'Outlander' Executive Producer on Creating New Mythology with 'Blood of My Blood'

In early 2026, Starz’s series adaptation of author Diana Gabaldon’s beloved Outlander novels will wrap up with an eighth season and 101 episodes that chart the time-traveling love affair of Highlander Jamie Fraser (Sam Heughan) and former World War II nurse, Claire Beauchamp Randall Fraser (Caitríona Balfe). But the world that possesses standing stones which allow a select few to traverse time will go on, in the past.

Confusing? Maybe a little but that’s always been a formula feature in Gabaldon’s evolving mythology that has slowly unfurled across tomes, and now series, the mechanics of how time travel works for the Frasers, their MacKenzie kin and select others. All you really need to know is that Starz wasn’t ready to leave their Scottish hit in the past so they ordered an original prequel series, Outlander: Blood of My Blood, conceived and developed by current Outlander showrunner/writer Matthew B. Roberts.

For those unaware, the Outlander television series was initially developed by Ron D. Moore (Battlestar Galactica) and his producing partner Maril Davis with the blessings of Gabaldon, and debuted on Starz in 2014. Over its run, the series primarily followed the major plot points and real history in Gabaldon’s hefty novels, with some welcome surprises here and there along the way. The series will end on its own creative note, as Gabaldon is still writing the 10th and final Outlander book (giving us deja vu to George R.R. Martin).