jake Rollins serves as Producer. The Tohill Brothers (The Dig, Dalgliesh) will co-direct.
The Day (w/t) is currently in production and will premiere on Paramount+ in the UK and Ireland, with Dynamic Television handling global distribution outside these territories.
Pippa Considine
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