Starz has released a trailer for Outlander: Blood of My Blood, a historical romance TV series that serves as a prequel to Outlander (2014–present), the television series based on Diana Gabaldon's novels. The new project premieres August 8 and will air weekly on Fridays.
Outlander: Blood of My Blood's logline: "After 11 years of epic romance on the groundbreaking series Outlander, the timeless tale continues--or rather begins--on the eve of an earlier Jacobite rebellion... [T]he series explores the lives and relationships of two couples as they fight against all odds to be together."
The cast includes Julia Moriston (Hermione Corfield) and Henry Beauchamp (Jeremy Irvine), the parents of Outlander's Claire Randall; Ellen MacKenzie (Harriet Slater) and Brian Fraser (Jamie Roy), parents of Jamie Fraser. Also starring are 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 is the showrunner and executive producer, with Ronald D. Moore, Maril Davis and Jim Kohlberg also serving as exec producers. Outlander: Blood of My Blood is produced by Sony Pictures Television.