The wait continues for the second half of Outlander Season 7 to arrive on Starz, with the good news that the premiere finally has a spot in the 2024 TV schedule . Meanwhile, the cast and crew have already been hard at work on the eighth and final season, with Caitriona Balfe and Sam Heughan even confirming some returning characters who have been gone for a while. Now, executive producer Ronald D.

Moore has opened up to CinemaBlend about the show ending before author Diana Gabaldon has published the final novel in her Outlander book saga. Ronald D. Moore , who developed Outlander for television and has remained on board as an executive producer, spoke with CinemaBlend's Mick Joest at San Diego Comic-Con about his various projects.

When asked whether planning Season 8 was affected by Diana Gabaldon's tenth and final planned Outlander book not yet being published, Moore shared: The show is in close contact with Diana, who writes the books and, you know, we've always changed and made adjustments from the books in the adaptation process, and we've always kept Diana in the loop, and she's given feedback. And so they kind of work hand and glove with each other. But the intention was never that we would [proceed without her] and be sure that we were writing stuff with her because I think she's gonna keep writing this for some time.

Moore, who has spoken about changes from book to screen during past seasons of Outlander , clarified how the series continues to work with Diana Gabaldon..