Joe Otterson TV ReporterHBO Max has given a series order to the period comedy “Our Flag Means Death,” Variety has learned.The series hails from writer, showrunner, and executive producer David Jenkins.
Taika Waititi will also executive produce and direct the pilot. Garrett Basch and Dan Halsted also serves as executive producers.
The current plan is to shoot the first episode once Waititi wraps production on the Marvel film “Thor: Love and Thunder.”The show is loosely based on the true adventures of Stede Bonnet, a pampered aristocrat who abandoned his life of privilege to become a pirate in the early 18th century.“A series concept like this jumps off the page and you can instantly envision every moment,” says Sarah Aubrey, head of.
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