Today, Showtime released an early tease for its upcoming drama series “Penny Dreadful,” which is currently in production in Ireland, for a spring 2014 premiere. The series stars Josh Hartnett, Eva Green, Timothy Dalton, Reeve Carney, Rory Kinnear, Harry Treadaway, Billie Piper and Danny Sapani.
In “Penny Dreadful,” some of literature’s most famously terrifying characters including Dr. Frankenstein, Dorian Gray and iconic figures from the novel Dracula have become embroiled in Victorian London. The series is a frightening psychosexual thriller created, written and executive produced by three-time Oscar nominee John Logan (Hugo, The Aviator, Gladiator) and executive produced by Logan’s Desert Wolf Productions, along with Oscar winner Sam Mendes (American Beauty, Skyfall) and Pippa Harris (Revolutionary Road), both of Neal Street.
Of the eight episodes, the first two will be directed by Juan Antonio Bayona, who helmed The Orphanage and The Impossible.
