Apple TV+’s official trailer for The Buccaneers features Olivia Rodrigo’s “all-american bitch” and Miya Folick’s “What We Wanna.” Based on Edith Wharton’s unfinished final novel, The Buccaneers‘ eight-episode season will also include songs by Taylor Swift, Maggie Rogers, boygenius, Brandi Carlile, Warpaint, Alison Mosshart, Lucius, Gracie Abrams, and Sharon Van Etten.
The genre-blending series stars Kristine Frøseth as Nan St. George, Alisha Boe as Conchita Closson, Critics Choice Award nominee Josie Totah as Mabel Elmsworth, Aubri Ibrag as Lizzy Elmsworth, and Imogen Waterhouse as Jinny St. George. SAG Award winner Christina Hendricks plays Mrs. St. George, Mia Threapleton is Honoria Marable, Josh Dylan is Lord Richard Marable, Guy Remmers is Theo, Matthew Broome is Guy Thwarte, and Barney Fishwick plays Lord James Seadown.
Writer and executive producer Katherine Jakeways created the series and leads an all-female creative team that includes executive producer and director Susanna White and executive producer Beth Willis. The Forge Entertainment produced the series for Apple TV+.
The Buccaneers premieres on November 8, 2023 with the release of the first three episodes. New episodes arrive on Wednesdays through the season finale on December 13.
Apple TV+ released this description of the series:
“Girls with money, men with power. New money, old secrets. A group of fun-loving young American girls explode into the tightly corseted London season of the 1870s, kicking off an Anglo-American culture clash as the land of the stiff upper lip is infiltrated by a refreshing disregard for centuries of tradition. Sent to secure husbands and titles, the buccaneers’ hearts are set on much more than that, and saying ‘I do’ is just the beginning.”
