Black Sails

American dramatic adventure television series

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★ 7.6

The pirate adventures of Captain Flint and his men 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.

Aired: 2014–2017
Seasons: 4 · 38 episodes
Status: Ended
Created by: Robert Levine, Jonathan E. Steinberg
Network: STARZ
Genres: Drama, Action & Adventure

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Genre: Historical drama Action-adventure
Created by: Jonathan E. Steinberg Robert Levine
Starring: Toby Stephens Hannah New Luke Arnold Jessica Parker Kennedy Tom Hopper Zach McGowan Toby Schmitz Clara Paget Mark Ryan Hakeem Kae-Kazim Sean Cameron Michael Louise Barnes Rupert Penry-Jones Luke Roberts Ray Stevenson David Wilmot Harriet Walter
Composer: Bear McCreary
Country of origin: United States
Original language: English
Number span no of episodes: 38 ( list of episodes )
Executive producers: Michael Bay Brad Fuller Andrew Form Jonathan E. Steinberg Chris Symes Robert Levine Michael Chernuchin Dan Shotz Brad Caleb Kane
Producers: Nina Heyns Jonathan Brytus Erik Henry
Production locations: Cape Town , South Africa
Cinematography: Lukas Ettlin Jules O'Loughlin David Luther Gavin Struthers
Editors: Joe Hobeck Paul Trejo John Coniglio
Running time: 49–71 minutes
Production companies: Platinum Dunes Quaker Moving Pictures
Network: Starz
Release: January 25, 2014 ( 2014-01-25 ) –, April 2, 2017 ( 2017-04-02 )

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FilmAffinity ID: 957991
Official website: www.starz.com/series/blacksails/episodes

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number of episodes: 38
number of seasons: 4
title: Black Sails
start time: 2014-01-25
end time: 2017-04-02
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Black Sails i s 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.