CompleteCoverage: TCA Summer Press Tour 2013
Los Angeles - Starz has renewed its upcoming drama Black
Sails for a second season in advance of the series' January 2014 premiere,
the network announced Friday at the TCA press tour.
The eight-episode Sails from executive producer
Michael Bay centers on a pirate captain and his men and is set 20 years before
the Robert Louis Stevenson classic Treasure Island. Production on the
10-episode second season is set to begin in Cape Town, South Africa, in
November.
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Starz also announced it will air the U.K. musical drama
miniseries Dancing on the Edge, which will have its U.S. television
premiere in October 2013. The 1930s-set jazz drama stars Chiwetel Ejiofor and
Matthew Goode
Additional, the network said it would preview
new drama series The White Queen following Magic City's season-two
finale on Friday, Aug. 9 at 10 p.m. The 10-episode limited series is based on
the novels by Philippa Gregory.
