Outlander In The Media

[DoctorAtomic]

On 7/8/2021 at 1:05 PM, Scarlett45 said:

8 is too few episodes IMO. I think the minimum would be 10 to give the storylines a chance to breathe.

From what it said there, technically it's 8 + 16, so it could be a lot of set up. One thing I do like about the current tv landscape is you're getting more guaranteed hours of show, so TPTBs can set up an actual story rather than squeeze everything in and shove an ending in case the show isn't renewed. 

8 episodes doesn't necessarily = 8 hours either. They're not tied to time constraints. Final season aside, GOT routinely had episodes well over 60 minutes. 

Edited September 7, 2021 by DoctorAtomic

[NeenerNeener]

Hmmm, from the pics of Season 6 here on Page 40 and elsewhere on the 'net it looks like Richard Rankin put on some weight during the break. I almost didn't recognize him in the first picture I saw.

I wonder how early in 2022 the first episode will drop. Starz has a special right now at 6 months for $20 which would get me to the end of March, but Outlander season 6 could start the 4th week of April and still be considered "early in 2022".

[nodorothyparker]

On social media this morning. Make of the wording what you will.

 

[Cdh20]

Season 6 teaser trailer up on IG, FB, Twitter. Premiered at NYC ComicCom

[nodorothyparker]

And here we go ...

 

[theschnauzers]

12 hours ago, nodorothyparker said:

On social media this morning. Make of the wording what you will.

 

A clear (and accurate) shout out to the song from Moulan Rouge. The song lyrics fit Jamie and Claire perfectly.

[Daisy]

Early 2022. this gives me enough time to watch season 5. 

[WatchrTina]

Quoting from an article in Town & Country:

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Matthew B. Roberts, Outlander showrunner said in a statement. “Filming in 2021 has presented an unprecedented set of challenges which led us to the decision to truncate the season in order to bring the fans the most vibrant and dynamic season as soon as possible. Dinna fash, we will then film an extended season seven with 16 episodes next year as life returns to normalcy.”

Is that the first confirmation we've heard that there WILL be a Season 7?  Either way, I'm delighted to hear the news.  I've missed this show.

Link to the article:  https://www.townandcountrymag.com/leisure/arts-and-culture/a26888592/outlander-season-6/

 

Hmmmm.  Having now READ the article more closely, one of the paragraph headers says "Outlander was also renewed for a 7th season" but then the paragraph itself quotes Ronald Moore as saying "Conversations are underway on both season seven and on a spinoff."  Okay, yay about the spinoff (I hope it's about Lord John Grey since he has his own book series that they can use as source material) but that sentence suggests that season seven has NOT yet been locked in.  So I'm a bit confused.  

I hope the headline is correct and we have a nice LONG season seven in our future as well as the forthcoming, Pandemic-shortened, season six.

 

Edited October 30, 2021 by WatchrTina

[WatchrTina]

Double posting because I've just stumbled upon a four-part Outlander "End of Summer Series" (that would be LAST summer -- 2020) that I somehow missed.  I'll post the links here (and then I will pour myself a wee dram and sit down to enjoy them.)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gs1_43-2XRc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Ok-w4dfQvc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUXEk2qIItM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJCIIjuYqYk&t=119s

Edited October 31, 2021 by WatchrTina

[Cdh20]

19 hours ago, WatchrTina said:

Quoting from an article in Town & Country:

Is that the first confirmation we've heard that there WILL be a Season 7?  Either way, I'm delighted to hear the news.  I've missed this show.

Link to the article:  https://www.townandcountrymag.com/leisure/arts-and-culture/a26888592/outlander-season-6/

 

Hmmmm.  Having now READ the article more closely, one of the paragraph headers says "Outlander was also renewed for a 7th season" but then the paragraph itself quotes Ronald Moore as saying "Conversations are underway on both season seven and on a spinoff."  Okay, yay about the spinoff (I hope it's about Lord John Grey since he has his own book series that they can use as source material) but that sentence suggests that season seven has NOT yet been locked in.  So I'm a bit confused.  

I hope the headline is correct and we have a nice LONG season seven in our future as well as the forthcoming, Pandemic-shortened, season six.

 

Pretty sure season 7 was confirmed before they wrapped filming season 6.

[Camera One]

22 hours ago, WatchrTina said:

that sentence suggests that season seven has NOT yet been locked in.  So I'm a bit confused.  

Season 7 was confirmed in March 2021.  Beware spoilers in these links.

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I hope the headline is correct and we have a nice LONG season seven in our future as well as the forthcoming, Pandemic-shortened, season six.

