{"id":20133,"date":"2022-08-11T15:34:33","date_gmt":"2022-08-11T13:34:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1693222"},"modified":"2022-08-11T16:01:18","modified_gmt":"2022-08-11T14:01:18","slug":"outlander-author-diana-gabaldon-will-definitely-be-involved-in-prequel","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/outlander-author-diana-gabaldon-will-definitely-be-involved-in-prequel\/","title":{"rendered":"Outlander author Diana Gabaldon \u201cwill definitely be involved\u201d in prequel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"><\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Lauren Morris\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Thursday, 11 August 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p><hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p>Starz has confirmed that Outlander author Diana Gabaldon \u201cwill definitely be involved\u201d in the upcoming prequel Blood of My Blood, after the writer said that she had not been approached to consult on the spin-off.<\/p>\n<p>The series, which will tell the story of Jamie Fraser\u2019s parents, was <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/drama\/outlander-prequel-blood-of-my-blood-newsupdate\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">confirmed earlier this month<\/a>, with Gabaldon <a href=\"\/\/www.facebook.com\/AuthorDianaGabaldon\/posts\/pfbid02avXL2rFBy1NR9BxU57sXbDmSVyEZ68VqH56KkJjCsa9N7ev4Ce3G9AAJDfMMQvWul&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">revealing shortly afterwards<\/a> that no one had asking her to be a consulting producer on the show despite being listed as one in the announcement.<\/p>\n<div class=\"&quot;image-handler__container\" image-handler__container--aspect=\"\" 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title=\"&quot;&quot;\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div><div class=\"&quot;caption-hold&quot;\"><figcaption class=\"&quot;wp-caption-text&quot;\"><span class=\"&quot;caption-copy&quot;\"><i class=\"&quot;icon-arrow\" icon-camera-circle=\"\"\/> Sam Heughan as Jamie and Caitriona Balfe as Claire in Outlander.<\/span><\/figcaption><span class=\"&quot;im-image-caption&quot;\"> <i>Starz<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<p>Kathryn Busby, Starz\u2019s President of Original Programming, has now shared details about the upcoming show, telling Deadline that Blood of My Blood will \u201cabsolutely not [take away Starz\u2019s commitment to the original series]\u201d and that Gabaldon will be involved.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re still working the details out but Diana Gabaldon will definitely be involved,\u201d she said. \u201cShe is a fantastic writer and from season to season, she\u2019s been a pleasure to work with. We are going to keep working with her.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As for how Blood of My Blood will impact the future of <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/drama\/outlander-season-7-release-date\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Outlander<\/a>, which is currently working on its seventh season, Busby said that the prequel will not affect the show.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOutlander is such a very important show for us that we would love to have as much Outlander as we possibly can have,\u201d she said.<\/p> <p>\u201cWhat we\u2019ve proven with the Power franchise is that we can have different lanes of storytelling around the same base. We believe that we can do that with Outlander as well. They are not mutually exclusive at all.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Casting for the upcoming prequel is yet to be announced but in the meantime, fans can\u2019t wait for the arrival of Outlander\u2019s new season after the fantasy show was crowned <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sci-fi\/outlander-wins-sci-fi-and-fantasy-champion-exclusive-newsupdate\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">RadioTimes.com\u2019s Sci-Fi and Fantasy Champion<\/a>, beating\u00a0<a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sci-fi\/doctor-who-60th-anniversary-special-release-date\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Doctor Who<\/a> to the top spot.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Outlander is\u00a0<a href=\"\/\/www.anrdoezrs.net\/click-100262624-15190635?sid=radiotimes-1634788&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.starz.com%2Fus%2Fen%2Fseries%2Foutlander%2F21796&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener noopener noreferrer\" sponsored=\"\">available to stream on Starz<\/a>\u00a0in the US and on\u00a0<a href=\"\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/gp\/video\/offers?ie=UTF8&amp;benefitId=starzplay&amp;tag=radtim0b-21&amp;ascsubtag=radiotimes-0&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;sponsored&quot; noopener noreferrer\" data-geniuslink=\"&quot;https:\/\/buy.geni.us\/Proxy.ashx?TSID=114542&amp;GR_URL=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.co.uk%2Fgp%2Fvideo%2Foffers%3Fie%3DUTF8%26benefitId%3Dstarzplay%26tag%3Dradtim0b-21%26ascsubtag%3Dradiotimes-1634788&amp;dtb=1&quot;\">STARZPLAY<\/a>\u00a0in the UK. 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