Starz has announced that 'Outlander: Blood of My Blood', a prequel series to the popular drama 'Outlander', will premiere on 8 August, with new episodes dropping weekly on Fridays.
The series follows two main couples: Julia Moriston (Hermione Corfield) and Henry Beauchamp (Jeremy Irvine), and Ellen MacKenzie (Harriet Slater) and Brian Fraser (Jamie Roy). These are the parents of Claire Randall and Jamie Fraser from the original series. The official logline states that the show moves from the battlefields of WWI to 18th-century Scotland, telling two new love stories of loyalty and passion as the couples defy forces trying to tear them apart.
The cast also includes 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.
The prequel is developed by Matthew B. Roberts, who serves as showrunner and executive producer. Ronald D. Moore, Maril Davis and Jim Kohlberg also executive produce. The series is produced by Sony Pictures Television.
