Starz's Black Sails Casts Blackbeard for Season 3 — Watch a Sneak Peek

Arrr ye ready to meet Blackbeard, Black Sails fans?

Starz has announced that Irish actor Ray Stevenson (Rome, Dexter, the Divergent films) is boarding the swashbuckling saga in Season 3 as the iconic Edward Teach aka Blackbeard.

One of the most notorious pirates to have ever lived, Blackbeard returns to settle some unfinished business, yet a great deal has changed during his absence. As such, he will have to disrupt cemented alliances and challenge new ones to achieve the impossible.

Starz also released a sneak peek at a Season 3 teaser that will run at the close of this season’s finale (airing Saturday at 9/8c):