Today out of New York Comic Con 2021 (NYCC), Starz released the new teaser trailer for “Outlander” season six. “Outlander” cast members including Caitriona Balfe, Sophie Skelton, Lauren Lyle, César Domboy, and John Bell joined the panel virtually from Europe while Sam Heughan, Executive Producer Maril Davis and Outlander author Diana Gabaldon were in person to discuss the upcoming season.
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“Outlander” is a curious show. It has little critical acclaim but is arguably Starz’s flagship right now, as well as one of its longest-running shows ever. The romantic, time-traveling period melodrama has really hardcore fans and Caitriona Balfe, who was in “Ford v. Ferrari” and has a major role in Kenneth Branagh’s 2021 Oscar-frontrunner “Belfast,” seems poised to be a breakout star.
Adapted from Diana Gabaldon’s international best-selling books, Season Six is based on material from the sixth book in the Outlander series, “A Breath of Snow and Ashes.” Starz recently announced the pick-up of the seventh season of “Outlander” which will be based on the seventh of the eight books in the series, entitled An Echo in the Bone (maybe Balfe’s breakout will have to wait til the show is over).
Here’s the official synopsis:
The sixth season of “Outlander” sees a continuation of Claire and Jamie’s fight to protect those they love, as they navigate the trials and tribulations of life in colonial America. Establishing a home in the New World is by no means an easy task, particularly in the wild backcountry of North Carolina – and perhaps most significantly – during a period of dramatic political upheaval. The Frasers strive to maintain peace and flourish within a society which – as Claire knows all too well – is unwittingly marching towards Revolution. Against this backdrop, which heralds the birth of the new American nation, Claire and Jamie have built a home together at Fraser’s Ridge. They must now defend this home – established on land granted to them by the Crown – not only from external forces, but also from the increasing strife and conflict in the community within their care. For the Frasers and their immediate family, “home” is more than simply a site in which they live, it is the place where they are laying the foundations for the rest of their lives. If Season 4 asked “What is home?” and Season 5 asked, “What are you willing to do to protect your home?” then Season 6 explores what happens when there is disharmony and division among the inhabitants of the home you’ve created: when you become an outsider, or an ‘outlander,’ so to speak, marginalized and rejected in your own home.
No official date was given by season six is expected in early 2022. Watch the new teaser below.