HBO Max has announced that Emmy nominee Fred Armisen (Portlandia, Los Espookys, Documentary Now!) and Samba Schutte (Sunnyside, 9-1-1, The Tiger Hunter) have joined the Max Original comedy series Our Flag Means Death, executive produced by Academy Award winner Taika Waititi (Jojo Rabbit, What We Do in the Shadows, Thor: Love and Thunder) who stars as Blackbeard in the series, “history’s most feared and revered pirate.”
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“Our Flag Means Death is loosely based on the true adventures of Stede Bonnet (Rhys Darby, Flight of the Conchords), a pampered aristocrat who abandoned his life of privilege to become a pirate,” according to the official logline.
Alongside Waititi, Armisen and Schutte will join an ensemble cast that includes Ewen Bremner (Trainspotting), David Fane (Paper Champions), Oscar winner Nat Faxon (The Descendants), Nathan Foad (Listen to Bapou), Joel Fry (Yesterday), Emmy nominee Leslie Jones (Saturday Night Live), Samson Kayo (Timewasters), Guz Khan (Four Weddings and a Funeral), Rory Kinnear (The Imitation Game), Matt Maher (Gone Baby Gone), Kristian Nairn (Game of Thrones), Con O’Neill (Chernobyl), and Vico Ortiz (Vida).
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David Jenkins serves as creator and showrunner, who also executive produces along with Emmy-nominated producer Garret Basch and Dan Halsted.
