TORONTO – shomi is setting sail with the Starz original series Black Sails.
Debuting July 25, the eight episode series is set during the ‘Golden Age of Piracy’ in the Caribbean, when the former British colony of New Providence Island is lawless territory, controlled by a few dozen of the most notorious pirate captains in history. The feared Captain Flint (Toby Stephens) will forge alliances and stop at nothing to hunt the ultimate prize, and by winning it, stave off reclamation of New Providence by a resurgent empire.
Black Sails is created by Jonathan E. Steinberg (Jericho, Human Target) and Robert Levine (Touch) and executive produced by acclaimed feature film director/producer Michael Bay (Transformers, Armageddon, Pearl Harbor) and his Platinum Dunes partners Brad Fuller and Andrew Form, producers of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and The Purge.
