Penny Dreadful: City of Angels has officially begun filming
By Mads Lennon
The upcoming sequel series to Penny Dreadful, titled City of Angels, has officially begun filming the first season! We’ve got a first-look photo for you!
News surrounding the upcoming Penny Dreadful spin-off has been trickling in slowly over the past couple of months. Showtime has chosen a cast stuffed with talent from Nathan Lane to Natalie Dormer to Piper Perabo and more.
Fans have been eagerly waiting for news on when, exactly, the series will finally premiere on the network. Unfortunately, we still don’t know the debut date, but Showtime has finally announced the series is filming!
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We know that City of Angels will be set in 1930s Los Angeles with a focus on Mexican-American folklore. It will heavily feature the deity Santa Muerte. Some of the central conflicts in the series will center around the division between those that worship Santa Muerte and those that worship the Devil.
The series will explore the occult and the creation of myths during the period in addition to featuring supernatural creatures mixed in with the hardened detectives trying to keep the city from falling into chaos.
The official Showtime Twitter account posted a photo of Nathan Lane and Daniel Zovatto looking sharp in their detective get-up to announce the start of production:
Welcome to Los Angeles, 1938.
— SHOWTIME (@Showtime) August 27, 2019
Production on #PennyDreadful: City of Angels has officially begun. #Showtime #Dreadfuls pic.twitter.com/wn9XI2vcCJ
This tweet also clarifies that the exact year the show will take place is 1938, not accounting for potential flashbacks and time jumps, of course. With production beginning, we can begin to anticipate more plot details and hopefully, photos, being shared with us soon!
In addition to Lane, Dormer, and Perabo, other familiar faces joining the cast include Dominic Sherwood, Kerry Bishé, Brent Spiner, Lin Shaye, Ethan Peck, and many more.
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Penny Dreadful: City of Angels will likely premiere sometime in 2020.