Then, in June, this article said Season 7 will be extended, with 16 episodes instead of the usual, previously announced 12.  I'm glad too!

Edited October 31, 2021 by Camera One

[Noneofyourbusiness]

On 10/31/2021 at 4:28 PM, Camera One said:

Season 7 was confirmed in March 2021.  Beware spoilers in these links.

Then, in June, this article said Season 7 will be extended, with 16 episodes instead of the usual, previously announced 12.  I'm glad too!

Yay! That'll be especially welcome after only eight episodes of Season 6.

[WatchrTina]

Today I finally got around to watching the episode of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert in which this year's People Magazine's Sexiest Man Alive was announced.  Alas, it was not Sam, it was Paul Rudd.  But that reminded me that I had not actually READ the edition of People Magazine with Paul on the cover and, hey, a magazine full of sexy men is a nice way to kick off the morning.  

So who did I spy with my little eye on page 71?  Sam Heughan -- who is included in a group of sexy men selected by reader polls.  I must have missed that poll (shame on me -- I've been known to campaign for Sam in online polls ye ken) but even without my contribution Sam won "Sexiest Foreign Accent."  His delivery of the word "Sassenach" was specifically mentioned.

Sigh.  Remember that?  Remember during season 1 when the show runners would publish video clips of the show's Gaelic coach teaching the viewers various Gaelic words, but when he tried to teach us the word "Sassenach", Sam interrupted the clip and taught us how to say it himself?  With that sexy purr of his?  Remember that?  Ah, good times, good times.

So . . . where was I?  Oh yeah, Sam got a shout-out in People's "Sexiest Man Alive" issue.  Yay!

Edited November 24, 2021 by WatchrTina

[Beeyago]

3 hours ago, WatchrTina said:

Today I finally got around to watching the episode of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert in which this year's People Magazine's Sexiest Man Alive was announced.  Alas, it was not Sam, it was Paul Rudd.  But that reminded me that I had not actually READ the edition of People Magazine with Paul on the cover and, hey, a magazine full of sexy men is a nice way to kick off the morning.  So who did I spy with my little eye on page 71?  Sam Heughan -- who is included in a group of sexy men selected by reader polls.  I must have missed that poll (shame on me -- I've been known to campaign for Sam in online polls ye ken) but even without my contribution Sam won "Sexiest Foreign Accent."  His delivery of the word "Sassenach" was specifically mentioned.

Sigh.  Remember that?  Remember during season 1 when the show runners would publish video clips of the show's Gaelic coach teaching the viewers various Gaelic words, but when he tried to teach us the word "Sassenach", Sam interrupted the clip and taught up how to say it himself?  With that sexy purr of his?  Remember that?  Ah, good times, good times.

So . . . where was I?  Oh yeah, Sam got a shout-out in People's "Sexiest Man Alive" issue.  Yay!

Same for me.  I follow a lot of Outlander related accounts on Twitter and never heard about it either!!!  And I read a lot of fans complaining about it being Paul, no one mentioned Sam’s shout-out.  

Edited November 20, 2021 by Beeyago

[nodorothyparker]

 

[WatchrTina]

Diana was on Good Morning America this morning talking about the new book.  Here's the link (I hope.)

https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/culture/video/author-diana-gabaldon-talks-outlander-book-81323960

Publication day is TOMORROW!!! (Tuesday, November 23, 2021). 

 

Edited November 23, 2021 by WatchrTina

[WatchrTina]

Here's a Twitter story from Down Under (Australia) where Sam and Graham are promoting their new book, The Clanlands Almanac.

 

Edited November 23, 2021 by WatchrTina

[nodorothyparker]

11 hours ago, WatchrTina said:

Publication day is TOMORROW!!! (Tuesday, November 23, 2021). 

Tracking says my book is out for delivery. Just waiting on the UPS man.

[SassAndSnacks]

19 hours ago, WatchrTina said:

Publication day is TOMORROW!!! (Tuesday, November 23, 2021). 

Mine downloaded to my Kindle at midnight.  It was so exciting to wake up and see the alert in app that a new book was there.  Excited to start on it tonight.

[WatchrTina]

1 hour ago, SassAndSnacks said:

Mine downloaded to my Kindle at midnight.

I bought the Kindle version too.  Unfortunately I was all set to pay for it with American Express reward points (I have a bunch accumulated and using them to pay for Amazon purchases is an easy way for me to use them up) but, alas, the system would not let me do that.  My diagnosis is that Amazon knows they have us over a barrel when it comes to e-books.  We have no choice but to purchase e-books from Amazon if we use a Kindle reader so they won't accept AMEX Reward Points for those purchases.  They will only let you use those points to purchase things that can also be obtained from other vendors.  That way they only steal business from their competitors.  I can see the logic but that doesn't make me resent Amazon any less.  Now I wish I'd gone to my local independent bookstore and bought a hardback copy from them.

