Today, Showtime released an early tease for its highly-anticipated drama series PENNY DREADFUL, which is currently in production in Ireland, for a spring 2014 premiere. The series stars Josh Hartnett, Eva Green, Timothy Dalton, Reeve Carney, Rory Kinnear, Harry Treadaway, Billie Piper and Danny Sapani.In PENNY DREADFUL, some of literature's most famously terrifying characters - including Dr. Frankenstein, Dorian Gray and iconic figures from the novel "Dracula," all brilliantly reimagined in a whole new light - have become embroiled in Victorian London.
Renowned film and television star Timothy Dalton (James Bond in The Living Daylights and License to Kill) has been cast in the new Showtime drama series PENNY DREADFUL, which will begin filming this fall for a 2014 premiere on the network. Dalton is set to play Sir Malcolm, a hardened African explorer on a deeply personal quest. He joins recently announced stars Josh Hartnett and Eva Green.