Black Sails: Get a First Look at the Upcoming Starz Pirate Drama

Starz has released a behind the scenes look at upcoming pirate drama Black Sails, as well as a series of character introductory videos. Executive produced by Michael Bay and set in Nassau, Bahamas, the series takes place 25 years before the events of Robert Louis Stevenson s Treasure Island and centers on Captain Flint (Toby Stephens), the most feared pirate sailing the open seas. He takes on a new addition to his crew in John Silver (Luke Arnold), which comes in handy because the pirate control over currently unregulated New Providence Island, one of the only places not under colonial rule, has been threatened. In order to preserve the criminal haven that they ve grown to love so much, Flint is going to have to strengthen his ranks and hope that his men are strong and savvy enough to keep New Providence from falling into the wrong hands. In addition to Stephens and Arnold, Black Sails stars Zach McGowan (Shameless) as Flint s rival Captain Vane; Hannah New (Maleficent) as Eleanor Gut

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