Is anyone having a more exciting month than Mexican sensation Peso Pluma? The singer and guitarist from Guadalajara has burst onto the music scene, toppling records and skyrocketing onto the charts, with his Eslabon Armado collaboration “Ella Baila Sola” reaching the number one spot on Spotify Global’s Top 50 this week. As if that weren’t enough, Becky G brought him onstage during her buzzy Coachella set on Friday, and Bad Bunny posted a video the next day mouthing along to one of his songs. His momentum only keeps building,...
- 4/19/2023
- by Julyssa Lopez
- Rollingstone.com
The 1930's set supernatural TV series "Penny Dreadful: City of Angels" starring Natalie Dormer ("Game of Thrones") as a deadly 'shape-shifter', has been canceled by Showtime after only one season:
"...Los Angeles, 1938. 'LAPD' detective 'Tiago Vega' and his partner 'Lewis Michener', investigate a killing. While at 'City Hall', Tiago's activist brother 'Raul Vega' battles with the fiery 'Councilman Charlton Townsend' over the construction of California’s first freeway.
"Meanwhile, 'Peter Craft', the head of the German-American 'Third Reich Bund', meets 'Elsa', the mysterious mother of one of his patients. Sensing danger, Tiago's mother 'Maria' pleads with 'Santa Muerte' to protect her family as the rising tensions in the city threaten to explode..."
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"...Los Angeles, 1938. 'LAPD' detective 'Tiago Vega' and his partner 'Lewis Michener', investigate a killing. While at 'City Hall', Tiago's activist brother 'Raul Vega' battles with the fiery 'Councilman Charlton Townsend' over the construction of California’s first freeway.
"Meanwhile, 'Peter Craft', the head of the German-American 'Third Reich Bund', meets 'Elsa', the mysterious mother of one of his patients. Sensing danger, Tiago's mother 'Maria' pleads with 'Santa Muerte' to protect her family as the rising tensions in the city threaten to explode..."
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- 8/22/2020
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
Penny Dreadful may have been a beloved, star-studded peak television offering that closed up shop after just three seasons, but the classic-literature-crossover Showtime supernatural series’ legacy lives on with a sequel. The new show is called Penny Dreadful: City of Angels and it’s airing now!
While the sequel series makes a dramatic shift away from the settings and characters of 2014-2016’s Penny Dreadful, it has the support of its key personnel, namely creator John Logan, who returns to serve as writer and executive producer, joined in the latter capacity by Michael Aguilar, who’s worked on recent Showtime offerings Kidding and I’m Dying Up Here.
Along with Logan and Aguilar, Penny Dreadful: City of Angels sees executive producers on board in Oscar winner Sam Mendes and Pippa Harris (Revolutionary Road) on behalf of Neal Street Productions. Logan is onboard via his Desert Wolf Productions. James Bagley is also on board,...
While the sequel series makes a dramatic shift away from the settings and characters of 2014-2016’s Penny Dreadful, it has the support of its key personnel, namely creator John Logan, who returns to serve as writer and executive producer, joined in the latter capacity by Michael Aguilar, who’s worked on recent Showtime offerings Kidding and I’m Dying Up Here.
Along with Logan and Aguilar, Penny Dreadful: City of Angels sees executive producers on board in Oscar winner Sam Mendes and Pippa Harris (Revolutionary Road) on behalf of Neal Street Productions. Logan is onboard via his Desert Wolf Productions. James Bagley is also on board,...
- 6/22/2020
- by Joseph Baxter
- Den of Geek
Sneak Peek more new footage from the 1930's supernatural TV series "Penny Dreadful: City of Angels" starring Natalie Dormer ("Game of Thrones") as a deadly 'shape-shifter', premiering April 26, 2020 on Showtime:
"...Los Angeles, 1938. 'Lapd' detective 'Tiago Vega' and his partner 'Lewis Michener', investigate a killing. While at 'City Hall', Tiago's activist brother 'Raul Vega' battles with the fiery 'Councilman Charlton Townsend' over the construction of California’s first freeway.
