TCA: John Logan/Sam Mendes TV Project to be Called Penny Dreadful
Steve Barton
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News on the TV project from John Logan and Sam Mendes, who worked together on Skyfall, came out of Showtime’s TCA presentation: The show will be called “Penny Dreadful,” and it will begin production in London in the second half of 2013.
From the Press Release:
Some of literature’s most iconic figures will step into the light on SHOWTIME in PENNY DREADFUL, a psychosexual horror series created, written and executive produced by three-time Oscar nominee John Logan (Hugo, The Aviator, Gladiator) and executive produced by Oscar winner Sam Mendes (American Beauty, Revolutionary Road) and Neal Street’s Pippa Harris (Revolutionary Road, Call The Midwife), it was announced by David Nevins, President of Entertainment, Showtime Networks.
In PENNY DREADFUL, some of literature’s most famously terrifying characters – including Dr. Frankenstein and his creature, Dorian Gray and iconic figures from the novel Dracula – become embroiled in Victorian London. The series weaves together these classic horror origin stories as the characters grapple with their monstrous alienation. This project marks Logan and Mendes’ second major collaboration, following Skyfall, their recent critically-acclaimed and box office record-breaking James Bond film, which Mendes directed and Logan co-wrote, and their first ever collaboration for television. The project will be produced by Mendes’ production company, Neal Street Productions.
“John Logan and Sam Mendes are two of the great storytellers of our time,” said Nevins. “The visual spectacle, combined with the psychological insight in their reimagining of these iconic literary characters, seems totally mesmerizing to me. This promises to be a wholly original television show.”
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