‘Outlander’ Spinoff ‘Blood of My Blood’ Trailer Teases Love Stories of Parents of Jamie Fraser, Claire Randall

Starz has released the trailer for Outlander spinoff Blood of my Blood with Harriet Slater, Jamie Roy, Hermione Corfield and Jeremy Irvine at the helm.

Premiering in the U.S. and Canada on Aug. 8, the prequel series details the love stories of the parents of Jamie Fraser (played by Sam Heughan) and Claire Randall (Caitriona Balfe), fan-favorite characters of the original show based on Diana Gabaldon’s book.

The trailer for Outlander: Blood of my Blood that debuted on Thursday shows Corfield’s character, Julia Moriston, transported back to the 18th century after a car accident in the 1910s. In the rugged Scottish Highlands, Julia and Henry Beauchamp (Irvine), as well as Ellen MacKenzie (Slater) and Brian Fraser (Roy), must defy the forces that seek to tear them apart, intersecting the couples in surprising and unforeseen ways.

The show also 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.

The standalone prequel series features new characters and stories, welcoming in viewers unfamiliar with the Outlander universe while also promising to provide origin stories of those from early seasons of the show — offering new perspectives that will change what viewers think they know.

New episodes of Outlander: Blood of my Blood will air weekly on Fridays at 8:00 pm ET/PT on Starz in the U.S. and at 9:00 pm ET/PT in Canada.

Matthew B. Roberts serves as showrunner and executive producer on Outlander: Blood of my Blood, with Ronald D. Moore, Maril Davis and Jim Kohlberg also serving as executive producers. The series is produced by Sony Pictures Television.