Oscar winner and multi-Emmy Award nominee Taika Waititi (What We Do In The Shadows, Jojo Rabbit) will executive produce the series and direct the pilot.
HBO Max has ordered the period comedy Our Flag Means Death to series.
Series creator and showrunner David Jenkins (People of Earth) executive produces with Emmy nominated producer Garrett Basch (The Night Of, What We Do in the Shadows) and Dan Halsted.
Our Flag Means Death is loosely based on the true adventures of Stede Bonnet, a pampered aristocrat who abandoned his life of privilege to become a pirate.