Netflix is taking viewers back to Paris for the 2024 Olympics, and this time it's on the basketball court.
The streaming service released a trailer for Court of Gold on Thursday, which previewed its upcoming series that will provide a behind-the-scenes look at the men's basketball teams for the United States, France, Serbia and Canada that participated in the Summer Games. The series will be available on Netflix on Feb. 18.
Barack and Michelle Obama are among the executive producers for Court of Gold, which will consist of six episodes that are each 45 minutes long.
Netflix is no stranger to docuseries revolving around the Paris Olympics.
After all, its Simone Biles Rising chronicled the greatest gymnast of all-time's pursuit to return to the top of her sport, while Sprint and Sprint Part 2 went behind the scenes of the track and field competitions that featured Noah Lyles, Gabby Thomas and more.
It also released a 10-part series titled Starting 5 that took viewers through the 2023-24 NBA season through the eyes of LeBron James, Jimmy Butler, Jayson Tatum, Anthony Edwards and Domantas Sabonis.
Netflix mixed in plenty of on-court and off-court scenes in Starting 5 and will surely do the same in Court of Gold.
The choice of the United States, France, Serbia and Canada was no accident, as there was no shortage of NBA star power on those rosters.
The Americans won the gold with James, Stephen Curry, Kevin Durant, Tatum, Anthony Davis, Edwards and plenty of other headline names, although a France squad that included Victor Wembanyama and Rudy Gobert provided quite the challenge in the gold-medal game.
Curry had to play the role of hero with a barrage of three-pointers in the final minutes to help the Red, White and Blue clinch the victory.
Denver Nuggets star Nikola Jokić led the way for a Serbia team that defeated Germany to win the bronze.
Canada will be the only featured team that didn't win a medal, which was something of a surprise considering it was seen as a potential challenger to the Americans going into the Games. Its roster included Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Jamal Murray, Dillon Brooks and RJ Barrett, although it lost to France in the quarterfinals.
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