In 2020, Showtime will release the Scary Tales spin-off (2014-2016), the Scary Tales: City of Angels series starring Natalie Dormer. It will be a new project with horror tales from the Victorian era. The first footage from the filming with the actors of the series "Scary Tales: City of Angels" has already appeared, the episodes will be released in 2020, the trailer can be viewed below.
Penny Dreadful: City of Angels
USA
Genre:horror, drama
Producer: Sheri Foxon, Paco Cabezas
World release: 23 April 2020
Premiere in Russia: 27 april 2020
Cast: N. Dormer, D. Zovatto, A. Barrasa, J. Garza, R. Kinnear, N. Lane, J. Nieves, S. Chacon, M. Gladys, J. Hilliard
The project was inspired by the 2014 series Penny Dreadful, directed by Damon Thomas, James Howes and Paco Cabezas. Rating: KinoPoisk - 7.4, IMDb - 8.2.
Plot
The action will be set in Los Angeles in 1938 and will include a completely new cast of characters. Natalie Dormer plays Magda - a devil and a hellish queen who can change her appearance. The plot will focus on a conflict with her sister Santa Muerte (Lorenza Izzo) - the holy angel of death who guides the souls of mortals to a better place. When the city is rocked by a gruesome murder, local detective Thiago Vega (Daniel Zovatto) must investigate it and unravel this macabre story. Vega is unwittingly caught up in a series of supernatural events that are closely associated with the dark history of the city.
Production
Directed by Sheri Foxon (My Family and Other Animals, Call the Midwife, Casanova, Graceland) and Paco Cabezas (Dirk Gently's Detective Agency, In the Desert of Death, Scary Tales).
Show Team:
- Writer: John Logan (Gladiator, The Last Samurai, Sweeney Todd, Fleet Street Demon Barber, Scary Tales);
- Producers: Davin Michaels ("Barry", "Big Little Lies"), Claire Newman ("Sharp Objects", "On the Edge"), Michael Aguilar ("The Departed", "Constantine: Lord of Darkness", "Once Upon a Time in Vegas") ;
- DOP: John Sonroy (Luther, Murder on the Beach, Mr. Selfridge);
- Artists: Maria Rebman Cazo (Terminator, Nothing to Lose, K-9: Dog's Work), Jason Garner (Grindhouse, Kingdom, Scary Tales), David Potts (Ballerinas, Treason "," Eastwick ").
Production: Desert Wolf Productions.
Actors
Cast:
- Natalie Dormer - Magda (Game of Thrones, Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance, Games of Minds, Race);
- Daniel Zovatto - Thiago Vega (Lady Bird, Revenge, Scary Tales);
- Adriana Barrasa - Maria ("Love Bitch", "Babylon", "Thor");
- Jessica Garza as Josephine Vega (The American Family, NCIS Special Department, Scary Tales);
- Rory Kinnear - Dr. Peter Craft (Black Mirror, The Years, The Imitation Game);
- Nathan Lane - Lewis Michener (Mouse Hunt, Frankie and Johnny, Bird Cage);
- Johnathan Nieves - Mateo Vega (Shameless, Grey's Anatomy, Better Call Saul);
- Sebastian Chacon - Fly Rico (Narco, Chicago On Fire, Annealing, Pose);
- Michael Gladys (K-19, Dr. House, How I Met Your Mother);
- Julian Hilliard as Tom Craft (Haunting of the Hill House, Greener than the Grass).
Interesting Facts
Did you know that:
- Showrunner, writer and original producer John Logan, is also involved in the spin-off.
- Production was announced by Showtime on November 1, 2018, and filming began in 2019.
- According to John Logan, the series will touch upon important social, political, religious and racial issues of concern to society.
Many actors from "Scary Tales" (2014-2016) will return in the new series "Scary Tales: City of Angels" with a 2020 release date, the trailer has already appeared online.