Starz Renews BLACK SAILS For Second Season, Prior To Its 2014 Premiere

Starz Chief Executive Officer Chris Albrecht announced on Friday that the network has picked up a second season of the original series, BLACK SAILS from executive producer Michael Bay in advance of its first season premiere. The announcement comes on the heels of the exclusive fan screening at San Diego Comic-Con several months in advance of its on-air premiere in January, 2014. The eight-episode first season of the authentic pirate adventure centers on the tales of Captain Flint (Toby Stephens) and his men, and takes place twenty years prior to Robert Louis Stevenson's classic "Treasure Island."

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).

Luke Arnold, Zack McGowan, Hannah New & Jessica Parker Kennedy Join Starz Drama BLACK SAILS

Starz has announced several new cast members in the upcoming Michael Bay-produced original series BLACK SAILS. The eight episode freshman season of the drama series is set to air on Starz in 2014. The pirate adventure tells the story of Captain Flint and his men, and takes place 20 years prior to Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic “Treasure Island.”

Luke Arnold will star as 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 star in the feature film, Broken Hill.