Black Sails to Premiere Saturday, January 25th on Starz

The eight-episode first season of pirate drama Black Sails is set to set sail Saturday, January 25th at 9:00 on Starz, the network announced today. Executive produced by Michael Bay, the series takes place twenty years prior to the events of Robert Louis Stevenson s Treasure Island and will follow Captain Flint (Toby Stephen) as he takes aboard a new addition to his crew in the form of John Silver (Luke Arnold). He ll need all the help he can get to hang on to prized New Providence Island, the most notorious criminal haven of its day and a place where a pirate can be a pirate; the id-friendly locale has come under siege and is in danger of losing what makes it special to the crew of pirates that currently occupy it. Most interesting about the premiere date release is that the network is opting to keep original programming on Saturdays, not exactly known for its hospitality to scripted originals. But after the success of The White Queen earlier this year, as well as the difficulty in g

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