Pirates Stuff

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

Interview with Mark Keating author of Pirate Devlins novels

I bought Mark Keating’s novel, The Pirate Devlin, on a whim one day as I was browsing in Barnes & Noble. That turned out to be a great choice. The Pirate Devlinhad me mesmerized. Here was a literate, exciting adventure novel unlike any other “pirate” tale I had ever read. We struck up a long-distance friendship on [...]

April 30, 2013 admin Articles, Books, Interviews 0

The True History Of Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag

We speak with Colin Woodard, the historian who literally wrote the book on the golden age of piracy. His insight offers plenty of hints about what to expect in the upcoming game. Colin Woodard is no stranger to the world of pirates. His 2008 book, The Republic of Pirates, is a thorough and fascinating glimpse [...]

April 16, 2013 admin Articles, Games 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

Pirate Eye Comic…

A Pirate Noir Detective comic series released quarterly through Action Lab Comics. Written by Josiah Grahn and art by Carl Yonder (www.carlyonder.com) this is the perfect tale for Pirate and Noir fans alike! Pirate Eye’s first tale Pirate Eye; Mark Of The Black Widow is [...]

March 19, 2013 admin Books 0

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

U.T.B.F Interview With David Wesley Hill, Author Of At Drake’s Command

Tell us a few things about yourself. I was born in New York City and raised on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. I attended the Bronx High School of Science and then the City College of New York, where I was accepted into an accelerated creative writing program, which allowed me to take [...]

December 13, 2012 admin Books, Interviews 1

At Drake’s Command by David Hill

It was as fine a day to be whipped as any he'd ever seen but the good weather didn't make Peregrine James any happier with the situation he was in. Unfairly convicted of a crime he had not committed, the young cook was strung from the whipping post on the Plymouth quay side when he [...]

December 5, 2012 admin Books 1

Interview With The Author Benerson Little

Tell us a few things about you… I was born in Key West, Florida, and here began my love of ships and the sea. My father was serving in the US Navy at the time, and thus for most my youth I lived by the sea. In 1981 I graduated from Tulane University in New [...]

November 29, 2012 admin Books, Interviews 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