Attention fans of Diana Gabaldon’s best-selling book series! Here’s your first look at actor Sam Heughan playing the charming Scottish warrior Jaime Fraser in Starz’s adaptation of popular novels.

For those of you not versed in the Outlander series, Jaime woos the married Claire Randell (Caitriona Balfe), who has suddenly jumped back in time to 1743. She is originally from 1943 where she’s  a combat nurse.

Starz’s Outlander is an adaptation of Gabaldon’s best-selling book series of the same name (the first book is re-titled as Cross Stitch in the UK). Equal parts romance, historical, and fantasy, the series began with Outlander in 1991 and  continues with Written in My Own Heart’s Blood

The the first of Outlander‘s 16 episodes will air starting in 2014.

The upcoming Starz original series Black Sails is Game of Thrones with pirates and that is a compliment in the highest form. With top tier actors, plenty of action and intrigue, and Michael Bay executive producing, Black Sails could very well be Starz’s answer to the HBO powerhouse.

Set in 1715 at the height of piracy in the Caribbean, the series centers on Captain Flint (Toby Stephens). Even as the most feared pirate captain in history, he is not immune to the impending threat posed by the return of the British Navy to the waters around New Providence Island.

To maintain his rule of the island, Flint allies with Eleanor Guthrie (Hannah New), the daughter of the wealthiest local smuggler. Antagonists come from every side not only in the form of the British Navy but also rival captains, Eleanor father, and a young member of Flint’s crew named John Silver (Luke Arnold).

With several successful shows under its virtual belt, including Spartacus: War of the Dammed, Magic City and Da Vinci’s Demons, Starz has become another great destination for new, original content. They’ve got a new show coming soon, called The White Queen, that hopes to add to their already excellent reputation.

We’ve got a trailer for the new show to share with you today. But first, here’s some info about the show from the official press release:

In the STARZ original drama, the year is 1464, before the Tudor dynasty ruled England, and war has been ravaging throughout the country over who is the rightful king. It is a blood feud between two sides of the same family; The House of York and The House of Lancaster. The House of York’s young heir Edward IV is crowned King of England with the help of his mentor and advisor, the master manipulator Lord Warwick, known at court as “The Kingmaker.”

When Edward falls in love with a beautiful Lancastrian commoner, Elizabeth Woodville, Warwick’s plan to control the throne comes crashing down. A violent, high-stakes struggle for the crown ensues between Elizabeth, her fiercest adversary, Lancastrian Margaret Beaufort and Anne Neville, a pawn in her father’s power game.

If you havent had a chance to watch the Starz original series Magic City yet, you might want to check it out. We like it and it features a great cast of familiar faces as well as slick gangsters, shootouts and yes, even a bit of sex.

All these elements, and more, go into the making of Magic City. With the show getting ready to debut its second season, Starz today released some key art for the series as well as a couple preview videos. Naturally, we’ve got it all for you right here.

Magic City stars Jeffrey Dean Morgan as hotelier Ike Evans as he follows his dream to build a palace on the sands sands of South Beach, Miami in the 1950’s. Unfortunately, the mob has other ideas.

In addition to Morgan, Magic City stars Danny Huston, Olga Kurylenko, Kelly Lynch and will feature guest appearances this season by Esai Morales and James Caan. Look for it to return to Starz for season two on June 14. Meantime, check out the videos after the break.

On Starz We’ve had Romans and a slave uprising, Da Vinci and his amazing innovations, a guy who runs a hotel and has to fight with the mob and a lot more. One thing that’s been missing is pirates. Fortunately, Starz is about ready to remedy that situation with its new, upcoming series Black Sails.

“The eight-episode first season centers on the tales of Captain Flint and his men, and takes place twenty years prior to Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic “Treasure Island.” Toby Stephens (Die Another Day) stars as Flint, the most brilliant and most feared pirate captain of his day, takes on a fast-talking young addition to his crew who goes by the name John Silver.

Threatened with extinction on all sides, they fight for the survival of New Providence Island, the most notorious criminal haven of its day – a debauched paradise teeming with pirates, prostitutes, thieves and fortune seekers, a place defined by both its enlightened ideals and its stunning brutality.”

Check out the trailer after the break. Look for Black Sails to air later this year.