Netflix has given an eight-episode series order to The Decameron, which is "loosely inspired" by the collection of tales about love in the 14th-century by Giovanni Boccaccio. Deadline reported that the project is from Kathleen Jordan (Teenage Bounty Hunters) and Jenji Kohan (Orange Is the New Black), who executive produced the teen drama alongside her.
Created by Jordan, who serves as showrunner, The Decameron is "set in 1348 when the Black Death, the deadliest pandemic in human history which killed as many as 200 million people, strikes hard in the city of Florence," Deadline noted, adding: "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."
"Kathleen Jordan is the real freakin' deal," said Kohan, who exec produces. "I am so excited and grateful that I get to work with her and we get to make this awesome, funny, timely, weird show together for Netflix."
Jordan added: "I'm absolutely thrilled that I get to work with Jenji, Tara, Blake, and Netflix again. I can't wait for people to meet this ridiculous group of characters. I'm sure Giovanni Boccaccio would be... confused?"