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Paul Wesley Joins Apple TV’s The Buccaneers Season 3 as Mysterious Frank

Paul Wesley joins as Frank, a mysterious stranger who disrupts key characters' lives in the 1870s London-set drama, with season 3 production underway on Apple TV+.

  • On Friday, Apple TV announced Paul Wesley will join The Buccaneers as Frank, a mysterious stranger who upends Nan and Mrs. St. George's world.
  • Produced by The Forge for Apple TV, The Buccaneers Season 3 is written by Katherine Jakeways with Joe Innes promoted to executive producer alongside Beth Willis, and directed by Rachel Leiterman and Amy Neil.
  • Wesley, known for The Vampire Diaries and Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, moves from the USS Enterprise to the tightly corseted 1870s London, marking a tonal shift.
  • Photos earlier this week showed Season 3 production is underway, and the logline reads 'Our Buccaneers are fighting back. And they're doing it together.' Viewers will have to tune in to learn who plays the new Duke introduced in Season 2.
  • The introduction of a 'bad-boy Duke' suggests Nan's pregnancy and Theo's abdication complicate Tintagel estate and title, while Kit could claim the dukedom.
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