TV Series· 2014· Adventure

Black Sails

by Jonathan E. Steinberg

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Treasure Island

Book · 1883

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Black Sails is written as a prequel to Treasure Island: it tells the story of Captain Flint, the young John Silver and Billy Bones in the years before the novel, and of how the treasure came to be buried. The series ends where Stevenson's book can begin.

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Black Sails

Captain Flint and his pirates hunt treasure and fight for the survival of New Providence Island. It was written to be a prequel to Robert Louis Stevenson's 1883 novel Treasure Island, while also including depictions of several real-life historical figures and fictionalized versions of actual historical events. The series was created by Jonathan E. Steinberg and Robert Levine for Starz. It debuted online for free on YouTube and other various streaming platform and video-on-demand services on January 18, 2014. The debut on linear pay television followed a week later on January 25, 2014. Steinberg is executive producer, alongside Michael Bay, Brad Fuller and Andrew Form, while Michael Angeli, Doris Egan, and Levine are co-executive producers.