Netflix announces 'Elite' season 4 release date

Fan favourite Netflix Spanish crime thriller Elite is all set to return this summer to the streaming giant. The fourth installment of the popular show will be released on June 18, reported Variety. The streamer announced the date on Twitter on Monday, along with 10 new photos from the upcoming episodes.

The latest season will welcome several new cast members to the upper-class secondary school Las Encinas: Andrés Velencoso, Manu Rios, Carla Díaz, Martina Cariddi, Pol Granch and Diego Martín have joined the ensemble. Their characters will cross paths with Guzmán, Samuel, Ander, Omar, Rebeca and Cayetana.

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According to the synopsis for the new season, a new school year begins at Las Encinas, and with it comes a new director (Diego Martín): one of the most powerful businessmen in Europe, ready to bring the Las Encinas institution, which, according to him, has been running amok in the past few years, back on track.

"He brings his three children with him (Carla Díaz, Martina Cariddi and Manu Rios)... three teenagers too used to always getting their own way and to have what they want when they want, no matter who falls, and who will jeopardise the union and strong friendship of the students who have stayed at the school," the plotline read.

"Once again, a battle between the old (the long-standing students) and the new world (the new management and the new classmates, including Pol Granch) takes place. A clash of sides where the value of friendship, love, loyalty, the discovery of one’s own sexuality, the invincible power of the privileged and the culture of silence will be tested more than ever. A confrontation that will end up exploding and causing a tragedy, a victim, and a perpetrator whose identity must be unveiled," it further shared.

As previously reported, the series has already been picked up for a fifth season by Netflix, with Argentinian actress Valentina Zenere (Cable Girls) and Brazilian actor André Lamoglia (Juacas) boarding the ensemble.

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