Oh well.  It's water under the bridge now.  Happy reading everyone!

Oh, and since this is ACTUALLY the "Outlander in the Media" thread (and not the WatchrTina bitching about her misadventures trying to purchase the e-book thread) here's a link to a story on today's book release.

https://parade.com/1195939/paulettecohn/new-outlander-book-go-tell-the-bees-that-i-am-gone/

[nodorothyparker]

Season 6 opening credits. I'll be honest that I think this is maybe the least appealing of all the versions they've done. 

 

 

[Beeyago]

On 11/26/2021 at 3:53 PM, nodorothyparker said:

Season 6 opening credits. I'll be honest that I think this is maybe the least appealing of all the versions they've done. 

 

 

Agreed.

[Noneofyourbusiness]

I actually like the duet.

[WatchrTina]

On 11/26/2021 at 2:53 PM, nodorothyparker said:

Season 6 opening credits. I'll be honest that I think this is maybe the least appealing of all the versions they've done. 

Maybe they'll change it part-way through the season.  They've done that before.

[nodorothyparker]

This season is reportedly only 8 episodes. The showrunners have only changed up the theme before when there was a major change of scene, which given how heavily they borrowed from the sixth book for last season, I'm honestly not even sure what they've got left or what they're planning for this shortened season. 

YMMV of course, but this version of the theme sounds very poppy to my ear. 

[AheadofStraight]

On 11/20/2021 at 10:43 AM, WatchrTina said:

Sigh.  Remember that?  Remember during season 1 when the show runners would publish video clips of the show's Gaelic coach teaching the viewers various Gaelic words, but when he tried to teach us the word "Sassenach", Sam interrupted the clip and taught us how to say it himself?  With that sexy purr of his?  Remember that?  Ah, good times, good times.

 

I took that clip of Sam saying Sassenach and made it my text notification on my phone lol! Still there all of these years later. 

[WatchrTina]

Town & Country reports that Diana "has already started writing book 10."

https://www.townandcountrymag.com/leisure/arts-and-culture/a38505841/diana-gabaldon-writing-outlander-book-10/?fbclid=IwAR1HEab2tkqElvE3mPL73gaTY5sY68rdVNY4klBwK_8dZaXXYdogY1eLMVs

[WatchrTina]

I'm cross-posting this link to an article in ELLE because it talks about Caitriona's work on Outlander.  (I also posted the link in the "Escaping the Stones:  The Cast in Other Roles" discussion board because it talks about Caitriona's recent movie, "Belfast.")

https://www.elle.com/culture/movies-tv/a38505083/caitriona-balfe-belfast-outlander-season-6-interview/?fbclid=IwAR26RvZwgTtzAMJxfU1AactWYGdwZptnXp3TMGnKhjrI8fovwCzUN9QhlFo

Edited December 16, 2021 by WatchrTina

[nodorothyparker]

Merry Christmas from Outlander. Fair warning that it's a scene from the coming season that starts out talking about a character who hasn't appeared on the show yet.

 

[WatchrTina]

Here's a link to a lovely interview with Sam Heughan available on SquareMile.com -- conducted by his good friend and fellow actor Tom Ellis.  

Diana just posted the link to it on her Facebook feed, so I'm posting it here for those who don't follow her on Facebook.

https://squaremile.com/features/sam-heughan-interview-outlander-tom-ellis/?fbclid=IwAR2EnIBprkPYxnxHTUuzpRTRcEszGbiRFcN7vBykniDcJ57vc0OfxYZnIIY

Edited December 30, 2021 by WatchrTina

[theschnauzers]

We now have an exact premiere date for season 6 on Sunday, March 6th.

[Daisy]

On 1/7/2022 at 3:57 PM, theschnauzers said:

We now have an exact premiere date for season 6 on Sunday, March 6th.

note to me. catch up

(i said this before. but i'll remember now LOL

[taanja]

On 1/7/2022 at 2:57 PM, theschnauzers said:

We now have an exact premiere date for season 6 on Sunday, March 6th.

Thanks. This is exactly the info I was looking for.

