Outlander has been refreshed for an eighth season, months before the TV show’s seventh season premieres this year. Starz, the premium cable and satellite network owned by Lionsgate, has confirmed that Season 8 will be the prequel to the series.
Although the release date of Season 8 has yet to be determined, there is speculation that filming will begin in 2024 due to scheduling conflicts with the main cast. Therefore, the previous season is likely to premiere around 2025. Meanwhile, the seventh season is scheduled to premiere in the summer of 2023 i.e. the 16-episode season will air from June to September. .
Surprisingly, although Outlander is coming to an end, the adventures of the Fraser family will continue. That’s because, in addition to announcing show renewals (and ultimately cancellations), Starz’s original head of programming, Kathryn Busby, also officially announced the show’s prequel series. According to rumors, the prequel, titled Outlander: Blood of My Blood, will tell about the budding love affair between Brian Fraser and Ellen MacKenzie, the parents of Jamie Fraser (Sam Heughan). Rumors of a prequel first surfaced in February of last year, and they were verified in August.
According to Starz producer Kathryn Busby, season 8 of Outlander will be “excited to continue”.
While providing an update on the ten episodes of Season 8, Busby stated:
“For more than a decade, Outlander has captured the hearts of people around the world, and we’re excited to bring Claire and Jamie’s epic love story to a dignified end. Before we close this chapter, though, there’s still plenty of their passionate stories to tell throughout the 26 additional episodes, as well as much more to discover about this dynamic universe and its birth. its. We are thrilled to be working with Matthew, Maril and Ronald again and can’t wait to see where their compelling stories lead us next.”
According to reports, the final installment will be based on Diana Gabaldon’s eighth novel in the series, Written in the Blood of My Own Heart. The novel, published in 2014, takes place in June 1778, when Jamie Fraser “returns from the grave to learn that his best friend has married his wife.” The book’s official synopsis continues:
“To his surprise, the ninth Earl of Ellesmere realizes that he is the illegitimate son of the recently resurrected Jamie Fraser (a Scottish rebel and outlaw!) ” and Jamie’s nephew, Ian Murray, realizes that his new cousin has a crush on his Quaker man-in-law.”
What is our current knowledge of the Blood of My Blood?
Outlander: Blood of My Blood will consist of ten episodes, with Matthew B. Roberts writing and executive producing. According to Roberts, the show is “a love story at its core”. He continued:
“It will investigate how far one can go to discover love at a time when love was considered a luxury and weddings were organized with a purpose, often for political or financial gain. “
The news doesn’t stop with Season 8. #foreigner: Blood of My Blood has officially been green-lit! https://t.co/knuMbE3K9f pic.twitter.com/eaUw4K3trN
– Extroverts (@Outlander_STARZ) January 19, 2023
The series is planned to be produced by Sony Pictures Television, Left Bank Pictures, Moore’s Tall Ship Productions and Story Mining & Supply Company.
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