Paramount+ has released first-look images for the eight-part heist thriller series The Day, starring Minnie Driver (Emily in Paris, Runaway), Luca Pasqualino (Rivals, The Musketeers), and Louisa Harland (Renegade Nell, Derry Girls).
The series, based on the 2018 Belgian series De Dag, unfolds across a single day. “When police stumble across a bank robbery mid-heist, the criminals barricade themselves inside, and a terrifying siege begins,” reads a synopsis for the show. “The series opens from the police perspective, led by hostage negotiator Sylvia ‘Vox’ Voxley (Minnie Driver), as she battles time and rising pressure to save the hostages. But as the crisis hurtles towards breaking point, the story rewinds – pulling 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 constantly resets the narrative. And Paramount+ highlights: “Every shift in perspective reframes the truth and deepens the mystery – building to an explosive finale where the full picture finally snaps into place.”
Co-produced and developed by Dynamic Television and Clapperboard Studios, the series was written by Ben Harris and Jesse O’Mahoney. The 2018 Belgian series that it is based on was created by Jonas Geirnaert and Julie Mahieu. The thriller series was commissioned for Paramount+ by Sebastian Cardwell, head of scripted & deputy chief content officer, U.K., and Paul Testar, commissioning editor, for Paramount+ U.K. & Ireland.
The series is executive produced by Mike Benson and Andy Morgan for Clapperboard, Daniel March for Dynamic, and Tamryn Reinecke. Jake Rollins serves as producer. Andy Tohill (The Dig, Dalgliesh) and Ryan Tohill (The Dig, Dalgliesh) are co-directing The Day.
The series will premiere on Paramount+ across all its territories, except for Germany, Switzerland and Austria. Check out some first images for The Day throughout this post.