[BetterButter]

 

[WatchrTina]

Diana has been honored with a "Great Scot" award by the National Trust for Scotland Foundation USA.

https://twitter.com/nts_usa/status/1484225307439775745?s=20

 

 

Edited January 21, 2022 by WatchrTina

[Noneofyourbusiness]

On 1/7/2022 at 3:57 PM, theschnauzers said:

We now have an exact premiere date for season 6 on Sunday, March 6th.

The birthday of my Dad, who is Scottish (Bathgate, same as David Tennant) and introduced us to this series.

Edited January 21, 2022 by Noneofyourbusiness

[Ziggy]

On 10/9/2021 at 11:51 AM, nodorothyparker said:

And here we go ...

 

Does anyone know the name of the song that is playing?Does anyone know the name of the song that is playing?

[Constant Viewer]

On 1/26/2022 at 7:29 AM, Ziggy said:

Does anyone know the name of the song that is playing?Does anyone know the name of the song that is playing?

It sounds like "The Water is Wide". I remember it from choir. 

[Ziggy]

On 1/29/2022 at 10:13 PM, Constant Viewer said:

It sounds like "The Water is Wide". I remember it from choir. 

Thank you!

[WatchrTina]

Entertainment Weekly has announced (via Twitter) that Barack Obama, Oprah, and Sam Heughan are "among the finalists for this years's Audie Awards," which are awards given for notable audiobooks.  

ETA:  Found the link to the actual article:

https://ew.com/books/2022-audie-awards-finalists/?utm_campaign=entertainmentweekly_entertainmentweekly&utm_content=manual&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_term=61fbe02517ce5a0001660a99

 

The nomination is for: Clanlands: Whisky, Warfare, and a Scottish Adventure Like No Other       

Written and narrated by Sam Heughan and Graham McTavish (with a foreword written and narrated by Diana Gabaldon)        

Published by Hodder & Stoughton

Edited February 4, 2022 by WatchrTina

[GHScorpiosRule]

Maaaaan. I wish the show had gone back to airing on Saturdays. BAH!

[WatchrTina]

Caitriona posted a video on Twitter of her chowing down on a Reuben sandwich (apparently Jimmy Kimmel encouraged her to try one because she says "Thank you Jimmy") and NOW I am craving a Reuben sandwich so much it hurts.  And since I now live in Texas and not NYC, that is a craving that is going to go unsatisfied.  Sigh.  That corner deli that was mere steps away from my old NYC apartment building . . . I am SO missing it now.

[WatchrTina]

Aaaaaaand here's a video that Sam posted on Twitter with "friend" the journalist Josh Horowitz.

Never mind.  Once again I can't remember how to embed a tweet.  Just go look for it on Sam's Twitter feed.

Edited March 6, 2022 by WatchrTina

[AheadofStraight]

What It Was Like Bringing Henri-Christian’s Birth To Screen, According To ‘Outlander’ Director Kate Cheeseman

[WatchrTina]

Sam was on the Late Late Show with James Corden.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MU0JkAS3d7M

 

[FnkyChkn34]

On 3/5/2022 at 10:37 PM, WatchrTina said:

Aaaaaaand here's a video that Sam posted on Twitter with "friend" the journalist Josh Horowitz.

Never mind.  Once again I can't remember how to embed a tweet.  Just go look for it on Sam's Twitter feed.

Why do we say "friend" like that?

[WatchrTina]

On 3/16/2022 at 8:44 AM, FnkyChkn34 said:

Why do we say "friend" like that?

It's been a while but my recollection is that Josh and Sam ARE friends but they pretend to not be when Josh interviews Sam -- pretending instead to be slightly hostile toward one another.  I don't recall when it started but it's all in good fun (as far as I can tell.)

[GHScorpiosRule]

23 minutes ago, WatchrTina said:

It's been a while but my recollection is that Josh and Sam ARE friends but they pretend to not be when Josh interviews Sam -- pretending instead to be slightly hostile toward one another.  I don't recall when it started but it's all in good fun (as far as I can tell.)

That's how Sam and Steven (Cree)(Ian!)) are like. I remember the videos that Steven would upload on Twitter.

[FnkyChkn34]

1 hour ago, WatchrTina said:

It's been a while but my recollection is that Josh and Sam ARE friends but they pretend to not be when Josh interviews Sam -- pretending instead to be slightly hostile toward one another.  I don't recall when it started but it's all in good fun (as far as I can tell.)

Ha!  I get it, thanks! 

[kwnyc]

I meant to post earlier that John Bell (Ian) had a run in London of the solo show "The Night Larry Kramer Kissed Me," by David Drake. (I know David and I said: so Young Ian is playing Young David, huh? ANd he laughed).

And here is the YouTube trailer:

 

 

Edited March 17, 2022 by kwnyc