"Meanwhile, 'Peter Craft', the head of the German-American 'Third Reich Bund', meets 'Elsa', the mysterious mother of one of his patients. Sensing danger, Tiago's mother 'Maria' pleads with 'Santa Muerte' to protect her family as the rising tensions in the city threaten to explode..."
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"...Los Angeles, 1938. 'Lapd' detective 'Tiago Vega' and his partner 'Lewis Michener', investigate a killing. While at 'City Hall', Tiago's activist brother 'Raul Vega' battles with the fiery 'Councilman Charlton Townsend' over the construction of California’s first freeway.
"Meanwhile, 'Peter Craft', the head of the German-American 'Third Reich Bund', meets 'Elsa', the mysterious mother of one of his patients. Sensing danger, Tiago's mother 'Maria' pleads with 'Santa Muerte' to protect her family as the rising tensions in the city threaten to explode..."
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- 4/21/2020
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
Sneak Peek more new footage from the 1930's set supernatural TV series "Penny Dreadful: City of Angels" starring Natalie Dormer ("Game of Thrones") as a deadly 'shape-shifter', premiering April 26, 2020 on Showtime:
"...Los Angeles, 1938. 'Lapd' detective 'Tiago Vega' and his partner 'Lewis Michener', investigate a killing. While at 'City Hall', Tiago's activist brother 'Raul Vega' battles with the fiery 'Councilman Charlton Townsend' over the construction of California’s first freeway.
"Meanwhile, 'Peter Craft', the head of the German-American 'Third Reich Bund', meets 'Elsa', the mysterious mother of one of his patients. Sensing danger, Tiago's mother 'Maria' pleads with 'Santa Muerte' to protect her family as the rising tensions in the city threaten to explode..."
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"...Los Angeles, 1938. 'Lapd' detective 'Tiago Vega' and his partner 'Lewis Michener', investigate a killing. While at 'City Hall', Tiago's activist brother 'Raul Vega' battles with the fiery 'Councilman Charlton Townsend' over the construction of California’s first freeway.
"Meanwhile, 'Peter Craft', the head of the German-American 'Third Reich Bund', meets 'Elsa', the mysterious mother of one of his patients. Sensing danger, Tiago's mother 'Maria' pleads with 'Santa Muerte' to protect her family as the rising tensions in the city threaten to explode..."
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- 4/12/2020
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
Sneak Peek more new footage, plus images from the "Penny Dreadful: City of Angels" TV series premiere episode "Santa Muerte", starring Natalie Dormer airing April 26, 2020 on Showtime:
"...Los Angeles, 1938. 'Lapd' detective 'Tiago Vega' and his partner 'Lewis Michener', investigate a killing. While at 'City Hall', Tiago's activist brother 'Raul Vega' battles with the fiery 'Councilman Charlton Townsend' over the construction of California’s first freeway.
"Meanwhile, 'Peter Craft', the head of the German-American 'Third Reich Bund', meets 'Elsa', the mysterious mother of one of his patients.
"Sensing danger, Tiago's mother 'Maria' pleads with 'Santa Muerte' to protect her family as the rising tensions in the city threaten to explode..."
Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "Penny Dreadful: City of Angels"...
"...Los Angeles, 1938. 'Lapd' detective 'Tiago Vega' and his partner 'Lewis Michener', investigate a killing. While at 'City Hall', Tiago's activist brother 'Raul Vega' battles with the fiery 'Councilman Charlton Townsend' over the construction of California’s first freeway.
"Meanwhile, 'Peter Craft', the head of the German-American 'Third Reich Bund', meets 'Elsa', the mysterious mother of one of his patients.
"Sensing danger, Tiago's mother 'Maria' pleads with 'Santa Muerte' to protect her family as the rising tensions in the city threaten to explode..."
