Starz Announces Additional Casting For "Outlander: Blood of My Blood"Production kicked off February, 2024.OFFICIAL PRESS RELEASENEWS PROVIDED BY Starz Santa Monica, Calif. – April 3, 2024 – STARZ announced today additional casting for several roles in "Outlander: Blood of My Blood." Joining the cast is Brian McCardie ("Time,"Rob Roy) as the leader of Clan Grant, "Isaac Grant" ; Jhon Lumsden ("Karen Pirie," "The Famous Five") plays his son, Malcolm, and a potential suitor for Ellen MacKenzie; Sara Vickers ("Watchmen," "Endeavour") has been cast in the role of "Davina Porter," a housekeeper in the Lovat household and mother to Brian Fraser; and Peter Mullan ("Ozark," "Payback") in the role of "Red Jacob MacKenzie," Laird of Clan MacKenzie and father to Ellen, Dougal, Colum, Janet and Jocasta. "Outlander: Blood of My Blood" will explore the lives and relationship of Jamie's parents, Ellen MacKenzie (Harriet Slater) and Brian Fraser (Jamie Roy) and Claire's parents, Julia Moriston (Hermione Corfield) and Henry Beauchamp (Jeremy Irvine). The series will center on these two parallel love stories set in two different time periods, with Jamie's parents in the early 18th century Scottish Highlands and Claire's parents in WWI England. Production on the 10-episode season is underway in Scotland. "Outlander," which will celebrate its 10th anniversary this summer, will be airing the back eight episodes of its seventh season this November. Production recently began on the 10-episode eighth season, which will be the final television season of the series. Matthew B Roberts will serve as showrunner and executive producer on both series. Ronald D. Moore and Maril Davis will also executive produce. Moore and Davis developed "Outlander" for television, under their production banner Tall Ship Productions. Story Mining & Supply Company will also executive produce, and Diana Gabaldon will serve as a consulting producer. "Outlander: Blood of My Blood" is produced by Sony Pictures Television. The series will be available across all STARZ platforms in the U.S. and Canada. The "Outlander" television series is inspired by Diana Gabaldon's international best-selling books, which have sold an estimated 50 million copies worldwide https://
Brian McCardie"Isaac Grant" McCardie's many TV credits include "Tommy Hunter" in "Line of Duty," a co-lead role as "Joe Geddes" in the BAFTA and RTS winning "Low Winter Sun," "Dadda Moss" in "Lilies," Robert Louis Stevenson's "Kidnapped," Guy Ritchie's "Snatch" the second season of Irvine Welsh's "Crime," Jimmy McGovern's "Time" with Sean Bean and Stephen Graham and a cameo role in season one of "Outlander" playing Sir Marcus MacRannoch. He portrayed "James Connolly" in "Rebellion" after which he created and performed a one-man theatre play "Connolly," In theatre, he also performed in Sir Richard Eyre's "Ghosts" by Henrik Ibsen both in London and New York.
Jhon Lumsden"Malcolm Grant"
Sara Vickers"Davina Porter"
Peter Mullan"Red Jacob MacKenzie" His feature film work over the last several decades stretches across every genre. This includes roles in Riff-Raff (1991), Braveheart (1995), Trainspotting (1996), Miss Julie (1999), Young Adam (2003), Children of Men (2006), The Red Riding Trilogy (2009), War Horse (2011), The Harry Potter film series (2010-11) and The Vanishing (2018). Mullan's work behind the camera as a director has also collected prestigious awards. He received a Golden Lion at 59th Venice International Film Festival for helming The Magdalene Sisters. Feature film Neds (2010) saw Mullan take the gong for Best Picture at the San Sebastian Film Festival. He also picked up Best Director and Best Writer for Neds at the Baftas in Scotland in 2011. In television, Mullan appeared in "Ozark," "Westworld," "Cursed" and "Mum," which saw him nominated for a BAFTA. He was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for his portrayal of "Matt Micham" in Gerard Lee's and Jane Campion's acclaimed miniseries "Top of the Lake" in 2013. Back in 2008, Mullan took the lead role in "The Fixer." Mullan can currently be seen in "The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power" and recently starred in the series "The Northwater" with Colin Farrell and Jack O'Connell, as well as in Barry Jenkins' critically acclaimed "Underground Railroad." @STARZ Join the conversation with #BloodOfMyBlood and #STARZ AboutAbout STARZSTARZ (www.starz.com), a Lionsgate company, is a leading media streaming platform committed to delivering premium content that amplifies narratives by, about and for women and underrepresented audiences. STARZ is home to the highly rated and first-of-its-kind STARZ app that offers the ability to stream or download STARZ premium content, as well as the flagship domestic STARZ(R) service, including STARZ ENCORE, 17 premium pay TV channels, and the associated on-demand and online services. STARZ is available across digital OTT platforms and multichannel video distributors, including cable operators, satellite television providers, and telecommunications companies. In February 2021, STARZ launched #TakeTheLead, a multi-faceted and innovative inclusion initiative expanding its existing efforts to improve representation on screen, behind the camera and throughout the company. About Sony Pictures TelevisionSony Pictures Television (SPT) is one of the television industry's leading content providers, producing, distributing and carrying programming worldwide in every genre and for every platform. In addition to managing one of the industry's largest libraries of award-winning feature films, television shows and formats, SPT is home to a thriving global content business, operating a robust portfolio of wholly-owned and joint-venture production companies across the U.S., Europe, Latin America, and Asia Pacific, as well as linear and digital channels around the world. SPT is a Sony Pictures Entertainment Company, a subsidiary of Tokyo-based Sony Group Corporation.
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April 3, 2024 10:00am ET by Newsdesk |