Starz has renewed their new pirate series Black Sails for Season 2. If you're thinking, "Wait, did I miss this show?", the answer is no. Black Sails doesn't even debut until January, making it's oh-so early renewal especially notable. Executive produced by Michael Bay, Black Sails had a pilot screening at Comic-Con last week, which Starz' CEO, Chris Albrecht, said was very well received today, while making the announcement at the TCA (Television Critics Association) press tour.
Albrecht was also asked about the status of Incursion, the sci-fi series being developed by Steven De Knight, who gave Starz Spartacus.
Albrecht revealed that an entire first season is being written and nearly finished and “There’s been a lot of pre-production that’s been done. “
However, he added, “We’ve realized just how challenging this is just from a production standpoint. The description of ‘Band of Brothers meets Halo’ is really apt and comes with all the necessary command of resources that would need to be applied against it.”
Albrecht stressed Incursion is “Very much alive,” but added, “It is in a slow pause just because we can’t go forward on a pilot that would not be affordable. We need to do a lot more work in the pilot phase.” Albrecht added they loved working with De Knight and, “Look forward to a long, successful partnership.”
Here's what De Knight told us about Incursion at last year's Comic-Con:
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