Tom Hopper | New Role in Starz' 8-episode series 'Black Sails' [news]
Deadline.com Tom Hopper has become the first actor cast in Black Sails, Starz’s eight-episode series executive produced by Michael Bay.
Set 20 years before the events in Robert Louis Stevenson’s Treasure Island, the series chronicles the adventures of fabled buccaneer Captain Flint and his men aboard the Walrus. Hopper will play Billy Bones, the first mate of The Walrus who is caught in the middle of the power struggle between Flint and his main dissenter Singleton.
Hopper, repped by Paradigm, XX and Waring and McKenna in the UK, played Sir Percival on the BBC series Merlin for the past two seasons.
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Tom's agency Waring & McKenna: "Tom Hopper - Just been cast in a leading role in Starz Network's Black Sails produced by Michael Bay"
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More info via DigitalSpy: Neil Marshall (Game of Thrones, Dog Soldiers) will direct the pilot episode of Black Sails. [additional info: Eoin worked with Neil Marshall on Centurion]
The series is currently in pre-production in Cape Town, South Africa and is expected to launch in early 2014.
Treasure Island |
Billy Bones |
Starz
Set 20 years before the events in Robert Louis Stevenson’s Treasure Island, the series chronicles the adventures of fabled buccaneer Captain Flint and his men aboard the Walrus. Hopper will play Billy Bones, the first mate of The Walrus who is caught in the middle of the power struggle between Flint and his main dissenter Singleton.
Hopper, repped by Paradigm, XX and Waring and McKenna in the UK, played Sir Percival on the BBC series Merlin for the past two seasons.
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Tom's agency Waring & McKenna: "Tom Hopper - Just been cast in a leading role in Starz Network's Black Sails produced by Michael Bay"
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More info via DigitalSpy: Neil Marshall (Game of Thrones, Dog Soldiers) will direct the pilot episode of Black Sails. [additional info: Eoin worked with Neil Marshall on Centurion]
The series is currently in pre-production in Cape Town, South Africa and is expected to launch in early 2014.
Treasure Island |
Billy Bones |
Starz