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VI. (Black Sails)
'' Black Sails'' is an American television drama series created by Jon Steinberg and Robert Levine for Starz that debuted on January 25, 2014. It was produced by Film Afrika Worldwide and Platinum Dunes. It was written as a prequel to Robert Louis Stevenson Robert Louis Stevenson (born Robert Lewis Balfour Stevenson; 13 November 1850 – 3 December 1894) was a Scottish novelist, essayist, poet and travel writer. He is best known for works such as ''Treasure Island'', ''Strange Case of Dr Jekyll a ...'s novel '' Treasure Island''. The series was renewed for a fourth season on July 31, 2015, approximately six months before the third season premiered. On July 20, 2016, Starz announced that the series' fourth season would be its last; the season premiered on January 29, 2017 and concluded on April 2, 2017. Series overview Episodes Season 1 (2014) Season 2 (2015) Season 3 (2016) Season 4 (2017) References External links * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Black Sails episod ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Black Sails (TV Series)
''Black Sails'' is an American historical adventure television series set on New Providence Island and written to be a prequel to Robert Louis Stevenson's 1883 novel ''Treasure Island''. The series was created by Jonathan E. Steinberg and Robert Levine for Starz. It debuted online for free on YouTube and other various streaming platform and video-on-demand services on January 18, 2014. The debut on cable television followed a week later on January 25, 2014. Steinberg is executive producer, alongside Michael Bay, Brad Fuller and Andrew Form, while Michael Angeli, Doris Egan, and Levine are co-executive producers. The show features treasure-seeking pirates fending off British government attempts to stop them. On July 26, 2013, Starz renewed the show for a ten-episode second season, which premiered on January 24, 2015. The early renewal, six months before the first season premiered, was based on the positive fan reaction to the show at the San Diego Comic-Con. The series was ren ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spanish Galleon
Galleons were large, multi-decked sailing ships first used as armed cargo carriers by European states from the 16th to 18th centuries during the age of sail and were the principal vessels drafted for use as warships until the Anglo-Dutch Wars of the mid-1600s. Galleons generally carried three or more masts with a lateen fore-and-aft rig on the rear masts, were carvel built with a prominent squared off raised stern, and used square-rigged sail plans on their fore-mast and main-masts. Such ships were the mainstay of maritime commerce into the early 19th century, and were often drafted into use as auxiliary naval war vessels—indeed, were the mainstay of contending fleets through most of the 150 years of the Age of Exploration—before the Anglo-Dutch wars brought purpose-built ship-rigged warships, ships of the line, that thereafter dominated war at sea during the remainder of the age of sail. Etymology The word ''galleon'' 'large ship' comes from Old French ''galion'' 'a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Man-of-war
The man-of-war (also man-o'-war, or simply man) was a Royal Navy expression for a powerful warship or frigate from the 16th to the 19th century. Although the term never acquired a specific meaning, it was usually reserved for a ship armed with cannon and propelled primarily by sails, as opposed to a galley which is propelled primarily by oars. Description The man-of-war was developed in Portugal in the early 15th century from earlier roundships with the addition of a second mast to form the carrack. The 16th century saw the carrack evolve into the galleon and then the ship of the line. The evolution of the term has been given thus: The man-of-war design developed by Sir John Hawkins had three masts, each with three to four sails. The ship could be up to 60 metres long and could have up to 124 guns: four at the bow, eight at the stern, and 56 in each broadside. All these cannons required three gun decks to hold them, one more than any earlier ship. It had a maximum sailing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stefan Schwartz
