The season one finale of HBO Max’s “Our Flag Means Demise” tied up some free ends but additionally left us with a ton of questions. The present, starring Rhys Darby and Taika Waititi as pirates Stede Bonnet and Edward Train (aka Blackbeard), ropes you in as a comedy stacked with famously humorous actors — nevertheless it’s the budding romance between the 2 pirate leads that makes you keep. (Let’s be actual, who does not love a gay-pirate love story?) Followers waited patiently for information of a season two renewal, and on June 1, HBO Max introduced that “Our Flag Means Demise” has formally been green-lit for season two.
David Jenkins, the present’s creator, stated in a press release, “We felt the present was particular whereas we have been making it, however followers’ open-armed embrace of the inhabitants of the Revenge makes heading right into a second season all of the extra candy.”
Jenkins informed Polygon in March that he thought season two was possible. “I feel [the chances for season two] look good,” he stated. “I feel we’re so fortunate. It has been so heartening to see how many individuals are responding to the present. . . . They understood what we have been doing, they usually have been having the identical conversations we had. So the truth that that is taking place, I feel, is known as a good signal, and bodes effectively for season 2.”
As Jenkins famous, the present enjoys a loyal fan base on social media, with many tweeting about their love for the present and creating fan art. However past the depth with which followers have latched onto the present, Jenkins feels that he has a couple of seasons’ price of story to inform. “I really feel like we may in all probability do it in three [seasons],” he informed Polygon. “The factor that fascinates me about this story and makes me need to write the present is asking who’s Stede to Blackbeard, and who’s Blackbeard to Stede. To me, that is the through-line that cuts throughout the whole sequence. And I do not know that you just need to see that go on for 5, six seasons.”
HBO Max did not announce when season two will go intro manufacturing or air, so followers should wait a bit longer to search out out what occurs to Stede and Ed.
