Crossbones
| Television series | |
|---|---|
| German title | Crossbones |
| Original title | Crossbones |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| year | 2014 |
| Production company |
P + M Image Nation, Mr. Cross, Universal Television |
| length | approx. 42 minutes |
| Episodes | 9 in 1 season ( list ) |
| genre | Adventure , drama |
| idea |
Neil Cross , James V. Hart, Amanda Welles |
| First broadcast | May 30, 2014 (USA) on NBC |
| German-language first broadcast |
January 1, 2015 on RTL Crime |
| occupation | |
Crossbones is an American adventure series developed by Neil Cross , James V. Hart and Amanda Welles for NBC television . The television series is based on the pirate Blackbeard and loosely based on the novel The Republic of Pirates by Colin Woodard . It first aired in the United States on May 30, 2014 on NBC.
action
18th Century: The devious and diabolical Edward Thatch, better known as Blackbeard, rules a group of thieves, outlaws and villainous sailors on New Providence . The assassin Tom Lowe is put on Blackbeard, but over time he begins to respect him. He is torn between his mission and the legendary pirate. And then he meets the outlaw Kate, with whom he falls in love.
production
In May 2012, NBC ordered the pirate series Crossbones without creating a direct-to-series pilot . The main role of the pirate Blackbeard went to Hollywood star John Malkovich in March 2013 . Hugh Laurie was previously discussed for the lead role.
As of October 2013, nine episodes were created in Puerto Rico . At the end of July 2014, the broadcaster announced that the series would be canceled after the nine episodes.
The series is based on the character Blackbeard and some historical facts, but is overall rather fictional.
Cast and dubbing
The German synchronization is created for a dialogue book and the dialogue director Michael Erdmann by the synchronous company Antares Film GmbH in Berlin .
| role | actor | German Voice actor |
|---|---|---|
| Leading roles | ||
| Edward "Blackbeard" Teach | John Malkovich | Joachim Tennstedt |
| Tom Lowe | Richard Coyle | |
| Kate Balfour | Claire Foy | |
| Selima El Sharad | Yasmine Al Masri | |
| Charles Rider | David Hoflin | |
| Tim Fletch | Chris Perfetti | |
| Nenna Ajanlekoko | Tracy Ifeachor | |
| Supporting roles | ||
| James Balfour | Peter Stebbings | Peter Flechtner |
| William Jagger | Julian Sands | Stefan Gossler |
| Oswald Eisengrim | Ezra Buzzington | |
| Frederick Nightingale | Henry Hereford | Valentin Stilu |
| Alain Mersault | Emilien De Falco | |
| John Finnegan | Kevin Ryan | |
| Rose Dryden | Natalie Blair | Anja Nestler |
Charisma
- United States
The broadcast in the United States began on May 30, 2014 on NBC television and reached 4.91 million viewers. In the following weeks the series lost more and more popularity and the series was postponed to Saturday evening. There the series ended on August 2, 2014 with a double episode, which was followed by only 1.54 and 1.57 million viewers.
- German-speaking area
The Tele München Gruppe owns the broadcasting rights in Germany . On July 24, 2014 it was announced that the Tele München Gruppe had sold the television series to Amazon Instant Video .
In Germany, the standard from 1 January 2015 was a week in individual episodes from the Pay TV transmitter RTL Crime shown.
It was broadcast on free TV on May 24th and 25th, 2015 on Super RTL .
Episode list
| No. | German title | Original title | First broadcast in the USA | German language first broadcast (D) | Director | script |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In the realm of the devil | The Devil's Dominion | 30th May. 2014 | Jan. 1, 2015 | David Slade | Neil Cross & James V. Hart & Amanda Welles |
| 2 | The betrayal | The Covenant | June 6, 2014 | Jan. 8, 2015 | Ciaran Donnelly | Blake Masters |
| 3 | The man who killed Blackbeard | The Man Who Killed Blackbeard | 20th June 2014 | Jan 15, 2015 | Stephen Shill | Neil Cross |
| 4th | Antoinette | Antoinette | June 27, 2014 | Jan. 22, 2015 | Dan Attias | Elizabeth Sarnoff & Michael Oates Palmer |
| 5 | Return to Jamaica | The return | July 11, 2014 | Jan. 29, 2015 | Terry McDonough | Michael Oates Palmer |
| 6th | Battle of demons | A hole in the head | July 18, 2014 | Feb 5, 2015 | Deran Sarafian | Josh Friedman |
| 7th | The scapegoat | Beggarman | July 25, 2014 | Feb 12, 2015 | Dan Attias | Neil Cross |
| 8th | A risky experiment | Crossbones | Aug 2, 2014 | 19th Feb. 2015 | Deran Sarafian | Neil Cross |
| 9 | Blackbeard | Blackbeard | Aug 2, 2014 | Feb 26, 2015 | Ciaran Donnelly | Neil Cross |
reception
Overall, the criticism was mixed. Comparisons were often made with the Black Sails cable series from Starz .
Loryn Pörschke from Serienjunkies.de writes in a review of the pilot episode that "the pilot episode of the series Crossbones (...) brings the two central characters into the right constellation" and goes on to say that the story "sometimes falls short of the demands" . But she makes “continuing to look an option”, since the actors “bring so much life into the characters”.
DVD release
- United States
- Season 1 was released on September 2, 2014.
- Germany
- Season 1 was released on January 15, 2015.
Web links
- Cross Bones in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Sidney Schering: NBC will become a pirate station from the end of May . In : quotemeter.de . March 27, 2014. Retrieved January 2, 2015.
- ↑ Sidney Schering: NBC goes under the pirates . In : quotemeter.de . May 15, 2012. Retrieved January 2, 2015.
- ↑ Axel Schmitt: Crossbones: John Malkovich takes on the leading role as Blackbeard . In: Serienjunkies.de . March 12, 2013. Retrieved January 2, 2015.
- ↑ Thomas Zimmer: Crossbones: NBC wants Hugh Laurie as pirate captain Blackbeard . In: Serienjunkies.de . November 21, 2012. Retrieved January 2, 2015.
- ^ Sara Bible: NBC to Burn Off the Final Two Episodes of 'Crossbones' on Saturday August 2 . In: TVByTheNumbers.com . July 24, 2014. Archived from the original on July 29, 2014. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved January 2, 2015.
- ↑ a b Crossbones. In: synchronkartei.de. German synchronous file , accessed on January 2, 2015 .
- ↑ Amanda Kondolojy: Friday Final Ratings: 'What Would You Do?' Adjusted Up; 'Crossbones' Adjusted Down . In: TVByTheNumbers.com . June 2, 2014. Retrieved January 2, 2015.
- ↑ Thomas Lückerath: Amazon shows US series "Crossbones" and "Black Box" . In: Dwdl.de . July 24, 2014. Retrieved January 2, 2015.
- ↑ Sidney Schering: "Crossbones" sails to RTL Crime . In : quotemeter.de . November 6, 2014. Retrieved January 2, 2015.
- ↑ Ralf Döbele: "Crossbones": Free TV premiere on Super RTL on Whitsun. In: wunschliste.de. April 22, 2015, accessed April 25, 2015 .
- ↑ Cristian Schäfer: Crossbones: Review The Devil's Dominion (1x01) . In: Serienjunkies.de . June 3, 2013. Retrieved January 2, 2015.
