For Fans of the Outlander Books and Show

Really wish we could embed tweets here like we can on LJ, but anyway...

Starz officially announced today that Season 4 will start airing in November, and that the series has been officially renewed for seasons 5 and 6!! No word on whether they're sticking with the one book per season format, but we'll assume that's the case until we hear/read otherwise!

Also bonus: Claire and Rollo

Murtagh's back!! As if there was any doubt!

Sadly impossible to embed tweets on Dreamwidth (one thing LJ does better).

ETA: And it appears the tweet was deleted -- but it was a fan posing with Duncan Lacroix in full Murtagh regalia on the set. So Murtagh is definitely reunited with Jamie and Claire in season 4.


 

If you're in the US, and have access to Starz, they will be marathoning season 3 tomorrow (January 14), starting at 9:05 ET. Bonus: at 10:00 p.m. ET, Starz will air a scene from season 4.

For those of us not in the US, or who don't have access to Starz, I will be on the look-out for that bonus scene being uploaded to youtube and will post it if/when I find it.

Also, this article has the latest on talks regarding the future of the show. If I'm reading it right, the issue going forward isn't whether to renew Outlander for at least a season 5 and 6, but whether to stick with the one book per season formula.

Production of season 4 is in full swing -- cast and crew recently tweeted that they've started work on Block 2 (which usually means ep. 3 and 4 as each block consists of 2 episodes). There is still no word on further seasons, but this article about Starz bodes well for Outlander being renewed beyond season 4:


And while we're talking about season 4, this is a video of some behind the scenes from a recent shoot (with cheesy music). What's most interesting about it for me at least comes at the 2:49 mark -- ROLLO!!!! Otherwise, it's mostly just (not that clear) shots of Jamie and Claire on horseback, riding through the woods, and stills of a rudimentary camp set-up and other props. But ROLLO!!!!

Is it too early to talk about season 4? Well, with no new episode this Sunday, we need to talk about something, right? I will try to keep this as general as possible, but be aware that if you've not read the 4th book in the series, Drums of Autumn, there may be some mild spoilers here.

Location, location, location! Season 4 is based on the 4th book by Diana Gabaldon, Drums of Autumn. This one takes place primarily in the colonies, specifically North Carolina. While many US-based Outlander fans were hoping this would mean production would shift from Scotland to the US, it was announced earlier this year that they would be filming in Scotland. However, more recently, Ron D. Moore mentioned that some filming would likely also take place in "Eastern Europe". This doesn't surprise me -- while it does snow in Scotland, they don't get the amounts of snow that are referenced in the novel, and I think the crew is looking for more properly mountainous areas to film some of the outdoor action. What hasn't been mentioned by anyone (to my knowledge) is what they plan to do about ship scenes. A couple of characters undertake sea journeys in DofA -- will they return to South Africa for that or make do with mostly interior shots?

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