Pirates In the News

Med rett til å kapre – The Right to Hijack

The right to hijack a Norwegian dramatized documentary about Norway’s unknown pirate history. The film features interviews with historians in Norway, England and Russia, and the descendants of privateers. Dramatizations shows how the hijacking took place and other realistic situations from Norway during the Napoleonic Wars. Film music is self-composed, based on the note material [...]

May 12, 2013 admin Movies, Pirates In the News 0

BLACK SAILS: First Look Trailer For Michael Bay Pirate Drama

The first look at upcoming Starz original series Black Sails has arrived ahead of its 2014 debut. Black Sails from Michael Bay is an eight-episode series centering on the story of Captain Flint (Toby Stephens) and his men 20 years prior to Robert Louis Stevenson‘s Treasure Island. Flint, the most brilliant and feared pirate captain of his day, takes on a fast-talking young addition [...]

April 15, 2013 admin Movies, Pirates In the News 0

Pirates of the Original Panama Canal

Like an illuminated skyline at sea, two dozen cargo ships wait along Panama’s Caribbean coast. One after another, they enter Limon Bay and then the Gatun locks, three hydraulic chambers that lift the ships 85 feet above sea level. They exit into Gatun Lake and then the Chagres River. After 28 miles, through a cleaved mountain [...]

March 28, 2013 admin Articles, Pirates In the News 1

John Malkovich to Play Blackbeard in NBC Pirate Drama Series ‘Crossbones’

John Malkovich is heading to the small screen. The two-time Oscar nominee has been tapped to star as Blackbeard in NBC’s action-adventure drama seriesCrossbones, The Hollywood Reporter has learned. Malkovich will star as the famed pirate in the 10-episode drama based on Colin Woodard‘s book The Republic of Pirates about the golden age of piracy in the 1700s. PHOTOS: The Faces of Pilot [...]

March 12, 2013 admin Pirates In the News 1

Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag

Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag is an upcoming action-adventure game, and the sixth main installment in the Assassin’s Creedseries. A sequel to 2012′s Assassin’s Creed III, the game will tell the story of Edward Kenway - father to Haytham Kenway, grandfather to Ratonhnhaké:ton and an ancestor ofDesmond Miles. Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag will be set primarily on and around the islands in the Caribbean Sea during [...]

March 5, 2013 admin Games, Pirates In the News 0

Michael Bay to Produce New Starz Pirates Show BLACK SAILS

Michael Bay, king of the big screen explosions and worldwide destruction, is bringing his brand of mayhem to TV via the cable network Starz in a new TV show about pirates called BLACK SAILS. Starz Chief Executive Officer Chris Albrecht announced the straight-to-series greenlight of “Black Sails” (working title) from executive producer Michael Bay. The [...]

November 28, 2012 admin Movies, Pirates In the News 0

‘House’s’ Hugh Laurie Near Deal to Star in NBC Pirate Drama ‘Crossbones’

The six-time Emmy nominee is near a deal to star in NBC’s action-adventure drama Crossbones, The Hollywood Reporter has learned. Laurie would star as famed pirate Blackbeard in the10-episode drama based on Colin Woodard‘s bookThe Republic of Pirates about the golden age of piracy in the 1700s. STORY: ‘House’ Star Hugh Laurie and Creator David Shore on its 8-Season Run: [...]

November 21, 2012 admin Movies, Pirates In the News 0

Czech tall ship La Grace fights her mortal combat in Spain

Fight to save Czech training ship La Grace, which stranded at night from 25 to 26 of October near Spanish Marbella, is now at full swing. Czech volunteers have carried out everything that could be dismantled to take the strain off the ship, a leader of salvage team Josef Dvorský informed us. „Due to the [...]

November 6, 2012 admin Pirates In the News, Shipwreck News 0

Reliance Blinks at Funding $40 million “Crossbones” With NBC

LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) – Indian media giant Reliance has teamed up with NBC to finance one of the broadcast network’s new shows, a 10-episode pirate adventure series titled “Crossbones,” but is backing off its $40 million production cost, an individual close to the project has told TheWrap. Through its newly-formed independent studio Georgeville Television, Reliance [...]

October 24, 2012 admin Pirates In the News 0

NBC PICKS UP ‘CROSSBONES,’ NEW ACTION-ADVENTURE SERIES ABOUT GOLDEN AGE OF PIRATES

From the award-winning creator of “Luther,” Neil Cross, and successful producing team of Walter Parkes and Laurie MacDonald (“Gladiator,” “Men in Black,” “The Ring”) comes an extraordinary action-adventure series “Crossbones” — with an unexpected moral center where one can’t be sure whether the pirates or the British crown are the villains. Ten episodes of “Crossbones” [...]

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