NETFLIX ANNOUNCES NEW PERIOD SOAP DRAMA SERIES,
THE DECAMERON
From Creator/Showrunner Kathleen Jordan And Executive Producer Jenji Kohan
Netflix today announced a series order for The Decameron under Jenji Kohan’s overall deal. The soapy period drama aims to examine the timely themes of class systems, power struggles and survival in a time of pandemic with a touch of levity, brought together by a charming and riotous ensemble of characters.
In 1348, the Black Death strikes hard in the city of Florence. A handful of nobles are invited to retreat with their servants to a grand villa in the Italian countryside and wait out the pestilence with a lavish holiday. But as social rules wear thin, what starts as a wine-soaked sex romp in the hills of Tuscany descends into an all-out scramble for survival.
- Creator / Showrunner / Executive Producer: Kathleen Jordan (Teenage Bounty Hunters, American Princess)
- Executive Producers: Jenji Kohan (Glow, Teenage Bounty Hunters, Orange is the New Black), Blake McCormick and Tara Herrmann for Tilted Productions.
- Director/Executive Producer: Mike Uppendahl (Ratched, American Crime Story)
