So from everything I can tell, this show is a modern MGM Movie Monster Mashup. Frankenstein, Dorian Graym, Mummy *Guessing form Egyptologist casting) and I am told Dracula shows up too.
Could be great or it could be.... DREAFUL - yeah had to go there LOL
FROM WIKI
Penny Dreadful is an upcoming horror TV series created for Showtime by John Logan and executive produced by Logan and Sam Mendes. The show was originally pitched to several US and UK channels, but eventually landed with Showtime,[2] with Sky Atlantic as co-producer. It will premiere at the South by Southwest film festival on March 9 and begin airing on television on May 11, 2014
CASTING
Josh Hartnett
as Ethan Chandler, a charming, brash, daring man of action who is unafraid of violence and more complicated than he likes to admit.
Eva Green
as Vanessa Ives, an enigmatic, composed heroine who proves herself a force to be reckoned with
Billie Piper
as Brona Croft, an Irish immigrant seeking to escape her dark past
Rory Kinnear
as Frankenstein's monster
Timothy Dalton
as Sir Malcolm, a hardened African explorer on a deeply personal quest.
Reeve Carney
as Dorian Gray, a confident, mesmerizing, yet somewhat isolated man.
Harry Treadaway
as Victor Frankenstein
Helen McCrory
as Madame Kali, a spiritualist.
Simon Russell Beale
as Ferdinand Lyle, an eccentric Egyptologist.
Danny Sapani
as Sembene, a longtime ally of Sir Malcolm.
Noni Stapleton
as Gladys Murray
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