Black Sails [Starz - US] [ Spoilers ]

Richard Dower · 13-04-2013 8:38pm #1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yVaQE6KHGHM

Starz And Michael Bay Take To The High Seas For New Original Series "Black Sails"

Eight-Episode Season One Commitment for Pirate Adventure Tales of Captain Flint

Starz to Retain All Domestic and International Rights Including TV, Home Video, and Digital

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif., May 3, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Starz Chief Executive Officer Chris Albrecht announced the straight-to-series greenlight of "Black Sails" (working title) from executive producer Michael Bay. The new STARZ Original series is expected to air in 2014. The eight-episode first season of the pirate adventure centers on the tales of Captain Flint and his men, and takes place twenty years prior to Robert Louis Stevenson's classic "Treasure Island."

Flint, the most brilliant and most feared pirate captain of his day, takes on a fast-talking young addition to his crew who goes by the name John Silver. Threatened with extinction on all sides, they fight for the survival of New Providence Island, the most notorious criminal haven of its day – a debauched paradise teeming with pirates, prostitutes, thieves and fortune seekers, a place defined by both its enlightened ideals and its stunning brutality.

"Starz is excited to be working with a visionary like Michael,'" said Albrecht. "Along with the high-octane action that is a hallmark of a Michael Bay production, it has the elements that Starz originals are striving to bring to the premium landscape: epic, larger than life, cinematic storytelling. The series is also a property we believe will appeal to the global content marketplace with broadcasters around the world."

"I'm excited to branch out into television," says Michael Bay, the record-breaking director/producer of such big screen hits as Transformers and Bad Boys, "especially doing a long-form series for STARZ, a network known for supporting cutting edge programming."

Following the model of the "Spartacus" franchise and "Magic City," Starz will retain all domestic and international rights to the dramatic series, including television, home video, and digital.

"Black Sails" will be executive produced by Michael Bay (Transformers, Armageddon, Pearl Harbor) and his Platinum Dunes partners Brad Fuller and Andrew Form [producers on The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003) and Nightmare on Elm Street (2009)]. The series is created by showrunner and executive producer Jon Steinberg (creator "Jericho," "Human Target") and co-executive producer Robert Levine ("Touch").

The production is set to shoot at Cape Town Studios in Cape Town, South Africa later this year.

JP Liz V1 · 23-07-2013 4:37pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2GCXBw9Qwqs

FloatingVoter · 19-01-2014 8:19pm

Just watched episode 1 of this. Quite good. Usual Starz boobs n' lesbian stuff is in there alright but not overdoing it. I'll keep up with it just to give the brain a rest. As, usual the pirates' teeth would make Tom Cruise envious. And definitely not a history lesson.

calex71 · 20-01-2014 10:46am

First episode is available to watch here http://www.starz.com/originals/blacksails

@Mods The link is to the shows official site

jenjenten · 20-01-2014 6:43pm

calex71 wrote: »

First episode is available to watch here http://www.starz.com/originals/blacksails

@Mods The link is to the shows official site

yeah...the pilot is floating about, get it?....floating

FloatingVoter · 20-01-2014 7:05pm

jenjenten wrote: »

yeah...the pilot is floating about, get it?....floating

Where to you think I saw it. Hardly a secret. http://www.tv.com/shows/black-sails/community/post/black-sails-pilot-episode-free-preview-139016195190/

But I won't spolier this - its an inside secret....John Silver turns out to be a nasty piece of work. Man called Stevenson told me that in strictest confidence.;)

Mr Blobby · 20-01-2014 8:49pm

Just watched episode 1 and really enjoyed it.
It has the usual Boobs,blood and things that go boom. Basically if you enjoyed Spartacus you should enjoy this.

Its also pretty cool seeing places like Nassau after you've been playing AC4 :pac:

Headshot · 20-01-2014 9:02pm

Damn that was fair enjoyable

Had a good laugh out of the black beard scene

kearneybobs · 22-01-2014 2:24pm

Quite enjoyed watching that, especially since playing through AC4 only last week. Going to give it a fair chance at least.

ScumLord · 22-01-2014 2:33pm

I liked it but thought it was walking a tightrope between having a pirates of the caribbean flavour which is sort of light hearted but dealing with fairly hard core issues, none of the characters look much like pirates either, all far, far, far too pretty. I get the feeling it'll fall apart as the pretty hollywood part tries to go the opposite way from the hard core pirate story.

