From creator/writer/executive producer John Logan, the Showtime series Penny Dreadful: City of Angels tells the story of 1938 Los Angeles, a location with a rich history and a time that was rife with social and political tension. When a shockingly grisly murder is discovered, it sets Detective Tiago Vega (Daniel Zovatto) and his partner Lewis Michener (Nathan Lane) on a dangerous path with powerful forces that threaten to tear everything they know apart. During this 1-on-1 interview with Collider, actress Natalie Dormer talked about playing the dark goddess Magda and the various guises she manifests in …

It's understandably hard to make a show about California that doesn't turn into a sprawling, disjointed mess because, well, California is a sprawling, disjointed mess connected only by a freeway system that looks like Medusa in high humidity. Penny Dreadful: City of Angels—creator John Logan's spiritual sequel to his Gothic horror drama that ended abruptly in 2016—adds another layer of irony to that idea by placing California's quest for its first major freeway at its center, a cold move by the predominantly white governing class that rightfully enrages the Mexican-American population it will …

Anyone mourning the Gothic vibes of the original Penny Dreadful series will have a lot to love in this new trailer for Penny Dreadful: City of Angels, which stars Natalie Dormer as a mysterious and extremely goth leather-demon who might be the literal Christian devil. A lot going on in Penny Dreadful: City of Angels. Created by John Logan, this "spiritual descendant" of the original series stars Daniel Zovatto and Nathan Lane as LAPD partners who discover a grisly murder in 1938 Los Angeles. Soon, that case threatens to wrap them up not only in supernatural forces, but also …

Penny Dreadful: City of Angels is the highly-anticipated spin-off series to Showtime's Penny Dreadful series. Here's everything we know so far.

The Penny Dreadful: City of Angels trailer takes viewers to 1930s Los Angeles, where there's plenty of murder, mystery, and demonic mayhem.

Listen: If you have Nathan Lane as a hardboiled detective in a period-appropriate mustache saying "Welcome to homicide" while looking at a gruesome murder scene, I'm going to watch your show. And the first trailer for Penny Dreadful: City of Angels boasts this delightfully grimy image and much, much more. Even if you haven't watched the original Penny Dreadful, the dearly departed Showtime genre series starring Josh Hartnett, Eva Green, and Timothy Dalton, you'll find stuff to enjoy in this spinoff, as it tells a brand new, self-contained story. [caption id="attachment_863502" align="alignright" width="…

In November 2018 the legions of Penny Dreadful fans were treated to the announcement that Showtime was resurrecting the series, which had ended after its third season. Some fans felt this was a premature ending, but given that it was a decision made by creator John Logan and not a cancellation, it was hard to argue with.