‘Outlander’ season 2: The final script-reading takes place
For those of you wanting the latest progress report on the second season of “Outlander,” it’s now in: We are getting set to say farewell now to production.
The twitter post below from Matthew B. Roberts confirms that the cast just got together to do the last read-through of the upcoming second season. There were apparently some new people in attendance, which should raise some eyebrows out there. Everyone is looking forward to the Bree casting in particular; hopefully this is something that Starz will announce at some point over the coming weeks.
As for when we will see even more video footage from the show, the premiere of “Black Sails” next weekend gives us a little bit of hope. What better time is there to showcase some new footage than during a time when the network is going to have plenty of people watching? There has also not been a formal premiere date announced beyond April, but we’re feeling rather confident that they already have something in mind. Timing is a big factor in so many decisions, and of course Starz wants to ensure that they get as many people as possible talking about the future of their series.
Of course, we’ll have some more on the end of season 2 production as it starts to come out. There is of course still a good bit of filming to be done, and then after that the cast will have a well-deserved break for a little while before returning to do the publicity tour for the new episodes.
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sigrid28
January 17, 2016 @ 9:54 pm
Don’t be fooled into thinking this is relevant information. This is to final version as invention of tea is to your cup of tea. The entire season is still in flux.
PunkRockOldLady
January 19, 2016 @ 8:25 pm
How can the entire season be in flux when all but two of the episodes are already done?
sigrid28
January 19, 2016 @ 10:19 pm
Happy to reply. The biggest reason Season 2 of “Outlander” is in flux is because it has not officially been renewed by Starz for a third season. That sort of thing is usually announced to the public if it is official. If Season 2 is the end of the series, which it could be quite easily, no need to hire Bree or bother with the expense of filming events from the 1960s that occur in the novel “Dragonfly in Amber.” Richard Rankin may have been hired to play Roger, but he could just as well play one of the Highlanders piled up on the Battlefield of Culloden if the series were not to be renewed for a third season. That way Seasons 1 and 2 would comprise a tribute to the rebellion that marked the end of the Highland culture, all tied up in a neat package, the way the feature films “The Longest Day” and “Saving Private Ryan” serve to commemorate D-Day.
Another reason to assume the season is still really in flux is that it only comes together in the cutting room, what’s called post-production–not on location or in the studio with actors in costumes saying lines. The man (or woman) on the street may be not be aware of it, but certain problems can be fixed even after an episode has aired. I noticed, for example, that a blop of CGI red on Fraser’s forehead, which distracted me while he was pleading his case before Colum, had been fixed when I watched for it while viewing the episode again some time later (it seems that Fraser’s hair was sometimes rendered red via CGI). That sort of thing, but bigger things, too, can appear or disappear, all toward improving the final product.
We all know from extra scenes included in boxed DVD sets that not every piece of “footage” makes it into the final edit. Even trailers can be misleading in terms of what eventually ends up in a feature film or a television series. A trailer is a tease, not a promise.
PunkRockOldLady
January 20, 2016 @ 12:30 am
I see your point, theoretically, but I just don’t see that happening in this particular case primarily because I don’t see it not being renewed.
Further, I don’t see Ron Moore destroying the end of the second book like that. The poor man would not be able to leave his house without a disguise because Outlander fans from everywhere would have it out for him.
sigrid28
January 20, 2016 @ 3:08 pm
Whatever happens, fans wasting their time blaming Moore should get a life and realize that this is ALL just make believe for telling a story. I will cheerfully lend them a viewing list and book list to keep them occupied for a long time. Besides it would be Starz deciding whether or not to renew, unless Moore is secretly pining to ditch “Outlander” and work instead on the new “Star Trek” enterprise, er . . . I mean, franchise.
Traci M
January 21, 2016 @ 9:32 pm
If the reason for not hiring Bree is true, then why hire a name as big as Richard Rankin in the first place?
sigrid28
January 21, 2016 @ 10:49 pm
I’m with you, Traci. It does seem a waste, giving Richard Rankin a contract for the part of Roger, for which he is perfect IMO, and then deciding not to renew “Outlander” for a third season. Here’s what I know about the way journalists cover the entertainment industry (which is the main way we find out about these things):
The truth about what is REALLY going on in any given production is a closely guarded secret. No principal is going to break his or her contract on Twitter.
Often ideas are tossed out to media sources experimentally, to see what kind of traction they get.
Journalists covering the entertainment industry seem just as happy reporting half-truths and thinly disguised lies as reporting the truth: I guess fact checkers all work for news outlets.
The public may never be privy to the logic governing decisions by Starz or Moore. Information confers status in the entertainment industry. They have it all. We do not have any.
We’ll only know about whether or not “Outlander” has been renewed for a third season when it is officially announced by Starz.