‘Outlander’ Season 7: Who’s Returning, Potential Premiere Date & More You Need To Know

Outlander play 6 lone wrapped up successful May 2022, but the Droughtlander has already kicked into precocious gear. The formed and unit are hard astatine enactment connected play 7 of the hit STARZ series, which means caller episodes are connected the horizon. Outlander has go a monster deed for STARZ since it premiered connected August 9, 2014. The amusement is 7 seasons successful and a spinoff is successful the works… nary 1 should underestimate the powerfulness of Outlander.

The amusement was renewed for play 7 each the mode backmost successful March 2021. “STARZ is committed to investing successful unapologetic, bold premium storytelling that amplifies divers voices and shines a spotlight connected women successful beforehand of and down the camera done our #TakeTheLead initiative,” Christina Davis, President of Original Programming for Starz, said successful a statement. “The deed bid Outlander embodies everything astir our inaugural including a almighty pistillate pb quality and an astonishing squad of storytellers. We look guardant to pursuing the adventures of Claire and Jamie successful America during the Revolution arsenic good arsenic much clip question during this adjacent season.”

Sam Heughan and Caitriona Balfe successful ‘Outlander’ play 6. (STARZ)

Season 7 volition bring your instrumentality favorites similar Sam Heughan and Caitriona Balfe backmost for much adventures, and the amusement volition beryllium welcoming backmost faces from seasons past. The amusement started filming successful aboriginal 2022, truthful a premiere day shouldn’t beryllium excessively acold off. From the caller and returning formed to the spinoff situation, HollywoodLife has everything you request to cognize astir Outlander play 7 and beyond.

Outlander Season 7 Cast

Graham McTavish volition beryllium returning successful play 7. (STARZ)

On October 11, 2022, STARZ announced galore acquainted faces volition beryllium returning for Outlander play 7. Graham McTavish volition beryllium reprising the relation of Dougal MacKenzie, Jamie’s uncle whom helium killed conscionable earlier the Battle of Culloden. Graham’s astir caller relation has been successful HBO’s House of the Dragon. Lotte Verbeek is besides returning arsenic Geillis Duncan, Claire’s erstwhile friend-turned-enemy and a chap clip traveler from the 1960s.

Nell Hudson volition besides beryllium coming backmost arsenic Laoghaire Fraser, Jamie’s ex-wife and Marsali’s mother. Steven Cree volition beryllium backmost arsenic Old Ian Murray, young Ian’s begetter and Jamie’s brother-in-law. In addition, Andrew Whipp is backmost arsenic Jamie’s begetter Brian Fraser, on with Layla Burns arsenic Joan MacKimmie, Marsali’s sister and Jamie’s stepdaughter.

“One of the galore joys of our epic communicative is the constituent of clip question which allows america to revisit immoderate of our favourite characters successful antithetic times and places, and we’re thrilled to invited backmost truthful galore acquainted faces for play seven,” Matthew B. Roberts, Outlander’s showrunner, writer and enforcement producer, said successful a statement. “In summation to our returning cast, we’re besides excited to invited respective caller actors to the Outlander family and cannot hold to present them to fans successful our extended season.”

New formed members volition beryllium joining the Outlander household successful the upcoming seventh season. Gloria Obianyo volition play Mercy Woodcock, a escaped Black pistillate navigating the hardships of beingness successful Colonial America. Rod Hallett volition play Benedict Arnold, the notorious Revolutionary worker turned traitor. Chris Fulton volition prima arsenic Rob Cameron, a caller acquaintance of Roger and Brianna.

Charles Vandevaart volition play William Ransom. (STARZ)

Diarmaid Murtagh volition play Buck MacKenzie, the illegitimate lad of Dougal MacKenzie and Geillis Duncan, and Roger’s ancestor. The relation was antecedently played by Graham successful play 5. Kristin Atherton volition play Jenny Murray, taking implicit the relation Laura Donnelly originated successful the archetypal 3 seasons. Previously announced caller additions see Charles Vandevaart arsenic William Ransom, Izzy Meikle-Small as Rachel Hunter, and Joey Phillips arsenic Denzell Hunter.

Charles’ casting arsenic William, the concealed lad of Jamie Fraser, was revealed successful May 2022. “We are blessed to invited Charles to the Fraser household for play 7 of Outlander, joining the formed with the different talented actors that bring our stories to life,” Matthew said astatine the time. “Scotland volition again beryllium our accumulation location arsenic the Frasers and MacKenzies effort to marque a location against the backdrop of the Revolutionary War. This play promises much adventure, clip question and affectional peril than immoderate play before.”

Executive shaper Maril Davis added, “The quality of William Ransom is simply a fantastic role, and 1 fans person been anxious to see. Finding idiosyncratic with the endowment and physicality to play Jamie’s lad was a daunting task, but Charles’ charisma was evident during the audition process and we are excited to spot what helium volition bring to William’s multi-layered journey.”

The halfway Outlander formed volition each beryllium backmost for play 7. The unthinkable ensemble includes Caitríona Balfe arsenic Claire Fraser, Sam Heughan arsenic Jamie Fraser, Sophie Skelton arsenic Brianna MacKenzie, Richard Rankin arsenic Roger MacKenzie, David Berry arsenic Lord John Grey, John Bell arsenic young Ian, Caitlin O’Ryan arsenic Lizzie Beardsley, and Paul Gorman successful some roles arsenic the Beardsley twins Josiah and Keziah.

As for César Domboy and Lauren Lyle, a.k.a. Fergus and Marsali, their presumption successful play 7 remains to beryllium seen. At the extremity of play 6, Fergus and Marsali embarked connected a caller commencement successful Philadelphia aft troubling times for the couple. They are not a portion of the formed lists astatine the moment, but their returns could beryllium kept concealed until person to the play 7 premiere.

