Outlander has been renewed for an eighth season, months ahead of the TV show’s seventh season premiere this year. Starz, the premium cable and satellite TV network owned by Lionsgate, has confirmed that Season 8 will be the series’ final season.
Although a release date for Season 8 has yet to be determined, speculation suggests that filming will begin in 2024 due to scheduling conflicts with the main cast. As a result, the last season will likely debut around 2025. Meanwhile, the seventh season is scheduled to premiere in the summer of 2023, which means the 16-episode season will air between June and September.
Surprisingly, even as Outlander draws to a close, the Fraser family’s adventures will continue. That’s because, in addition to announcing the show’s renewal (and eventual cancellation), Starz head of original programming Kathryn Busby also officially announced the show’s prequel series. According to rumors, the prequel, titled Outlander: Blood of My Blood, will follow the blossoming passion between Brian Fraser and Ellen MacKenzie, parents of Jamie Fraser (Sam Heughan). Rumors of a prequel first appeared in February last year, and it was confirmed in August.
Season 8 of Outlander will be “excited to continue,” according to Starz producer Kathryn Busby.
While providing an update on Season 8’s ten episodes, Busby stated:
“For over a decade, Outlander has captured the hearts of people around the world and we are delighted to bring Claire and Jamie’s epic love story to a dignified end. But, before we end this chapter, there’s still a lot of their passionate narrative to tell over the course of 26 additional episodes, and a lot more to learn about this dynamic universe and its birth story. We’re excited to be working with Matthew, Maril and Ronald again and can’t wait to see where their captivating narrative takes us next.”
According to reports, the final season will be based on Diana Gabaldon’s eighth novel in the series, Written in My Own Heart’s Blood. The novella, published in 2014, takes place in June 1778, when Jamie Fraser “returns from the grave to find that his best friend has married his wife.” The book’s official summary continues:
“To his surprise, the ninth Earl of Ellesmere realizes that he is the illegitimate son of the newly resurrected Jamie Fraser (a Scottish rebel and outlaw!)” and Jamie’s nephew Ian Murray realizes that his new cousin likes his Quakers. groom.”
What do we currently know about Blood of My Blood?
Outlander: Blood of My Blood will consist of ten episodes, with Matthew B. Roberts serving as writer and executive producer. The program, according to Roberts, is “at its core, a love story.” He went on to say:
“It will investigate how far one can go to find love at a time when love was seen as a luxury and marriages were formed deliberately, often for political or financial gain.”
This news doesn’t stop with Season 8. #Outlander: Blood of My Blood has officially been greenlit! https://t.co/knuMbE3K9f pic.twitter.com/eaUw4K3trN
— Outlander (@Outlander_STARZ) January 19, 2023
The planned series will be produced by Sony Pictures Television, Left Bank Pictures, Moore’s Tall Ship Productions and Story Mining & Supply Company.
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