Black Sails (TV series)
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Period drama Adventure |
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| Composer(s) | Bear McCreary |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 4 |
| No. of episodes | 29 (list of episodes) |
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| Location(s) | Cape Town, South Africa |
| Cinematography | Lukas Ettlin Jules O'Loughlin David Luther Gavin Struthers |
| Editor(s) | Joe Hobeck Paul Trejo John Coniglio |
| Running time | 49–65 minutes |
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Platinum Dunes Quaker Moving Pictures Film Afrika Worldwide |
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| Original network | Starz |
| Original release | January 25, 2014 – present |
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Black Sails is an American dramatic adventure television series set on New Providence Island and a prequel to Robert Louis Stevenson's novel Treasure Island. 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 cable 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.
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 the 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' upcoming fourth season would be its last; the season premiered on January 29, 2017.
Black Sails is set roughly two decades before the events of Treasure Island and during the Golden Age of Piracy. Feared Captain Flint brings on a younger crew member as they fight for the survival of New Providence island. According to the first episode, "In 1715 West Indies, the pirates of New Providence Island threaten maritime trade in the region. The laws of every civilized nation declare them hostis humani generis, enemies of all mankind. In response, the pirates adhere to a doctrine of their own....war against the world." Real life pirates who are fictionalized in the show include Anne Bonny, Benjamin Hornigold, Jack Rackham, Charles Vane, Ned Low, and Blackbeard.
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