Medieval Backlot
A permanent medieval back-lot set based on a 13th Century town in Europe has been built. The city set is situated on a hill. A circular service road allows for cranes and specialised equipment and parking. The set is flanked on one side with water elements and a small artificial lake.The set consists of two to three storey buildings, linked with narrow medieval style passages and opening up into three town squares. This is only the second permanent medieval set in the world. It can be transformed into an ancient setting, sci-fi or biblical set.
Both workshops and all four stages are in walking distance from the set.
Black Sails Casts Off With Lead
Michael Bay's pirate series has found its captain.
Starz announced today that "Black Sails," the network's series said to be a prequel to Robert Louis Stevenson's classic "Treasure Island," has cast Toby Stephens in the prime role of Captain Flint. The series takes place some 20 years before the events of the Stevenson novel, where Flint is the most feared captain during the golden age of pirates. With the crew threatened with extinction, Flint and his men fight for survival on New Providence Island, a hotbed filled with criminals from pirates to thieves to prostitutes. At New Providence, a young stranger named John Silver will join the Walrus crew and change the course of the ship's history.
Stephens is perhaps most well-known as the evil billionaire villain Gustav Graves in the underwhelming Pierce Brosnan 007 flick "Die Another Day." However, the British actor has appeared in numerous notable roles including the 2006 "Jane Eyre" mini-series and Clint Eastwood's aging astronaut odyssey "Space Cowboys."
Jon Steinberg, creator of the cult-favorite "Jericho," serves as showrunner and creator of the "Black Sails" series, with Michael Bay's Platinum Dunes serving as the backing studio. Filming is set to begin in Cape Town, South Africa later this year, with "The Descent" director Neil Marshall helming the pilot.
Starz And Michael Bay’s newest project, Black Sails, an Eight-Episode Season One Commitment for Pirate Adventure Tales of Captain Flint, will be filmed in Cape Town.
Starz Chief Executive Officer Chris Albrecht announced the straight-to-series greenlight of “Black Sails” (working title) from executive producer Michael Bay. The new STARZ Original series is expected to air in 2014. The eight-episode first season of the pirate adventure centers on the tales of Captain Flint and his men, and takes place twenty years prior to Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic “Treasure Island.”
Flint, the most brilliant and most feared pirate captain of his day, takes on a fast-talking young addition to his crew who goes by the name John Silver. Threatened with extinction on all sides, they fight for the survival of New Providence Island, the most notorious criminal haven of its day – a debauched paradise teeming with pirates, prostitutes, thieves and fortune seekers, a place defined by both its enlightened ideals and its stunning brutality.
“Black Sails” will be executive produced by Michael Bay (Transformers, Armageddon, Pearl Harbor ) and his Platinum Dunes partners Brad Fuller and Andrew Form [producers on The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003) and Nightmare on Elm Street (2009)]. The series is created by showrunner and executive producer Jon Steinberg (creator “Jericho,” “Human Target”) and co-executive producer Robert Levine (“Touch”).
The production is set to shoot at Cape Town Studios in Cape Town, South Africa later this year.
Starz announced today that "Black Sails," the network's series said to be a prequel to Robert Louis Stevenson's classic "Treasure Island," has cast Toby Stephens in the prime role of Captain Flint. The series takes place some 20 years before the events of the Stevenson novel, where Flint is the most feared captain during the golden age of pirates. With the crew threatened with extinction, Flint and his men fight for survival on New Providence Island, a hotbed filled with criminals from pirates to thieves to prostitutes. At New Providence, a young stranger named John Silver will join the Walrus crew and change the course of the ship's history.
Stephens is perhaps most well-known as the evil billionaire villain Gustav Graves in the underwhelming Pierce Brosnan 007 flick "Die Another Day." However, the British actor has appeared in numerous notable roles including the 2006 "Jane Eyre" mini-series and Clint Eastwood's aging astronaut odyssey "Space Cowboys."
Jon Steinberg, creator of the cult-favorite "Jericho," serves as showrunner and creator of the "Black Sails" series, with Michael Bay's Platinum Dunes serving as the backing studio. Filming is set to begin in Cape Town, South Africa later this year, with "The Descent" director Neil Marshall helming the pilot.
Starz And Michael Bay’s new TV Series “Black Sails” to be filmed in Cape Town
Starz And Michael Bay’s newest project, Black Sails, an Eight-Episode Season One Commitment for Pirate Adventure Tales of Captain Flint, will be filmed in Cape Town.Starz Chief Executive Officer Chris Albrecht announced the straight-to-series greenlight of “Black Sails” (working title) from executive producer Michael Bay. The new STARZ Original series is expected to air in 2014. The eight-episode first season of the pirate adventure centers on the tales of Captain Flint and his men, and takes place twenty years prior to Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic “Treasure Island.”
Flint, the most brilliant and most feared pirate captain of his day, takes on a fast-talking young addition to his crew who goes by the name John Silver. Threatened with extinction on all sides, they fight for the survival of New Providence Island, the most notorious criminal haven of its day – a debauched paradise teeming with pirates, prostitutes, thieves and fortune seekers, a place defined by both its enlightened ideals and its stunning brutality.
“Starz is excited to be working with a visionary like Michael,’” said Albrecht. “Along with the high-octane action that is a hallmark of a Michael Bay production, it has the elements that Starz originals are striving to bring to the premium landscape: epic, larger than life, cinematic storytelling. The series is also a property we believe will appeal to the global content marketplace with broadcasters around the world.”Following the model of the “Spartacus” franchise and “Magic City,” Starz will retain all domestic and international rights to the dramatic series, including television, home video, and digital.
“I’m excited to branch out into television,” says Michael Bay, the record-breaking director/producer of such big screen hits as Transformers and Bad Boys, “especially doing a long-form series for STARZ, a network known for supporting cutting edge programming.”
“Black Sails” will be executive produced by Michael Bay (Transformers, Armageddon, Pearl Harbor ) and his Platinum Dunes partners Brad Fuller and Andrew Form [producers on The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003) and Nightmare on Elm Street (2009)]. The series is created by showrunner and executive producer Jon Steinberg (creator “Jericho,” “Human Target”) and co-executive producer Robert Levine (“Touch”).
The production is set to shoot at Cape Town Studios in Cape Town, South Africa later this year.
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