MGM+, in advance of the series ‘Outlander: Blood of My Blood,’ has revealed a set of first-look images teasing the two lead couples: Julia Moriston (Hermione Corfield) and Henry Beauchamp (Jeremy Irvine), and Ellen MacKenzie (Harriet Slater) and Brian Fraser (Jamie Roy). A release date of Saturday August 9th as also been revealed for the series.
The show brings viewers from the war-torn battlefields of WWI to the sweeping Highlands of 18th century Scotland, promising two new love stories filled with loyalty, passion and desire, as the young couples defy the forces that seek to tear them apart.
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The stand-alone prequel series features new cast, characters and stories welcoming viewers unfamiliar with the Outlander universe, while also providing origin stories of fan-favourite characters from early seasons of Outlander, and offering new perspectives that will change what viewers of the original series think they know.
In addition to Corfield, Irvine, Slater and Roy, who play the parents of Outlander’s central couple, Claire and Jamie, The series stars 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 serves as showrunner and executive producer with Ronald D. Moore, Maril Davis and Jim Kohlberg, also serving as executive producers.
New episodes of the timeless romantic drama will be available to stream weekly on Saturdays only on MGM+.
