National Geographic Unveils the Trailer for Scientific Thriller ‘The Hot Zone: Anthrax’
In the wake of 9/11 and on the heels of the 20th anniversary of the deadly attacks, National Geographic revealed the series trailer for the scientific thriller, THE HOT ZONE: ANTHRAX. The episodic anthology series, starring Tony Goldwyn and Daniel Dae Kim, will premiere during a three-night event over Thanksgiving weekend, beginning Sunday, Nov. 28, at 9/8c on National Geographic and will stream on Hulu. The first installment of THE HOT ZONE episodic anthology series, featuring Julianna Margulies, focused on an Ebola outbreak and became the network’s most-watched scripted series ever.
THE HOT ZONE: ANTHRAX, inspired by true events, follows parallel stories of Matthew Ryker (Kim) and Dr. Bruce Ivins (Goldwyn). Ryker, an FBI agent with a specialty in microbiology, risks his career to convince his superiors of the unthinkable just three weeks after the 9/11 attacks: The United States is under attack again. Ivins, a brilliant microbiologist who becomes embroiled in the hunt to find the 2001 anthrax killer, works closely with the FBI to uncover who is behind the deadly anthrax letters, while his growing instability and paranoia give way to deeper unnerving discoveries.
The cast also includes Dylan Baker as high-ranking FBI lifer Ed Copak, Dawn Olivieri as FBI special agent Dani Toretti, Ian Colletti as a Quantico graduate Chris Moore, Morgan Kelly as FBI agent Eric Sykes, Denyce Lawton as pharmaceutical lobbyist Sheila Willis, Carlos Gonzalez-Vio as Dr. Simon Kurz, Enrico Colantoni as Mayor Rudy Giuliani and Harry Hamlin as news anchor Tom Brokaw.