SEcoND SEASON OF STARZ ORIGINAL SERIES
“BLACK SAILS” TO SET SAIL ON sATURDAY, JANUARY 24TH AT 9PM ET/PT
Starz Releases First Look Teaser Art for “Black Sails” Season Two
Beverly Hills, Calif. – October 2, 2014 – Starz announced today that its Emmy®-winning Original series “Black Sails,” executive produced by Michael Bay (Transformers, Armageddon, Pearl Harbor) and his Platinum Dunes partners Brad Fuller and Andrew Form, producers on Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and The Purge, and created by executive producers Jonathan Steinberg (“Jericho,” “Human Target”) and Robert Levine (“Touch”), will debut Saturday, January 24th, 2015 at 9pm ET/PT. The ten-episode second season of the authentic high sails drama series follows the most feared pirate of the day, Captain Flint (Toby Stephens) and his men, and takes place twenty years prior to Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic “Treasure Island.”
“Black
Sails” season one set a STARZ viewership record for a debuting STARZ
Original series during its opening weekend in January 2014, established
an average
of 5.3 million viewers per episode*, and is distributed in about 130
countries and territories worldwide.
Starz also released a first look teaser image from season two, inspired by the Emmy®-nominated main title design.
Season
two begins where we left off—The Walrus crew is stranded, with an army
of Spanish soldiers standing between them and the precious Urca gold.
And with their crimes against their brethren no longer a secret, Flint
(Toby Stephens) and Silver (Luke Arnold) must join forces in a desperate
bid for survival. Meanwhile, Eleanor Guthrie (Hannah New) struggles to
maintain her grip on Nassau, as
a
new breed of pirate arrives in the form of Ned Low (Tadgh Murphy), a
man for whom violence isn’t just a tool … it’s a pastime. As blood is
spilled, and tensions mount, Charles Vane (Zach McGowan)
must decide which he values more: Eleanor’s life, or the respect of his
men. And unbeknownst to all of them, a prize of immeasurable value has
already been smuggled onto the island … one whose discovery will alter
the very landscape of their world, and force
everyone in Nassau toward the ultimate judgment: are they men, or are
they monsters?
“Black
Sails” stars Toby Stephens as the most brilliant and feared pirate
captain of his day ‘Captain Flint.’ Stephens is an accomplished
stage actor also well-known for his role in Die Another Day.
Hannah New portrays ‘Eleanor Guthrie,’ a beautiful and determined young
woman who runs the smuggling operation on New Providence. London-born
Hannah starred in the miniseries, "El Tiempo
Entre Costuras (The Time Between Seams)," the feature Fuga De Cerebros 2, and most recently in
Maleficent, starring Angelina Jolie and Elle Fanning. Luke
Arnold portrays the classic character, ‘John Silver,’ in the years
before his well-known feats. Arnold is a native of Australia, where he
began working in television on series including “McLeod's
Daughters,” “Rush” and “Rescue: Special Ops.” He also went on to
appear in the feature film,
Broken Hill and most recently starred in the miniseries “INXS:
The Michael Hutchence Story.” Rising star Jessica Parker Kennedy is in
the role of ‘Max,’ a young prostitute with an eye towards advancement.
Jessica is known for her work in the television
series, “The Secret Circle,” and has appeared in the films 50/50 and In Time.
Zach McGowan is featured as ‘Captain Charles Vane,’ a rival
pirate captain to the brilliant and feared “Captain Flint,” played by
Toby Stephens. McGowan is most well-known for his role in the series
“Shameless” and will appear in the upcoming feature
film Dracula Untold.
For more information, go to the official “Black Sails”
Facebook Page and follow
@BlkSails_Starz
on Twitter and Instagram. Join the conversation with #BlackSails and #STARZ.
About Starz
Starz
(NASDAQ: STRZA, STRZB) is a leading integrated global media and
entertainment company with operating units that provide premium
subscription video programming on domestic U.S.
pay television channels (Starz Networks), global content distribution
(Starz Distribution) and animated television and movie production (Starz
Animation),
www.starz.com.
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