‘Black Sails’ Will End With Season Four

Black Sails Season 3 Episode 9 Luke Arnold and Toby Stephens
Luke Arnold as John Silver and Toby Stephens as Captain Flint in ‘Black Sails’ season 3 episode 9 (Photo © 2016 Starz Entertainment, LLC)

Bad news for fans of Starz’ riveting pirate drama, Black Sails. The network just announced the show’s fourth season will be its final season. 10 new one-hour episodes are all that’s left of the Emmy winning series created by Jonathan E. Steinberg (Jericho, Human Target) and Robert Levine (Touch). Season four will air in 2017 and stars Toby Stephens as Captain Flint, Hannah New as Eleanor Guthrie, Luke Arnold as John Silver, Jessica Parker Kennedy as Max, Tom Hopper as Billy Bones, and Ray Stevenson as Blackbeard.

Black Sails is executive produced by Steinberg, Levine, Michael Bay, Brad Fuller, Andrew Form, Chris Symes, Brad Caleb Kane, and Dan Shotz.


“It’s a rare privilege in television to be given the kind of creative freedom we’ve enjoyed on this show over the last four years. While it was a difficult decision for us to make this season our last, we simply couldn’t imagine anything beyond it that would make for a better ending to the story nor a more natural handoff to Treasure Island,” said series co-creator and executive producer Jonathan E. Steinberg. “We’d like to thank Chris, Carmi and everyone at Starz for all their faith and support, and to our astounding cast and crew for joining us on this ride.”

“Jon Steinberg and Robert Levine, along with their crew and the phenomenal cast, have delivered a spectacular take on the most legendary pirate story in literature, and this final season will bring us to the shores of Treasure Island as was always intended,” said Starz Managing Director Carmi Zlotnik. “Black Sails has been a tremendous success; from the loyal fan following and strong viewership numbers to awards recognition and the skill of our world-class production in Cape Town, we could not be more proud of this very special series.”

The Plot: Black Sails season four will bring fans to the heroic conclusion of the Treasure Island prequel. The fourth season of the stand-out high seas drama finds our pirates at war in the West Indies. The shores of New Providence Island have never been bloodier, but the closer civilization comes to defeat, the more desperately, and destructively, it will fight back.