User45701 · 22-01-2014 2:33pm

i thought it was a good watch.

Not as good i was expecting but its only episode 1 and i did enjoy it and will watch the whole first season then make a call

Sudden Valley · 05-02-2014 12:36am

second episode was quite good.A lot of fleshed out characters (and not just nakedness).

FloatingVoter · 05-02-2014 8:57pm

Sudden Valley wrote: »

second episode was quite good.A lot of fleshed out characters (and not just nakedness).

Yup...think we'll be on the high seas next week. Once Flint can find his inner peaceful person and not cook Silver alive. But I do hope lesbian action continues for ehh...educational purposes.

Clareman · 05-02-2014 10:13pm

I'm enjoying it so far, nice little Spartacus replacement

Potential-Monke · 06-02-2014 12:27am

I'm loving it. Love pirates i do! And AC4 really heightened that, so this is awesome to me.

Patty O Furniture · 06-02-2014 3:32am

FloatingVoter wrote: »

Where to you think I saw it. Hardly a secret. http://www.tv.com/shows/black-sails/community/post/black-sails-pilot-episode-free-preview-139016195190/

But I won't spolier this - its an inside secret....John Silver turns out to be a nasty piece of work. Man called Stevenson told me that in strictest confidence.;)

Cheers for that, as that it'll stop it from being pirated

I know...

Gran Hermano · 06-02-2014 4:12am

Clareman wrote: »

I'm enjoying it so far, nice little Spartacus replacement

I agree, a good combination of styling from AC4 and Spartacus.

the_syco · 11-02-2014 12:40am

Liking this so far. Any link to Hell on Wheels? It seems... to have a similar way of telling the story?

FloatingVoter · 11-02-2014 1:05am

the_syco wrote: »

Liking this so far. Any link to Hell on Wheels? It seems... to have a similar way of telling the story?

Well, unless a Doctor Who appears and bridges the 150 year time gap - mot much hope of a series link-up.

tomdempsey200 · 11-02-2014 1:15am

thought it was rubbish myself

the_syco · 11-02-2014 12:09pm

FloatingVoter wrote: »

Well, unless a Doctor Who appears and bridges the 150 year time gap - mot much hope of a series link-up.

Not to link the series, but if they had similar companies doing the production. Seemingly not.

=-=

Find the sunglasses of some of the pirates a bit too new...

FloatingVoter · 11-02-2014 12:36pm

the_syco wrote: »

Not to link the series, but if they had similar companies doing the production. Seemingly not.

=-=

Find the sunglasses of some of the pirates a bit too new...

Yeah, just checked that out - sunglasses as we know them not invented until 1752. This is 1715 and Rackham was wearing some very sporty shades. I thought it was a continuity error (in that light all the actors would be wearing shades when not in a take) until they gave him a major close-up wearing them. My amazing research took 5 seconds on Wikipedia. Wouldn't have hurt the show to put in a similar effort.

Sudden Valley · 11-02-2014 10:08pm

for a pirate show I'm disappointed that it features very little actual sailing. It seems to be more about the intrigue and shifting alliances in Nassau- its like a low-brow Deadwood.

titan18 · 12-02-2014 12:38am

Aye, it's something I'm watching if I have time, lack of actual sailing is pretty crap so far, hoping that changes. Doubt I'll be watching this too long though unless it improves a lot

Mr Blobby · 12-02-2014 12:52am

Enjoying it so far.
Its a leave your brain at the door type of show.. Something i've been missing since Spartacus.

Sudden Valley · 16-02-2014 10:09pm

Thought the fourth episode was pretty good. The careening of the ship looked good and also there was a pinch of violence, intrigue and emergency surgery. Only minus so far is the minor role of John Silver. They just don't know what to do with that character.

Potential-Monke · 27-02-2014 2:34am

Episode 5: Things starting to pick up a good bit now, plenty of action and a nice bit of gore to boot. And left on such a cliffhanger! Can't wait for the next episode!

Potential-Monke · 04-03-2014 12:56am

Episode 6: Things just ain't going Flints way are they? I wonder

did Flint kick Boots (pun intended) off, or did he genuinely fall? And was that Blackbeard at the end??? Tank of a man if it was!

I done myself a disservice and read the plot of Treasure Island, which this is apparently a prequel to. It has ruined a few points slightly, ie: i now know who's not going to die. So, if you haven't seen or read Treasure Island, don't read about it now!

Also, 500 hours to build each ship. :eek: