Following a three-year "hiatus," Showtime's Penny Dreadful returns to the premium cable network as an unexpected anthology of sorts as John Logan trades Frankenstein in Victorian England in the late 1800s for a story about Los Angeles' Mexican-American folklore roots, circa 1938.
Billed as Penny Dreadful: City of Angels, the new take — bowing Sunday — is described as a "spiritual descendant" of creator John Logan's original. Save for Rory Kinnear's John Clare, the drama features an entirely new cast but keeps the thematic roots of the original.
City of Angels kicks off ...
Billed as Penny Dreadful: City of Angels, the new take — bowing Sunday — is described as a "spiritual descendant" of creator John Logan's original. Save for Rory Kinnear's John Clare, the drama features an entirely new cast but keeps the thematic roots of the original.
City of Angels kicks off ...
- 4/25/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
It would be wholly understandable if fans of Showtime’s original Penny Dreadful approached its “spiritual descendant” City of Angels with as much trepidation as excitement. How, we might wonder, could any offspring of John Logan’s beloved monster mash live up to the awful beauty of its parent? How could any new characters compare to the likes of Miss Vanessa Ives and the Creature? How could the Los Angeles of 1938 cast enough shadows to frighten us the way that the London of 1891 did? Well… ?
Having screened the first six episodes of City of Angels (which premieres Sunday, April 26, at...
Having screened the first six episodes of City of Angels (which premieres Sunday, April 26, at...
- 4/19/2020
- TVLine.com
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