![]() ![]() Penny Dreadful will premiere on Showtime in 2014. Juan Antonio Bayona ( The Impossible, The Orphanage) will direct the first two episodes. ![]() Wanna venture a guess as to who the other four antiheroes of horror could be?Ĭreated, written, and executive produced by three-time Oscar® nominee John Logan ( Hugo, The Aviator, Gladiator), and produced by Neal Street Productions’ Sam Mendes ( American Beauty, Skyfall) and Pippa Harris ( Revolutionary Road, Call The Midwife), Penny Dreadful will begin filming in London this Fall. So, will Russell Beale’s Egyptologist have a run-in with the Mummy? And is Kinnear’s mystery man Dracula? If so, then they, along with Frankenstein and his monster and Dorian Grey, will feature in four of the eight episodes. McCrory ( Skyfall, Hugo) will play Madame Kali, a spiritualist Sapani ( Misfits, Ultimate Force) will portray Sembene, “an African warrior and longtime ally of Sir Malcolm” and Russell Beale ( The Hollow Crown, MI-5) will star as Ferdinand Lyle, “an eccentric Egyptologist.” Showtime also announced that Helen McCrory, Danny Sapani, and Simon Russell Beale have also signed on for Penny Dreadful. He will have the role of Sir Malcolm, “a hardened African explorer on a deeply personal quest.” Key Creatives & Cast Created and Written by John Logan Directed by J.A Bayona (Eps 1 & 2) Dearbhla Walsh (Eps 3 & 4) Produced by Chris King, Karen Richards. The first actors to sign on for Penny Dreadful were Josh Hartnett ( Black Hawk Down, Lucky Number Slevin), who will play Ethan Chandler, “a charming American who finds himself trapped in the darkest corners of Victorian London,” and Eva Green ( Casino Royale, Dark Shadows), who will star as Vanessa Ives, “a seductive and formidable beauty full of secrets and danger.” Timothy Dalton joined the cast soon thereafter. Victor Frankenstein, and Rory Kinnear ( Skyfall, Quantum of Solace) as “an unnamed mysterious character of haunting intensity.” The series will debut in spring 2014.The eight-episode fright-fest will also star Reeve Carney ( The Tempest, Snow Falling on Cedars) as the supernaturally young Dorian Grey, Harry Treadaway ( The Lone Ranger, Control) as Dr. Juan Antonio Bayona ("The Orphanage," "The Impossible") will direct the first two episodes. "Penny Dreadful" was created by three-time Oscar nominee John Logan ("Skyfall"), who will write and executive produce alongside Academy Award winner Sam Mendes and Neal Street's Pippa Harris ("Revolutionary Road"). Frankenstein and his creature, as well as characters from "Dracula" and "Dorian Gray." The show combines the classic horror origin stories as the monsters live with their alienation. The eight-episode drama focuses on some of literature's famed monsters, including Dr. Timothy Dalton, Josh Hartnett and Eva Green have also been cast in the series. ![]() His stage credits include Over There.Īs previously reported, the cast will include Reeve Carney ( Spider-Man Turn off the Dark), who will play Dorian Gray, Oscar Wilde's handsome and narcissistic protagonist. Treadaway ("The Lone Ranger," "Control," "Brothers of the Head") will star as Dr. Kinnear, an Olivier Award winner for his performance as Sir Foppling Flutter in The Man of Mode at the Royal National Theatre in 2008, was recently featured in "Skyfall." His stage work also includes Mary Stuart and Hamlet. ![]()
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