Outlander: Blood of my Blood, the highly anticipated prequel series, will premiere on August 9th on MGM+.

Outlander: Blood of my Blood brings viewers from the war-torn battlefields of WWI to the sweeping Highlands of 18th century Scotland, promising two new love stories filled with loyalty, passion and desire, as the young couples defy the forces that seek to tear them apart.

A stand-alone prequel series, Outlander: Blood of my Blood features new cast, characters and stories welcoming viewers unfamiliar with the Outlander universe, while also providing origin stories of fan-favourite characters from early seasons of Outlander, and offering new perspectives that will change what viewers of the original series think they know.

In addition to Hermione Corfield, Jeremy Irvine, Harriet Slater and Jamie Roy, who play the parents of Outlander’s central couple, Claire and Jamie, Outlander: Blood of my Blood stars Tony Curran as Simon Fraser, Lord Lovat, Séamus McLean Ross as Colum MacKenzie, Sam Retford as Dougal MacKenzie, Rory Alexander as Murtagh Fitzgibbons Fraser, and Conor MacNeill as Ned Gowan. Matthew B. Roberts serves as showrunner and executive producer, with Ronald D. Moore, Maril Davis and Jim Kohlberg, also serving as executive producers. The series is produced by Sony Pictures Television.

New episodes of Outlander: Blood of my Blood will air weekly on Saturdays in the UK following the premiere.