Starz announced Tuesday that its new Michael Bay-produced drama "Black Sails" will bow in January 2014.

A prequel of sorts to Treasure Island, the pirate adventure is set 20 years prior to the Robert Louis Stevenson classic and centers on Captain Flint (Toby Stephens, the UK’s Vexed), the most feared pirate captain of his day, as he adds to his crew a fast-talking upstart named… John Silver (played by Luke Arnold).

http://tvline.com/2013/05/07/michael-c-hall-after-dexter-developing-showtime-project/

TCA: Starz Renews "Black Sails" for Second Season
by NELLIE ANDREEVA
Friday July 26, 2013


At the top of Starz‘s TCA presentation, the network’s topper Chris Albrecht announced a second-season renewal for the Michael Bay-produced "Black Sails" ahead of the pirate drama’s January debut.

Albrecht said the network brass were already high on the series and had opened the writers room to start working on scripts for a second season when a strong reaction to "Black Sails" at Comic-Con solidified the renewal decision.

“We thought Michael Bay and (showrunner) Jon Steinberg deserved all the time, and an early renewal gives them the opportunity to prepare for the second season and keep the show on a 12-month cycle,” Albrecht said.


Starz has a habit of giving shows a second season renewal before the premiere, it did it with "Boss", "Magic City" and "Spartacus".

http://www.deadline.com/2013/07/tca-starz-renews-black-sails-for-second-season-picks-up-dancing-on-the-edge-mini/