The Decameron: Netflix Sets Release Date for Tony Hale-Zosia Mamet Dark Comedy — Watch Teaser
Netflix’s dark comedy The Decameron is about a group of people doing their best to survive a devastating pandemic — but maybe not the pandemic you think.
More from TVLine
The upcoming series, starring Tony Hale (Veep) and Zosia Mamet (Girls), will debut on the streamer on Thursday, July 25, with all eight episodes, TVLine has learned. Netflix has also unveiled a teaser trailer for the project, which you can watch above.
Set in the ye olde year of 1348, with the Black Death running rampant in Florence, the self-described “soapy dark comedy” follows a handful of nobles who “retreat with their servants to a grand villa in the Italian countryside to wait out the plague with a lavish holiday,” per the official description. “But as social rules wear thin, a scramble for survival ensues, brought to life by a cast of characters both cunning and outrageous.”
Hale and Mamet are joined in the cast by Tanya Reynolds (Sex Education), Saoirse-Monica Jackson (Derry Girls), Karan Gill (I May Destroy You), Leila Farzad (I Hate Suzie), Amar Chadha-Patel (Willow), Lou Gala (Julia), Douggie McMeekin (Harlots) and Jessica Plummer (The Girl Before). Kathleen Jordan (Teenage Bounty Hunters) serves as creator, showrunner and executive producer; Jenji Kohan (Orange Is the New Black) also serves as an EP.
Watch the new Decameron teaser above, see first-look photos below, then hit the comments and tell us: Will you be watching?
Best of TVLine
Summer TV Calendar: Your Guide to 85+ Season and Series Premieres
Yellowjackets Mysteries: An Up-to-Date List of the Showtime Series' Biggest Questions (and Answers?)
Get more from TVLine.com: Follow us on Twitter, Facebook, Newsletter