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- 4/8/2020
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
The supernatural "Penny Dreadful: City of Angels" series premiere episode "Santa Muerte", staring Natalie Dormer ("Game of Thrones") airs April 26, 2020 on Showtime:
"...Los Angeles, 1938. 'Lapd' detective 'Tiago Vega' and his partner 'Lewis Michener', investigate a killing. While at 'City Hall', Tiago's activist brother 'Raul Vega' battles with the fiery 'Councilman Charlton Townsend' over the construction of California’s first freeway.
"Meanwhile, 'Peter Craft', the head of the German-American 'Third Reich Bund', meets 'Elsa', the mysterious mother of one of his patients. Sensing danger, Tiago's mother 'Maria' pleads with 'Santa Muerte' to protect her family as the rising tensions in the city threaten to explode..."
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"...Los Angeles, 1938. 'Lapd' detective 'Tiago Vega' and his partner 'Lewis Michener', investigate a killing. While at 'City Hall', Tiago's activist brother 'Raul Vega' battles with the fiery 'Councilman Charlton Townsend' over the construction of California’s first freeway.
"Meanwhile, 'Peter Craft', the head of the German-American 'Third Reich Bund', meets 'Elsa', the mysterious mother of one of his patients. Sensing danger, Tiago's mother 'Maria' pleads with 'Santa Muerte' to protect her family as the rising tensions in the city threaten to explode..."
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- 4/2/2020
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
Shadowhunters may have come to a bittersweet conclusion, but another one of its actors had landed a new TV role.
Dominic Sherwood, who played Jace on the recently canceled Freeform drama, has joined the cast of Showtime's Penny Dreadful: City of Angels.
He is one of six new additions, joining the series alongside Adam Rodriguez, Michael Gladis, Lorenza Izzo, Thomas Kretschman, and Ethan Peck.
The new series is set in 1938 Los Angeles, and focuses on Det. Tiago Vega (Daniel Zovatto), who becomes embroiled in an epic story following a murder that shocks the city.
It quickly paves the way for Tiago and his family “grappling with powerful forces that threaten to tear them apart,” according to the official logline.
Related: Penny Dreadful Sequel Ordered to Series
Sherwood will play Kurt, the chauffer and bodyguard for Richard Goss (Kretschmann). There's more to Kurt than meets the eye: an unexpected depth and surprising background.
Dominic Sherwood, who played Jace on the recently canceled Freeform drama, has joined the cast of Showtime's Penny Dreadful: City of Angels.
He is one of six new additions, joining the series alongside Adam Rodriguez, Michael Gladis, Lorenza Izzo, Thomas Kretschman, and Ethan Peck.
The new series is set in 1938 Los Angeles, and focuses on Det. Tiago Vega (Daniel Zovatto), who becomes embroiled in an epic story following a murder that shocks the city.
It quickly paves the way for Tiago and his family “grappling with powerful forces that threaten to tear them apart,” according to the official logline.
Related: Penny Dreadful Sequel Ordered to Series
Sherwood will play Kurt, the chauffer and bodyguard for Richard Goss (Kretschmann). There's more to Kurt than meets the eye: an unexpected depth and surprising background.
- 6/25/2019
- by Paul Dailly
- TVfanatic
“Mad Men” veteran Michael Gladis will join the spinoff series “Penny Dreadful: City of Angels” as a ruthless politician, while “The Green Inferno” actress Lorenza Izzo will join the cast as a character known as the Angel of Holy Death.
Gladis will be a series regular, while Izzo will recur on the show, along with several other actors who joined the cast Tuesday. Adam Rodriguez (“CSI: Miami”), Thomas Kretschmann (“Avengers: Age of Ultron”) and Dominic Sherwood (“Shadowhunters”) and Ethan Peck (“Star Trek: Discovery”) will all appear in multiple episodes. “Game of Thrones” veteran Natalie Dormer was previously announced as a star of the series.
