Game of Thrones vet Natalie Dormer heads to new Penny Dreadful series
https://t.co/vXxIsiOKeP- Entertainment Weekly (@EW)
February 22, 2019- ICYMI, Showtime is creating a new "spiritual descendent" of Penny Dreadful called Penny Dreadful: City of Angels, set in Los Angeles in the 1930's.
- It will be heavily steeped in Mexican-American folklore, with new characters and stories.
- One of the new cast members in Natalie Dormer (Games of Thrones). She will play Magda, a shapeshifting demon who can take the appearance of anyone she chooses.
- Previously cast is Daniel Zovatto (Here and Now) as Detective Tiago Vega.
- Penny Dreadful creator, writer and EP John Logan will also write and EP this show.
Showtime's 'Penny Dreadful' revival casts two regulars
https://t.co/iCFPkbONa9 pic.twitter.com/sXe3bsB4Rn- Hollywood Reporter (@THR)
February 15, 2019- Johnathan Nieves and Jessica Garza have been cast as series regulars.
- Nieves (New Amsterdam, Better Call Saul) will play Mateo Vega, Tiago's volatile younger brother.
- Garza (USA's The Purge, Six) plays Josefina, the youngest of the Vega family.
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