Black Sails FINALAt New York Comic Con this weekend, Starz debuted two brand new trailers showing off some of their original programming for 2014. The first was a new trailer for the highly anticipated pirate drama, Black Sails, a bloody and dramatic prequel to Treasure Island like no other and produced by Michael Bay. The series first 8-episode season is set to premiere in January of 2014, and as those who got an early look at the show’s first episode during San Diego Comic Con can tell you, it is going to be amazing! Following Captain Flint and his men, Black Sails takes place twenty years prior to Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic novel of high sea adventure, with Toby Stephens starring as Flint, Luke Arnold as Long John Silver, Clara Paget as Anne Bonny, and Tom Hopper as Billy Bones. Threatened with extinction on all sides, they fight for the survival of New Providence Island, the most notorious criminal haven of its day – a debauched paradise teeming with pirates, prostitutes, thieves, and fortune seekers, a place defined by both its enlightened ideals and its stunning brutality. Every one of the show’s previous trailers and teaser images has built excitement, and this new 1-minute long trailer debuted at NYCC, with never-before-seen footage, continues to shine a bright light on next year’s enticing tale of piracy. But just because you weren’t at the convention, doesn’t mean you can’t see the new footage. Click the video below for excitement and adventure amongst a sea of blood and black flags.

 

da-vincis-demonsStarz also debuted its first footage for season 2 of Da Vinci’s Demons at NYCC this weekend through a brand new two and a half minute long trailer. Da Vinci’s Demons is a British-American historical drama, created by The Dark Knight trilogy’s David S. Goyer, which presents a fictional account of Leonardo da Vinci’s early adult life as a literal renaissance man. This dark and sexy series stars Tom Riley as Da Vinci, a young man tortured by a gift of superhuman genius. Having premiered in April of this year, the first 8-episode season was critically acclaimed and won several Emmys. Season two of Da Vinci’s Demons finds Florence thrown into chaos in the wake of the Pazzi conspiracy and Leonardo must push the limits of his mind and body to defend the city against the forces of Rome. While the Medicis go to unthinkable lengths to deal with new threats, da Vinci continues on his quest to find the fabled Book of Leaves and uncover the secret history of his mother. He’ll come to realize that he has lethal competition in his quest — new enemies who may be even worse than the forces of Pope Sixtus. His search will take him to faraway lands and force him to reevaluate everything he knew about the world and his own history. Check out the trailer that debuted at NYCC this week below, and if you haven’t seen the series yet you can watch episode 1 of the first season for free by clicking here.