Outlander prequel Blood of My Blood has confirmed a summer release date.
The series was first announced in 2020 and is set to focus on the parents of Outlander protagonists Jamie Fraser (Sam Heughan) and Claire Beauchamp (Caitríona Balfe).
Now, Starz has announced the show will debut on 8 August in the US, with fans in the UK having to wait until the following day to catch the series on MGM+.
The spinoff will focus on two parallel love stories set in different times.
Claire's parents Julia Moriston (Hermione Corfield) and Henry Beauchamp (Jeremy Irvine) met during World War I, while Ellen MacKenzie (Harriet Slater) and Brian Fraser (Jamie Roy)'s romance is set across the backdrop of the Highlands in 18th-century Scotland.
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The stacked cast includes Mary & George star 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, and Line of Duty's Brian McCardie in his last TV appearance prior to his death.
Matthew B Roberts serves as showrunner on Blood of My Blood, with Ronald B Moore, who developed Outlander from Diana Gabaldon's series of novels, has an executive producer credit.
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As for the main show, Outlander is expected to bow out with its eighth season.
After the seventh chapter aired its second batch of episodes in January, Balfe confirmed her character Claire would return for the final chapter.
"We hope you've enjoyed the ride and we so look forward to coming back one last time for Season 8," she wrote on Instagram at the time. "See you there."
Outlander: Blood of My Blood will premiere on Starz in the US on 8 August, with episodes following weekly. In the UK, the series will air on 9 August on MGM+.
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