A new week is coming for Netflix and lots of new TV series not to be missed! As usual, our appointment with the most anticipated and interesting Netflix releases of the coming days is back. The streaming platform continues to churn out, week after week, lots of new titles to get passionate about and to give you a complete picture of what awaits us on Netflix this week, here are the best new Netflix releases from July 22 to 28, 2024. Among the most anticipated titles are The Decameron, the series inspired by Boccaccio’s short stories, the Japanese thriller Jimenshi – I maghi della truffa and the eighth season of Elite.
But let’s go into detail.
The Decameron (July 25, 2024)
The Decameron is a dark soap-style comedy that explores the all-too-contemporary theme of class conflict in times of pandemic. Florence in 1348 is a city tormented by the Black Death when some nobles with their servants decide to take a vacation and take refuge in a majestic villa until the end of the plague. But as social conventions crumble, the fight for survival becomes tough between characters who are both cunning and irreverent.
Created by Kathleen Jordan and loosely inspired by the 14th-century tales of the Decameron, the eight-episode series sees Jenji Kohan as executive producer through her Tilted Productions, alongside Jordan, director Michael Uppendahl, and Blake McCormick and Tara Herrmann, also for Tilted Productions.
The Decameron: plot and trailer
Jimenshi – The Con Artists (July 25, 2024)
Based on the gripping novel by Ko Shinjo, Tokyo Swindlers revolves around a dangerous game of deception in the real estate market. Directed by the versatile Hitoshi One, who enthusiastically worked on the long-awaited project, this thrilling crime drama series stars Go Ayano and Etsushi Toyokawa. The story uncovers a series of unprecedented crimes committed by a cunning group of con artists who use the sale of real estate as bait to steal large sums of money.
Jimenshi – The Con Artists: Plot and Trailer
Elite 8 (July 26, 2024)
This week, the eighth season of Elite arrives on Netflix. Héctor Krawietz and his sister Emilia are the leaders of the student union of Las Encinas and their arrival shakes the school to its core. Influential, powerful, corrupt and corrupting, the two Krawietses will sow chaos everywhere and destroy the lives of those who fall into their clutches. Only Omar will be able to face them and he will do anything to defeat them, because in the end, they represent everything that has always gone wrong at Las Encinas.
Elite 8: plot and trailer
