Check out this brand new Outlander trailer with never-before-seen-scenes and commentary from Ron Moore, Diana Gabaldon, Sam Heughan, Caitriona Balfe, Graham McTavish, Lotte Verbeek and Tobias Menzies! It’s AMAZING!
We love these books too; we’re not here to destroy this work, we’re here to honor it. ~ Ron Moore
People who are fans of the books are really going to love this. ~ Caitriona Balfe
It’s recognizably Outlander, but at the same time there’s this wonderful sense of novelty and discovery about it. ~ Diana Gabaldon
Scotland’s rich history provides the dynamic backdrop to the story of Outlander. This country has a particular quality to it; the light has a particular quality, the grass, the trees—the landscape itself is a character in the show. ~ Ron Moore
Every time I walk onto set, there’s at least a split second where I feel like, “this is not a set, this is actually real.” Its so rich, it’s really amazing. ~ Lotte Verbeek
“The Shorty Awards (also known as the Shorties) are the equivalent of the Oscar in the Social Media world.” ~ shortyawards.com
Did you know that Outlander has the most engaged fan base in advance of a premiere in Starz history?
As you can imagine, that’s marketing gold to the powers that be. In fact, Starz’ Digital Marketing team has been working very hard to make us, the fans, feel like we’re ‘part of the ride,’ hoping it will motivate us to spread the news that the books are coming to life (as if we needed any coercion lol).
They hosted the fan event in NYC in October 2013, and LA in January 2014. We had behind the scenes glimpses of video/sketches & artist renderings/Q&A with Ron Moore, Diana Gabaldon, AND the lucky attendees in LA also got to interact with Sam Heughan & Caitriona Balfe!
LA is where the #PocketJamie campaign was born:
The #PocketJamie campaign was designed as a digital extension of a fan event we held in Los Angeles. Attendees were given their very own #PocketJamie and challenged to take photos of him and upload them to Twitter. This activation will last over 2 months and will culminate in the #PocketJamie awards to be “held” in March.
Campaign Objectives
• Support our Outlander super fans and give them exciting, compelling content
• Encourage fans to participate in the #PocketJamie experience and activate others to do the same
• Bring a piece of the Outlander fan event to those who could not attend by giving #PocketJamie away on Twitter and encouraging everyone to participate.
The fun isn’t over yet.
Later this month, we will announce the #PocketJamie awards. Categories like “Most Creative #PocketJamie photo” “Farthest Traveled #PocketJamie” and “Best Supporting Appearance with #PocketJamie” will be announced. Fans will submit their photos for each category by tweeting them to @Outlander_Starz and including the #PocketJamie hashtag. Winners will be selected and announced at the #PocketJamie Awards, a live Twitter chat with the @Outlander_Starz handle. Each winner will receive a prize autographed by Outlander’s stars, Caitriona Balfe and Sam Heughan. ~ Starz Digital Team, as seen on industry.shortyawards.com
So, do you feel like Starz has made you feel as though you’ve been ‘part of the ride?’ I can honestly say that I do…
And for those participating in the #PocketJamie contest, good luck & have fun! I can’t wait to see the entries, lol.
A Pocket Jamie a day keeps the redcoats away, ken?
We waited (some of us more patiently than others) for what seemed like forever on the announcement of who would be cast as Claire.
Sam’s casting was announced July 9th, and knowing that production was supposed to begin mid-September, we expected news of our leading lady to come ‘any day now.’ After all, they had to rehearse, right?
September 5th produced Colum & Dougal, Sept 10th gave us Murtagh…
Then, on September 11th our patience was rewarded.
Her name is Catriona Balfe (pronounced Katreena Balf). She’s a former Victoria Secret model, well-rounded actress probably best known for her roles in Super 8, Now You See Me, and the not yetreleased Escape Plan (with Arnold Scwarzzenager & Sylvester Stallone).
Here’s a brief clip of her speaking in an interview:
Don’t you think she even sounds like Claire should sound? She is irish and, get this—knows Gaelic:
@drobertsjhs@MoreThanTango I grew up speaking Gaelic, the boys won’t be able to talk behind my back on set now 😉
So- she looks like Claire, can hold her own with the boys on set, but do she & Sam have chemistry? Here’s what Herself had to say about that:
“Hard to believe lightning can strike twice, but it surely did. The moment Caitriona Balfe came on screen, I sat up straight and said, ‘There she is!’ She and Sam Heughan absolutely lit up the screen with fireworks.” ~ Diana Gabaldon
Hm. Well, I can tell you that they’d never met or read together before (because Sam told me that), and I can tell you what the scenes were, I think. (Aside from anything else,… some of the audition scene scripts had apparently leaked, because a number of the self-taped auditions I saw on VIMEO were using them.)
Anything else I know was told me by the production or PR people and I can’t talk about those things unless I ask them specifically if it’s OK to mention thus-and-so. (Not that there’s anything at all mysterious or weird; it’s just that some of the corporate entities involved are secretive by habit, and hey–it’s their show.)
There are two audition scenes, two takes of each, each about five minutes long. The first one is the conversation between Jamie and Claire right after they’ve had sex for the first time, where she asks him, “Was it like you expected it to be?”, he tells her about horses and snakes , and it ends with “Do you want to do it again?” “Would ye mind verra much?” and “No. I wouldn’t mind at all.” It starts with them fairly far apart, sitting facing each other, and they get closer and closer during the conversation, so with “I wouldn’t mind at all,” they’re kissing.
The second one is the big fight they have along the road, after Jamie, Dougal and the other men rescue Claire from Fort William. That’s the one that ends with, “You’re tearing my guts out, Claire,” and then “Forgiven.” That’s the one that had fireworks. ~ Diana Gabaldon
I simply can not WAIT to see them together! For the time being, the closest we’re going to get is this selfie they took just the other day:
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