EXCLUSIVE: Sony Pictures Television has sold Outlander: Blood of My Blood across major markets across EMEA, LATAM, and APAC.
SPT has finalized licensing agreements with MGM+ (U.K.), Deutsche Telekom (Germany), Sky Italia (Italy), Movistar Plus+ (Spain), HBO Max (France, Central and Eastern Europe, Poland), Nova (Greece), Inspira+ (Estonia), Tet TV+, LMT (Latvia), Telia Play+ (Lithuania), Yes (Israel), beIN (across the Middle East and North Africa), Disney+ (Latin America), LG Uplus (South Korea), Stan (Australia), and Sky NZ (New Zealand).
The Outlander prequel, produced by Sony Pictures Television, is set to premiere on Starz on Friday, August 8, with new episodes available to stream weekly on Fridays on the Starz app and its streaming and on-demand platforms. Starz recently renewed the new period drama for a second season. The “Outlander” Universe is inspired by Diana Gabaldon’s book series.
“Global interest in Outlander: Blood of my Blood has been massive, with almost every territory now sold ahead of its August launch”, Mike Wald, Co-President, Distribution & Networks, Sony Pictures Television, shared in a statement. “This epic extension of the franchise will not only continue to build momentum among passionate Outlander fans around the world, but will no doubt build new audiences alike.”
Outlander: Blood of My Blood will transport viewers from the war-torn battlefields of WWI to the sweeping Highlands of 18th-century Scotland, promising two new love stories filled with loyalty, passion and desire, as the young couples defy the forces that seek to tear them apart.
The series follows the romance between Ellen MacKenzie (Harriet Slater) and Brian Fraser (Jamie Roy), parents of Jamie Fraser (Sam Heughan) and Julia Moriston (Hermione Corfield), and Henry Beauchamp (Jeremy Irvine), parents of Jamie’s soulmate, Claire Fraser (Caitríona Balfe).
Outlander: Blood of My Blood also stars Tony Curran as Simon Fraser, Lord Lovat, Séamus McLean Ross as Colum MacKenzie, Sam Retford as Dougal MacKenzie, Rory Alexander as Murtagh Fitzgibbons Fraser, and Conor MacNeill as Ned Gowan.
Matthew B. Roberts serves as showrunner and executive producer on Outlander: Blood of My Blood, with Ronald D. Moore, Maril Davis, and Jim Kohlberg, also serving as executive producers.
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