“Michael Bay and his team are experts in exciting tentpole-type film and television, and the combination of their film experience plus the great television writers that have come on will be really successful in bringing us something really unique. We are looking to put on these big canvas shows, and Black Sails is going to fit into that. The scripts have been terrific. Everything that we are trying to do is incredibly ambitious, and this is certainly in that category.”
![“I thought ['Sailcloth'] was a terrific script. Elfar Adalsteins, the director, is bound to be a director we'll hear from, and the whole thing was really enjoyable.” quote by John Hurt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/2a9/john-hurt-1669_bounds_i-thought-sailcloth-was-a-terrific-scrip_388057.jpg)
![“I had written the script a few years earlier for Paramount, then later got hired with Sam [Fuller] to write an entirely new script that he was going to direct. And that was one of the great thrills of my professional life.” quote by Curtis Hanson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/330/curtis-hanson-9380_direct_i-had-written-the-script-a-few-years-ear_2946717.jpg)
![“How do you get the protagonists and antagonists together, in the same space, without somebody having to die? So, we ended up having to tell two distinct stories, which is never the ultimate way to create a great serialized drama. So then, of course, we had the tragedy with Andy [Whitfield], which…” quote by Chris Albrecht](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/572/chris-albrecht-37043_antagonist_how-do-you-get-the-protagonists-and-anta_630615.jpg)