Outlander Season 7 Premiere Date

Outlander play 7 does not person a premiere day yet. The seventh play volition dwell of 16 episodes since season 6 had to beryllium shortened owed to the COVID-19 pandemic. Deadline reported that we could get Outlander play 7 by precocious 2022 oregon aboriginal 2023.

“We are excited to get into the editing country to enactment connected bringing the fans 1 measurement person to reuniting with the household backmost connected Fraser’s Ridge,” Matthew said successful a statement. “Filming successful 2021 has presented an unprecedented acceptable of challenges which led america to the determination to truncate the play successful bid to bring the fans the astir vibrant and dynamic play arsenic soon arsenic possible. Dinna fash, we volition past movie an extended play 7 with 16 episodes adjacent twelvemonth arsenic beingness returns to normalcy.”

Outlander Filming

Production is presently underway for Outlander play 7 successful Scotland. Back successful March 2022, Sam revealed that filming was acceptable to statesman soon. “We’re astir to spell backmost and sprout play 7,” helium said connected Watch What Happens Live astatine the time.

#Outlander prima @SamHeughan says Season 7 volition statesman filming soon. @Outlander_STARZ #WWHL pic.twitter.com/oVXRuXaOux

— WWHL (@BravoWWHL) March 11, 2022

A fewer weeks later, Sam posted the archetypal authoritative from the acceptable via Twitter and confirmed that filming had started. The photograph featured his co-stars Caitriona, Richard, and Sophie.

Wait!!! Is that @Outlander_STARZ season…. 7!?!?!?
🖐✌️ yazzz pic.twitter.com/DXiQ9H8vj9

— Sam Heughan (@SamHeughan) April 6, 2022

On June 1, successful grant of World Outlander Day, STARZ shared a video from the acceptable of play 7. “We are present moving hard for you connected what is, I think, my favourite play yet,” Sophie said. Richard replied, “I perfectly agree.”

Caitriona and much formed members hyped up the “mega-sized season” successful the video. David teased that determination is an “amazing season” successful store for fans. Sam gave an wrong look astatine the increasing acceptable of Wilmington.

How Many Seasons Of Outlander Will There Be?

As of close now, determination are nary plans for Outlander’s reign to travel to an end. In January 2019, Maril opened up astir the aboriginal of the bid astatine the Television Critics Association wintertime property tour.
“We’ll support making this until Claire and Jamie are a hundred,” she said. “Honestly, we will. There’s inactive galore much books to go. And if STARZ and Sony are willing, we’re willing, and if the actors are willing, we’ll support going.”

Caitriona Balfe arsenic Claire Fraser. (STARZ)

As much spinoffs travel up, STARZ President of Original Programming, Kathryn Busby, stressed that the archetypal amusement is inactive the main precedence for the network. “Outlander is specified a precise important amusement for america that we would emotion to person arsenic overmuch arsenic we perchance tin have,” she told Deadline. “[The prequel will] perfectly not [take distant Starz’s committedness to the archetypal series]. What we’ve proven with the Power franchise is that we tin person antithetic lanes of storytelling astir the aforesaid base. We judge that we tin bash that with Outlander arsenic well. They are not mutually exclusive astatine all.” In the interview, Kathryn declined to remark connected the presumption of declaration negotiations with the main formed beyond the seventh season.

Season 7 volition beryllium based connected Diana Gabaldon’s An Echo successful the Bone, the seventh publication successful her Outlander series. There person been 2 additional Outlander books successful the bid aft An Echo successful the Bone: Written successful My Own Heart’s Blood and Go Tell the Bees That I Am Gone.

Don't wage attraction to anserine click-bait online, is my advice. Of people Season 7 _might_ beryllium the last–it whitethorn good NOT beryllium the last. Nobody knows that. But radical support pestering, truthful they get non-answers like, "Maybe" and adhd silly headlines. 😘 https://t.co/si1EFeJxV9

— Diana Gabaldon (@Writer_DG) July 3, 2022

In July 2022, Diana responded to a instrumentality wondering if play 7 would beryllium the last play of the show. “Don’t wage attraction to anserine click-bait online, is my advice,” she wrote connected Twitter. ” Of people Season 7 _might_ beryllium the last–it whitethorn good NOT beryllium the last. Nobody knows that. But radical support pestering, truthful they get non-answers like, ‘Maybe’ and adhd silly headlines.”

Outlander Spinoff

In August 2022, STARZ announced that it is presently successful improvement connected the highly-anticipated prequel Outlander: Blood of My Blood. The writers’ country is underway connected the play that volition travel the emotion communicative of Jamie Fraser’s parents.

Sam Heughan arsenic Jamie Fraser. (STARZ)

“Outlander is simply a riveting amusement that from play to play has captured the hearts of its fans astir the world,” Kathryn, STARZ’s President of Original Programming, said successful a statement. “We are excited to peel backmost the layers of this vibrant satellite to bring our assemblage the root of wherever it each began. Matthew, Maril, and Ronald volition proceed to bring their fantabulous imaginativeness and creativity to this caller iteration, and we can’t hold to spot what happens next.”

Matthew, Outlander’s showrunner, is penning Blood of My Blood and volition service arsenic showrunner and enforcement producer. Maril volition enforcement nutrient the prequel on with Ronald D. Moore, who developed Outlander for television, nether their accumulation banner Tall Ship Productions. Story Mining & Supply Company volition besides enforcement nutrient with Diana serving arsenic a consulting producer.