“Outlander: Blood of My Blood” is set to debut this summer on Starz.
An exact premiere date will be announced at a later date. Starz made the announcement along with the first teaser trailer for the “Outlander” prequel series, which can be seen below. It also comes one day ahead of the premiere of the the seventh season finale of “Outlander,” which will drop at midnight Jan. 17 on the Starz app and streaming and on-demand platforms. The eighth and final season of “Outlander” has already been filmed, though no premiere date has been set.
The official description for “Outlander: Blood of My Blood” states that it “follows the romance between Julia Moriston (Hermione Corfield) and Henry Beauchamp (Jeremy Irvine), and Ellen MacKenzie (Harriet Slater) and Brian Fraser (Jamie Roy).”
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The cast also includes Rory Alexander, Sally Messham, Séamus McLean Ross, Sam Retford, Sadhbh Malin, Conor MacNeill, and Tony Curran.
Matthew B. Roberts serves as showrunner and executive producer on both “Outlander” and “Blood of My Blood” with Ronald D. Moore, Maril Davis and Jim Kohlberg serving as executive producers on both as well. “Outlander: Blood of My Blood” is produced by Tall Ship Productions, No Fooling Productions Inc., Story Mining & Supply Company and Sony Pictures Television and will be available across all STARZ platforms in the U.S. and Canada.
“Blood of My Blood” was formally greenlit at Starz back in January 2023, while Variety exclusively reported the show was in the works in February 2022. At the time of the greenlight, it was announced that “Outlander” would conclude with its eighth season.