Robert De Niro is set to star in the Paramount+ drama series ‘Bobby Meritorious’
The series is set in the U.S. Attorney’s office for the Southern District of New York. When Avery “The Sage” Accomando (De Niro), an informant in the office’s biggest case, is poised to tear this storied institution apart, only one man can stop him: a fabled ex-cop turned prosecutor known as Bobby Meritorious.
De Niro is also set to executive produce the series which hails from scribe Billy Ray (The Comey Rule, Captain Phillips).
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Ray is writing and executive producing. De Niro will executive produce via his Tribeca Productions banner, along with the company’s Jane Rosenthal and Berry Welsh. Peter Gethers and Preet Bharara, a former U.S. attorney in the SDNY office, also exec produce.
Despite his long and illustrious career, this would only mark De Niro’s second outing in the TV series field. He’s also starring in Netflix’s six-episode thriller ‘Zero Day,’ from Narcos EP Eric Newman.
