Taika Waititi's Pirate Series OUR FLAG MEANS DEATH Gets a Season 2 Renewal on HBO Max
Taika Waititi’s fantastic pirate adventure comedy series Our Flag Means Death has been renewed for a second season on HBO Max! The first season of this series has been so much fun to watch. It’s just an enjoyable show and story that is worth watching if you haven’t already.
The series is loosely based on the true adventures of 18th-century would-be pirate Stede Bonnet (Rhys Darby). “After trading in the seemingly charmed life of a gentleman for one of a swashbuckling buccaneer, Stede became captain of the pirate ship Revenge. Struggling to earn the respect of his potentially mutinous crew, Stede’s fortunes changed after a fateful run-in with the infamous Captain Blackbeard, played by Waititi. To their surprise, the wildly different Stede and Blackbeard found more than friendship on the high seas… they found love. Now they have to survive it.”
HBO Max Head of Original Content Sarah Aubrey said in a statement: “We are so happy to bring this truly one of a kind series back! We congratulate David, Taika, Rhys and the entire talented cast and crew, and thank the show’s fans for embracing it wholeheartedly.”
Creator-showrunner David Jenkins added: “We felt the show was special while we were making it, but fans’ open-armed embrace of the inhabitants of the Revenge makes heading into a second season all the more sweet. Thanks to our team at HBO Max, our invested executive producers, and our wildly enthusiastic audience for making another voyage to this world possible.”
Waititi also stars in the series as Blackbeard the Pirate, and he’s joined by Nathan Foad, Samson Kayo, Vico Ortiz, Ewen Bremner, Joel Fry, Matt Maher, Kristian Nairn, Con O’Neill, Guz Khan, David Fane, Rory Kinnear, Samba Schutte, Nat Faxon, Fred Armisen and Leslie Jones.
Are you happy to learn that Our Flag Means Death is getting a Season 2?