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EXCLUSIVE: Amy Madigan (Gone Baby Gone), Brent Spiner (Star Trek: The Next Generation) and Lin Shaye (There’s Something About Mary) are set to recur in Showtime's upcoming series Penny Dreadful: City of Angels, a follow-up to Penny Dreadful from the original series' creator, writer and executive producer John Logan. A…

Tony winner Nathan Lane has been tapped for a lead role opposite Daniel Zovatto and Natalie Dormer in Showtime's upcoming series Penny Dreadful: City of Angels, a follow-up to Penny Dreadful from the original series' creator, writer and executive producer John Logan. A spiritual descendant of the story set in…

Showtime has set a Penny Dreadful sequel series. The pay cable network has greenlit Penny Dreadful: City of Angels, from Penny Dreadful creator, writer and executive producer John Logan who returns in the same roles. He is joined by Michael Aguilar (Kidding) who will executive produce with him. Production is expected…

Ireland's renowned Ardmore Studios, which has housed projects including Braveheart, My Left Foot and more recently Showtime's The Tudors and Penny Dreadful, is up for sale. The hub, which is situated on 18 acres in Bray, County Wicklow, provides production, postproduction and support services for full-length features…

The end of Penny Dreadful on Sunday saw the Showtime series facing off against the season’s penultimate episode of HBO blockbuster Game of Thrones and the down-to-the-wire Game 7 of the NBA Finals. All of which is to say, with 551,000 total viewers and 175,000 in the 18-49 demo for a 0.1 rating, the 10 PM offering of…

SPOILER ALERT: This story contains details of last night's Penny Dreadful Season 3 finale. Like the credit at the conclusion of last night’s Season 3 finale said, “The End” has truly come for Penny Dreadful the series. “I can absolutely confirm it is really over, the end — that’s all she wrote,” says John Logan, the…

SPOILER ALERT: This story contains details of tonight's Penny Dreadful Season 3 finale. To paraphrase The Doors, this really does seems like the end my friends as Penny Dreadful concluded its bloody, bawdy and vampiric third season with the death of one of its major characters. And when I say the end, I mean…

Showtime is making the Penny Dreadful Season 3 premiere available ahead of its May 1 linear debut. Beginning today, non-Showtime subscribers can watch a TV-14 rated version of the premiere for free on YouTube, Facebook and SHO.com. It’s also available for download as a free video podcast on iTunes. The premiere can be…

Dig a few quotes from the new trailer for Penny Dreadful: “I’ve conquered death.” “Do you think you’ve never sinned? I wrote the bloody book!” “I walk in blood every step.” “I have been touched by Satan.” Broad comedy it’s not. Welcome to Season 3 of Showtime’s horror show, in which history’s creepiest literary…

The BFI published figures Thursday showing strong performances for UK indies in what overall was a record year for the British box office. Local independent films had 11% market share, the third highest since records began. They were led by StudioCanal's Legend, starring Tom Hardy, with £18.4M, followed by Fox's The Se…

Vacation’s almost over for Kaan Associates, Dr. Frankenstein and the like. Showtime revealed at TCA today that Season 5 of its comedy House Of Lies will premiere at 9 PM April 10 and the third season of Victorian gothic series Penny Dreadful will bow at 10 PM May 1. The House Of Lies cast and crew are in Havana…

UPDATES, with Wes Studi as series regular: American Horror Story‘s Patti Lupone, who guest-starred last season as the Cut-Wife on Penny Dreadful, has been promoted to series regular in a new role for Season 3 of the Showtime drama. She will play Dr. Seward, an American therapist who treats Vanessa (Eva Green) with an…