Filming for netflix's 'The Decameron,' a 'period drama soap' based on the short stories by Giovanni Boccaccio, has begun in Rome.
Netflix’s new period drama The Decameron has just begun shooting at Rome’s Cinecittà Studios. The eight-episode series, based on a collection of short stories of the same name written by 14th-century Italian author Giovanni Boccaccio, will be filming in Italy for the next six months. Chasing the success Netflix found with its hit period drama Bridgerton, the popular streaming service ordered the lavish period soap, which takes place in 1348 as the Black Death descends upon Florence.
The brand-new series from Teenage Bounty Hunters creator Kathleen Jordan and executive producer Jenji Kohan marks one of Netflix’s biggest international productions in recent years, per Variety. The Decameron follows a group of Florentine nobles, along with their servants, as they retreat to a grand villa in the Tuscany countryside to wait out the deadly plague.
COLLIDER VIDEO OF THE DAY Jordan is the creator and showrunner for The Decameron, while also serving as an executive producer alongside Blake McCormick and Tara Herrmann for Tilted Productions. American Horror Story director Michael Uppendahl is set to direct the first four episodes. Given its filming location, many members of the show’s crew are Italian, such as its production designer Luca Tranchino and costume designers Uliva Pizzetti and Oscar-winner Gabriella Pescucci.
Amar Chadha-Patel will play Dioneo, a physician who finds himself caught between classes due to his profession. Lou Gala is playing Neifile, the paradoxically god-fearing and highly lustful woman who is transformed by her time at the villa, while Leila Farzad will play Stratilia, a reliable women who serves as the backbone of the Villa Santa.
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