Stefan Schwartz (born 1 May 1963) is an English and Canadian film and television director, writer and actor, most known for the feature film ''Shooting Fish'' and his work on the BBC's '' Spooks'' and ''Luther'', AMC's '' The Walking Dead'' and Fear The Walking Dead as well as ''The Americans'' and '' The Boys''. Career 1992–2007 Stefan Schwartz teamed up with Richard Holmes at The University of York and formed The Gruber Brothers. The duo made a number of films together including their feature film debut ''Soft Top Hard Shoulder'' (1992) starring Peter Capaldi and Phyllis Logan, which won two BAFTAs in Scotland and the London Film Festival's prestigious audience award. Building on this success in 1995 he directed ''Giving Tongue'', shown as part of BBC2′s Wicked Women series and in 1997 wrote and directed ''Shooting Fish'', a crime-caper comedy starring Kate Beckinsale which won several awards and made over twenty million dollars worldwide. He then signed a thre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clark Johnson
Clark Johnson (born September 10, 1954), is an American-Canadian actor and director who has worked in both television and film. He is best known for his roles as David Jefferson in ''Night Heat'' (1985–1988), Clark Roberts in ''E.N.G.'' (1989–1994), Meldrick Lewis in '' Homicide: Life on the Street'' (1993–1999) and Augustus Haynes in ''The Wire'' (2008). Early years Johnson was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The family eventually moved to Canada. He has three siblings including jazz singer Molly Johnson and actress and singer Taborah Johnson. Johnson attended Eastern Michigan University on a partial athletic scholarship for American football, but he was expelled after he was caught stealing food from the school cafeteria. He attended several other universities including the University of Ottawa and Loyola College/Concordia University, where he played Canadian football, before ending up at the Ontario College of Art as a film major. He was drafted by the Toronto Arg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Low
Edward "Ned" Low (also spelled Lowe or Loe; 16901724) was a notorious pirate of English origin during the latter days of the Golden Age of Piracy, in the early 18th century. Low was born into poverty in Westminster, London, and was a thief from an early age. He moved to Boston, Massachusetts, as a young man. His wife died in childbirth in late 1719. Two years later, he became a pirate, operating off the coasts of New England and the Azores, and in the Caribbean. Low captained a number of ships, usually maintaining a small fleet of three or four. Low and his pirate crews captured at least a hundred ships during his short career, burning most of them. Although he was active for only three years, Low remains notorious as one of the most vicious pirates of the age with a reputation for violently torturing his victims before murdering them. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle described Low as "savage and desperate," and a man of "amazing and grotesque brutality." ''The New York Times'' called hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nassau, Bahamas
Nassau ( ) is the capital and largest city of the Bahamas. With a population of 274,400 as of 2016, or just over 70% of the entire population of the Bahamas, Nassau is commonly defined as a primate city, dwarfing all other towns in the country. It is the centre of commerce, education, law, administration, and media of the country. Lynden Pindling International Airport, the major airport for the Bahamas, is located about west of the city centre of Nassau, and has daily flights to major cities in Canada, the Caribbean, the United Kingdom and the United States. The city is located on the island of New Providence. Nassau is the site of the House of Assembly and various judicial departments and was considered historically to be a stronghold of pirates. The city was named in honour of William III of England, Prince of Orange-Nassau. Nassau's modern growth began in the late eighteenth century, with the influx of thousands of Loyalists and their slaves to the Bahamas following the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steve Boyum
Steve Boyum (born September 4, 1952) is a long-time Hollywood stunt performer, television director, and film director. He has appeared in over 60 films as a stunt performer. He has lived in Malibu, California since 1974. Selected filmography Director * ''Meet the Deedles'' (1998) * ''Johnny Tsunami'' (1999) * ''Mom's Got a Date with a Vampire'' (2000) * ''Stepsister from Planet Weird'' (2000) * ''Motocrossed'' (2001) * '' Slap Shot 2: Breaking the Ice'' (2002) * '' Timecop 2: The Berlin Decision'' (2003) * ''King Solomon's Mines'' (2004) * ''La Femme Musketeer'' (2004) * '' Supercross'' (2005) * ''Supernatural'' (2006–2016) * ''Numbers'' (2007–2009) * '' NCIS: Los Angeles'' (2009) * ''Human Target'' (2010–2011) * ''Hawaii Five-0'' (2011–2013) * ''Castle'' (2011) * ''Revolution'' (2012–2014) * ''Forever'' (2014) * '' Black Sails'' (2015–2017) * '' Rush Hour'' (2016) * ''Lethal Weapon'' (2016–2018) * ''Blood & Treasure'' (2019) * '' The Boys'' (2020) Stunt performer * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Angeli
