Outlander: Blood of My Blood

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Outlander: Blood of My Blood
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Based on Outlander
by Diana Gabaldon
Starring
Country of origin
  • United States
  • United Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
Production
Executive producers
Production location Scotland
Production companies
Original release
Network Starz
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Outlander

Outlander: Blood of My Blood is an upcoming historical romance drama television series that serves as a prequel to the television adaptation of the Outlander novel series by Diana Gabaldon.

Contents

The series follows the parents of both protagonists from the original series, Jamie Fraser and Claire Beauchamp. Jamie's parents in 18th century Scotland are played by Harriet Slater as Ellen MacKenzie and Jamie Roy as Brian Fraser. Claire's parents in World War I are played by Hermione Corfield as Julia Moriston and Jeremy Irvine as Henry Beauchamp.

The series is set to run for ten episodes, airing on Starz.

Premise

Outlander: Blood of My Blood is a love story that tells the tales of how the parents of Jamie Fraser came together in 18th century Scotland and how the parents of Claire Beauchamp met during World War I in England. [1]

Cast

Production

Development

In February 2022, it was reported that a prequel series was being developed, with Matthew B. Roberts writing and executive producing. [2] In May 2022, executive producer Maril Davis confirmed that the series would focus on the parents of Jamie Fraser. [3] In August 2022, it was confirmed that the prequel series will be titled Blood of My Blood. [4] In January 2023, Starz ordered a 10-episode first season. [5]

Casting

In February 2024, the first casting announcements revealed that Harriet Slater, Jamie Roy, Hermione Corfield, and Jeremy Irvine were cast as the future parents of Jamie and Claire, respectively. [6] Tony Curran was also cast as Lord Lovat, Jamie's grandfather. [7] Then Rory Alexander, Sam Retford, Séamus McLean Ross, and Conor MacNeill were cast as younger versions of characters from the original Outlander series. [8] Brian McCardie, Jhon Lumsden, Sara Vickers, and Peter Mullan were added to the cast in April. [9]

Filming

Filming began in January 2024 in Glasgow, Scotland., [10] but production had to be put on hold due to storms in the area, and filming resumed at the end of February. [11] Part of the filming was also done on location at Doune Castle, serving as Castle Leoch. [12] On July 19, 2024, Starz announced on social media that filming had wrapped. [13]

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