'The Lost Pirate Kingdom': Live stream, release date, plot, cast, trailer and all you need to know about Netflix's docuseries

The series features the real lives of legendary pirates Blackbeard, Henry Jennings, and Henry Vane
PUBLISHED MAR 10, 2021
A still from 'The Lost Pirate Kingdom' (Netflix)
A still from 'The Lost Pirate Kingdom' (Netflix)

Netflix has decided to showcase the real-lives of pirate legends in its upcoming docuseries 'The Lost Pirate Kingdom'. To add to the subject matter that's piqued interest, the series uses a production technique called Hyper Dynamic Animation to recreate the 1715 pirate era with a 4K back projection in front of live-action.

The six-part factual series is a co-production between World Media Rights and ZDF Enterprises, according to a World Screen report. Here's everything you need to know ahead of the series' premiere:

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Release date

'The Lost Kingdom' releases March 15 on Netflix.

Plot

The official synopsis reads: "The real-life pirates of the Caribbean violently plunder the world's riches and form a surprisingly egalitarian republic in this documentary series." The series features the real lives of legendary pirates Blackbeard, Henry Jennings, and Henry Vane. In addition, the series also squeezes in the story of female pirate Anne Bonny. World Screen also provides context for the series. 

"The end of the war with Spain left British privateers, who worked as a freelance Naval force, out of work," it reads. " Turning to piracy, they continued to take the treasure from the Spanish and were ultimately outlawed by their own crown. They went on to set up the world’s first fully democratic republic in the Bahamas, freed the enslaved, and gave them full voting rights."

Trailer



 

How to live stream?

'The Lost Pirate Kingdom' can be streamed live on Netflix. The service is available all over the world including the US, UK, Canada, Europe, Australia, India, South Africa, and many other places.

News

Talking about the docu, Alan Griffiths, CEO of World Media Rights, said: "We’re thrilled that Netflix is bringing The Lost Pirate Kingdom to their 204 million subscribers as a Netflix original. The series uses techniques pioneered by World Media Rights which are a big leap forward in historical recreation. These techniques allow us to create lost worlds realistically and we have endeavored, through research, to recreate them exactly as they were."

If you like this, you will enjoy these:

'Blackbeard'

'The Pirates of Somalia'

'True Caribbean Pirates'

'Stolen Seas' 

'The Pirate Tapes'

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