Michael Angeli (born 1970/1971) is an American writer and television producer, best known for his award-nominated work on television series including ''Monk'' and the remake of ''Battlestar Galactica'', a show for which he was also a co-executive producer. Angeli was co-executive producer on '' Black Sails'', a pirate adventure drama that premiered on the Starz Network in January, 2014. Angeli is currently in pre-production on "The Confessions of Al McGuire," a biopic with Anthony Hemingway to direct. Early years Angeli is a University of Wisconsin graduate with a bachelor's degree in psychology. Career As a screenwriter, his television credits include the TV movies ''Killing Mr. Griffin,'' ''Sketch Artist'' and '' Sketch Artist II,'' and several television series, including: ''Now and Again'', '' Dark Angel'', ''Cover Me'', ''Medium'', ''Monk'', ''Touching Evil'' (U.S. version), ''In Plain Sight'', '' Law & Order: SVU'', ''Playmakers'' (ESPN's first drama), ''Law & Order: Cri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doris Egan
Doris Egan (born 1955) is an American screenwriter, producer, and writer. She has worked on '' Smallville'', '' Dark Angel'', and '' House'' as well as many other television programs. Partial bibliography Gate of Ivory trilogy * '' The Gate of Ivory'' (February 1989, DAW Books, ) * '' Two-Bit Heroes'' (January 1992, DAW Books, ) * '' Guilt-Edged Ivory'' (September 1992, DAW Books, ) Other books * '' City of Diamond'' (as Jane Emerson) (March 1996, DAW Books, ) Short stories *"The New Tiresias" (1997, as Jane Emerson) in ''The Horns of Elfland'' (ed. Ellen Kushner, Delia Sherman, and Donald G. Keller) Partial filmography Writer * '' The Good Doctor'' (2019–21) * ''Swamp Thing'' (2019) * ''Krypton'' (2018) * ''Mars Project'' (2016) (TV movie) * '' Black Sails'' (2014) * ''Reign'' (2013–15) * '' Torchwood: Miracle Day'' (2011) * '' House'' (2006–2010) * ''Tru Calling'' (2004–2005) * ''Numb3rs'' (2005) * ''Skin'' (2003) * '' The Agency'' (2003) * '' Smallville'' (200 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Careening
Careening (also known as "heaving down") is a method of gaining access to the hull of a sailing vessel without the use of a dry dock. It is used for cleaning or repairing the hull. Before ship's hulls were protected from marine growth by fastening copper sheets over the surface of the hull, fouling by this growth would seriously affect the sailing qualities of a ship, causing a large amount of drag. Practice The vessel is grounded broadside onto a steep beach and then pulled over with tackles from the mastheads to strong points on the beach. This brings one side of the hull out of the water. Careening may be assisted by moving ballast to one side of the hull. When work was complete on one side, the ship would be floated off and the process repeated on the other side. A beach favoured for careening was called a careenage. Today, only small vessels are careened, while large vessels are placed in dry dock. A related practice was a Parliamentary heel, in which the vessel was heele ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brad Caleb Kane
Bradley Caleb Kane (born September 29, 1973) is an American actor, singer, producer and screenwriter. Career Kane began to act with a small role in the movie ''Six Weeks''. At the age of eight, he obtained the role of one of the four chorus boys in the Broadway musical ''Evita''. He was in that production for four months before changing to the pre-Broadway workshop of Stephen Sondheim's ''Sunday in the Park with George'', in which he acted alongside such stars as Bernadette Peters and Mandy Patinkin. When he was eleven, Kane participated in the "Very Special Arts" festival, a series of benefit concerts for disabled children's charities, which gave him an opportunity to sing for then First Lady Nancy Reagan in the White House and at the Kennedy Center. Kane has appeared in many commercials and programs such as ''Law & Order'', ''One Life to Live'', ''Guiding Light'', ''Search for Tomorrow'', and ''Plaza Sésamo''. He has also been a host on the Nickelodeon series ''Rated K Updat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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