Israeli Series 'Bad Boy' Sets Global Rollout on Netflix; Could This Be The Next Adolescence?

Israeli Series 'Bad Boy' Sets Global Rollout on Netflix; Could This Be The Next Adolescence?

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What’s on Netflix has realized that the brand new Israeli collection Dangerous Boy (identified domestically as ילד רע) is formally set to debut globally on Netflix on Could 2nd, 2025, with all eight episodes dropping directly.

Netflix acquired worldwide rights to the present final yr, with early comparisons being drawn to the streamer’s breakout hit Adolescence, which has gone on to interrupt a number of Netflix viewership information.

Created by Ron Leshem, Hagar Ben Asher, and Daniel Chen—the trio behind the unique Israeli model of Euphoria, which HBO later tailored into a world megahit—Dangerous Boy relies on a real story and first premiered at TIFF to glowing opinions.

The collection follows Dean, a young person residing together with his mom and youthful brother, whose life is upended one night time when correctional officers break into his house and drag him, barely clothed, into custody. He’s then thrust into the tough and brutal world of a juvenile detention heart, the place survival relies upon on belief, crafty, and silence.

“After awakening to a horrific act of violence on his first morning inside, Dean shortly turns into entangled within the inside workings of the system. What’s the worth of silence? Who are you able to belief? How a lot of your self are you able to defend in a spot designed to interrupt you?”

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Because the synopsis continues, Dean types an advanced bond with one other inmate named Zoro. The two rely on their humor, notoriety, and avenue smarts to navigate a world that wishes to crush them. As an grownup, Dean has carved out a life as a profitable comic, however the ghosts of his previous threaten to tug him again into the darkness.

The solid for the collection consists of Daniel Chen, Man Menaster, Havtamo Farda, Neta Plotnik, Liraz Chamami, Bat Hen Sabag, Yaniv Levy, Ben Sultan, and Ishay Lalosh.

A brief clip from the present is presently out there to observe on the official Netflix title page, the place you can too set a reminder to be notified as quickly because the collection goes reside.

For extra on what’s developing on Netflix in Could 2025, together with extra worldwide originals, documentaries, and returning hits, keep tuned proper right here on What’s on Netflix.

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Word: What’s on Netflix first reached out to Netflix about Dangerous Boy again in September 2024, who confirmed the collection was with them however didn’t present any further particulars. 

Ron Leshem, Hagar Ben-Asher, Kristin Jones Hill, Jan David Frouman, Emilio Schenker, Michael Peter Schmidt, Gideon Tadmor, Tmira Yardeni, Mirit Toovi, Man Levy, Ori Gal, and Daniel Chen are govt producers on the venture with it produced by Sipur Studios, The North Street Firm, Tedy Productions and HOT. 

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