Black Sails (2014)

Directed by

Sam Miller, Neil Marshall

Genre

drama television series, pirate film, adventure television series, LGBT-related television series

Country

United States

Length

4 seasons, 38 episodes

Rated

TV-MA

Rating

7.6 of 10 from 1,481 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A prequel to Treasure Island set on New Providence Island. Pirates and treasure hunters clash as they try to build a Republic of Pirates.

swashbucklinggrittyintenseadventurousdramaticdarkrough

What happens

Black Sails is an American historical action-adventure television series set on New Providence Island. It was written to be a prequel to Robert Louis Stevenson's 1883 novel Treasure Island, while also including depictions of several real-life historical figures and fictionalized versions of actual historical events. The series was created by Jonathan E. Steinberg and Robert Levine for Starz. It debuted online for free on YouTube and other various streaming platform and video-on-demand services on January 18, 2014. The debut on linear pay television followed a week later on January 25, 2014. Steinberg is executive producer, alongside Michael Bay, Brad Fuller and Andrew Form, while Michael Angeli, Doris Egan, and Levine are co-executive producers. The show depicts treasure-seeking pirates in their attempt to establish a Republic of Pirates. On July 26, 2013, Starz renewed the show for a ten-episode second season, which premiered on January 24, 2015. The early renewal, six months before the first season premiered, was based on the positive fan reaction to the show at San Diego Comic-Con. The series was renewed for a third season on October 12, 2014, and a fourth season on July 31, 2015, both before the respective previous seasons had premiered. On July 20, 2016, Starz announced that the series' fourth season would be its last; the season premiered on January 29, 2017, and the series concluded on April 2, 2017. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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