BLACK SAILS
NEW PIRATE TV ADVENTURE
Are you ready for new epic pirate adventure on television? Because Starz' new historical action series BLACK SAILS is coming to the small screens faster than you can say argh!, ready to sail onto the small screens on Saturday January 25th! Today we spotlight the merry crews of the pirate ships, naughty sailors, cunning captains, flimsy tarts and the rest of the mischiefs! The second season of the Michael Bay produced show was ordered much ahead of the opening of the first one and it already started shooting a few weeks ago!
BLACK SAILS STORY
THE NATION OF THIEVES!
1715. The Golden Age of Piracy in the Caribbean is at its apex. The former British colony of New Providence Island is now lawless territory, controlled by the most notorious pirate captains in history. The most feared among them is Captain Flint. But as the British Navy returns to these waters, threatening to exterminate Flint and his crew, another side of him emerges. Driven by deep, complicated, even romantic motives, Flint allies himself with the formidable Eleanor Guthrie, daughter of the local smuggling kingpin who turns the pirates’ loot into profits. Together, they forge a plan to hunt the ultimate prize, and by winning it, stave off reclamation of their home to ensure their survival. Arrayed against them are a series of opponents: rival captains, jealous of Flint's power; Eleanor's father, whose ambitions for the island conflict with 
his daughter’s; and a young sailor, John Silver, recently recruited onto Flint's crew, who will somehow manage to constantly undermine his captain’s agenda.
CAPTAIN FLINT
TOBY STEPHENS
Flint is the Captain of the pirate ship Walrus, and known throughout the West Indies as being the most feared of all the Golden Age pirates. His charisma masks a deep, simmering rage, and a propensity towards breathtaking violence. In order to hold off the British and Spanish forces he’ll make himself ruler of Nassau through any means necessary. Played by Maggie Smith's son, British star Toby Stephens!
Flint is the Captain of the pirate ship Walrus, and known throughout the West Indies as being the most feared of all the Golden Age pirates. His charisma masks a deep, simmering rage, and a propensity towards breathtaking violence. In order to hold off the British and Spanish forces he’ll make himself ruler of Nassau through any means necessary. Played by Maggie Smith's son, British star Toby Stephens!
BILLY BONES
ELEANOR GUTHRIE
HANNAH NEW
Beautiful and determined, Eleanor is
the daughter of Richard Guthrie, the wealthiest black marketer in the
Bahamas and the chief fence/supplier for the many pirate crews of New
Providence. Left by her father to oversee all his dealings with the
pirates in Nassau, she owns and operates the tavern on Nassau’s main
street. Eleanor wields considerable influence, leading her to form a
pact with Flint that will either bring her dream of complete
independence to fruition, or doom it entirely.
PROSTITUTE MAX
Seductive, cunning, and coolheaded, Max works as a prostitute in the brothel. In Eleanor Guthrie, she’s found a kindred spirit, a lover, maybe even a savior, but when her aspirations and Eleanor’s begin to conflict, their relationship, and Max’s well-being, take a dark turn for the worse…
JOHN SILVER
LUKE ARNOLDA lowly sailor turned pirate recruit, John Silver is a born opportunist. He insinuates himself into the crew of Captain Flint while secretly possessing the “schedule” Flint so dearly wants. A staunch individualist, Silver resents authority of any kind, a quality that brings him into direct conflict with Flint, even as events conspire to make them reluctant partners in the quest to take the Treasure Fleet.
CAPTAIN VANE & ANNE BONNY
ZACH MCGOWAN & CLARA PAGET
The next great pirate captain on New Providence Island, Vane is known as much for his vicious temper as his tremendous financial success. 
Beautiful but cold-blooded, Bonny is Vane’s deadliest henchman. Her youthful looks mask a borderline psychopathic personality.
Beautiful but cold-blooded, Bonny is Vane’s deadliest henchman. Her youthful looks mask a borderline psychopathic personality.
I'd like to see this, but I'll have to wait until it's available to rent. Looks fun. :)
ReplyDeleteI know you like pirates :) I hope they're dirty only in sexual way in the show, not in the real sense of the word.....
DeleteYo ho ho and a bottle of rum!
ReplyDeleteand a talking parrot on the shoulder
DeleteYou are going to force me to get some pay channels!
ReplyDeletehope I get a commission from those pay channels :)
DeleteWell, blow me down, pirates never looked so good. AAAARRRGGGGHHHH!!!!
ReplyDeleteargh is the word of the day :)
DeleteYo ho! Another good one to add to my tivo shows!
ReplyDeletesoon there will be no more free space on your tivo :P
DeleteLOVE pirates. It looks great! Production for such a show can't be cheap.
ReplyDeleteyep, all epic shows are expensive, I believe this is why they ordered the second season immediately to use up the sets and the people down in South Africa.
DeleteLooks like a good cast for the movie!
ReplyDeleteit's a show, dear :)
DeleteI love me them pirates movies! especially if they have talented actors! Also there has been a lot of hype with Assassins Creed Blackflag so everyone loves pirates now.
ReplyDeletethis is a TV show, not a movie, George. ASSASSINS CREED is also getting an adaptation, but a movie one with Michael Fassbender, and so is WARCRAFT and some other games
DeleteLike LG I'll have to wait til it's available on Netflix...but it looks like fun :)
ReplyDeletejolly good fun :) If you don't mind the sharks and smelly ships....
DeleteThis one looks like its going to be fun.
ReplyDeletefun on the seven seas
DeleteI don't know which one will be better this one or the one with the American spy during the American Revolution?
ReplyDeleteKeep the updates coming :)
first teasers for TURN should arrive soon, I've seen some smuggled today :)
DeleteJessica Parker Kennedy is very beautiful
ReplyDeleteYou seem to like exotic ladies, Adam
Deleteargh!
ReplyDeleteNope, not here yet and might take a while to get to Oz (longer than January). Sigh. I do like the look of this show, but then, I love pirates.
Maybe it will be aired on Fox Channels internationally, since Starz' shows often have such worldwide airing
DeleteGreat i like Pirates , nice staging .
ReplyDeleteCheers .
argh, my Captain!
DeleteThis does sounds rather good. I'll have to try and find some time and watch it
ReplyDeletecould be real fun in the cold winter months
DeleteI'm hoping for loads of nudity and sex :)
ReplyDeletethere will be tones of lesbian sex, since two of them are lezbifriends :)
DeleteNow that I have a little time on my hands, I'm going to have to check this out!!
ReplyDeletehope the pirates won't disappoint, I need me a good show, all of the shows this year have disappointed me, even THE WALKING DEAD :((
Delete"even" walking dead?
ReplyDeletethat show is dumb
Black Sails is best show on earth, that was and will be prouced ever.
Dont have second thughts about it, just let it go. Black Sails is finished, finished badly and prematurely but it was godly show. Rest in Peace BS
Yes, Walking Down went downhill with the Governor and after him when they turned the show's focus on human savageness not on survival and zombies.
DeleteI watched first five episodes of Black Sails and found it terribly boring and uninspired, although I did enjoy the cast, especially our dear Tom Hopper and Toby. But the show was simply lifeless in those opening episodes, I'm guessing it got better later on and I'm glad you loved it. Hope the cast will get gigs in new shows, Toby is preparing LIFE ON MARS and Hopper is in GOT, McGowan was in 100.