Outlander: Blood of My Blood TV Series Details:
Based on | Outlander by Diana Gabaldon |
Country | United States United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Genre | Historical fiction Drama Romance |
Season | 1 |
Episodes | 10 |
Release date | 2024 (expected) |
Aired on | TBA |
Running time | TBA |
Age rating | TBA |
Starring | Harriet Slater Jamie Roy Hermione Corfield Jeremy Irvine Tony Curran Rory Alexander Sam Retford Conor MacNeill Brian McCardie Sara Vickers Peter Mullan |
Directed by | Emer Conroy Jamie Payne Matthew Moore |
Written by | Diana Gabaldon Matthew B. Roberts |
Produced by | Patrick Conroy Michael Wilson |
Executive producers | Matthew B Roberts Ronald D. Moore Maril Davis |
Cinematography by | Søren Bay |
Edited by | Michael O’Halloran |
Music by | TBA |
Casting By | Simone Pereira Hind Suzanne Smith |
Production location | Glasgow, Scotland, UK |
Production Company | Sony Pictures Television Story Mining and Supply Company Tall Ship Productions |
Distributor | Starz |
Outlander: Blood of My Blood TV Series Cast & Character:
- Harriet Slater as Ellen MacKenzie, Jamie Fraser’s future mother
- Jamie Roy as Brian Fraser, Jamie’s future father
- Hermione Corfield as Julia Moriston, Claire Beauchamp’s future mother
- Jeremy Irvine as Henry Beauchamp, Claire’s future father
- Tony Curran as Lord Lovat, Jamie’s grandfather
- Rory Alexander as Murtagh Fitzgibbons Fraser
- Sam Retford as Dougal MacKenzie
- Séamus McLean Ross as Colum MacKenzie
- Conor MacNeill as Ned Gowan
- Brian McCardie as Isaac Grant
- Jhon Lumsden as Malcolm Grant
- Sara Vickers as Davina Porter, a housekeeper for the Lovats and Brian Fraser’s mother
- Peter Mullan as Red Jacob MacKenzie, Laird
Storyline:
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.
About Outlander: Blood of My Blood TV Series:
Outlander: Blood of My Blood is an upcoming historical drama television series that serves as a prequel to the television adaptation of the Outlander novel series by Diana Gabaldon.
The series follows the future 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 the World War I era are played by Hermione Corfield as Julia Moriston and Jeremy Irvine as Henry Beauchamp.
In February 2022, it was reported that a prequel series was being developed, with Matthew B. Roberts writing and executive producing. In May 2022, executive producer Maril Davis confirmed that the series would focus on the parents of Jamie Fraser.
In August 2022, it was confirmed that the prequel series will be titled Blood of My Blood. In January 2023, Starz ordered a 10-episode first season.
Filming began in January 2024 in Glasgow, Scotland., but production had to be put on hold due to storms in the area, and filming resumed at the end of February. Part of the filming was also done on location at Doune Castle, serving as Castle Leoch.