Also Read: 'Penny Dreadful' Spinoff Adds 'Penny Dreadful' Alum Rory Kinnear
Showtime describes the series as “a spiritual descendant” of the original “Penny Dreadful,” which was set in Victorian-era London. The new series, says the network, “opens in 1938 Los Angeles, a time...
Gladis will be a series regular, while Izzo will recur on the show, along with several other actors who joined the cast Tuesday. Adam Rodriguez (“CSI: Miami”), Thomas Kretschmann (“Avengers: Age of Ultron”) and Dominic Sherwood (“Shadowhunters”) and Ethan Peck (“Star Trek: Discovery”) will all appear in multiple episodes. “Game of Thrones” veteran Natalie Dormer was previously announced as a star of the series.
Also Read: 'Penny Dreadful' Spinoff Adds 'Penny Dreadful' Alum Rory Kinnear
Showtime describes the series as “a spiritual descendant” of the original “Penny Dreadful,” which was set in Victorian-era London. The new series, says the network, “opens in 1938 Los Angeles, a time...
- 6/25/2019
- by Margeaux Sippell
- The Wrap
Michael Gladis (Mad Men) is set as a series regular opposite Daniel Zovatto and Natalie Dormer in Showtime’s upcoming series Penny Dreadful: City of Angels, a follow-up to Penny Dreadful from the original series’ creator, writer and executive producer John Logan. Additionally, Lorenza Izzo (Aftershock) has been tapped for the pivotal recurring role of Santa Muerte, and Adam Rodriguez (CSI: Miami), Thomas Kretschmann (Avengers: Age of Ultron) Dominic Sherwood (Shadowhunters), and Ethan Peck (Star Trek: Discovery) also are set to recur.
A spiritual descendant of the story set in Victorian-era London, the next chapter will employ a new vision, new characters and storylines. It opens in 1938 Los Angeles; a time and place deeply infused with social and political tension. When a grisly murder shocks the city, Detective Tiago Vega (Zovatto) is embroiled in an epic story that reflects the rich history of Los Angeles: from the building of the...
A spiritual descendant of the story set in Victorian-era London, the next chapter will employ a new vision, new characters and storylines. It opens in 1938 Los Angeles; a time and place deeply infused with social and political tension. When a grisly murder shocks the city, Detective Tiago Vega (Zovatto) is embroiled in an epic story that reflects the rich history of Los Angeles: from the building of the...
- 6/25/2019
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
“Penny Dreadful: City of Angels” is rounding out its cast with the addition of six new actors.
Michael Gladis has joined the show as a series regular, while Lorenza Izzo, Adam Rodriguez, Thomas Kretschmann, and Dominic Sherwood will appear in recurring roles. Ethan Peck will guest star in multiple episodes. The six join previously announced cast members Natalie Dormer, Daniel Zovatto, Kerry Bishé, Adriana Barraza, Rory Kinnear, Jessica Garza, Johnathan Nieves, Nathan Lane, Amy Madigan, Brent Spiner, and Lin Shaye.
Described as a spiritual descendant of the original “Penny Dreadful,” the new series opens in 1938 Los Angeles. When a grisly murder shocks the city, Detective Tiago Vega (Zovatto) is embroiled in a story that reflects the history of Los Angeles: from the building of the city’s first freeways and its deep traditions of Mexican-American folklore, to the dangerous espionage actions of the Third Reich and the rise of radio evangelism.
Michael Gladis has joined the show as a series regular, while Lorenza Izzo, Adam Rodriguez, Thomas Kretschmann, and Dominic Sherwood will appear in recurring roles. Ethan Peck will guest star in multiple episodes. The six join previously announced cast members Natalie Dormer, Daniel Zovatto, Kerry Bishé, Adriana Barraza, Rory Kinnear, Jessica Garza, Johnathan Nieves, Nathan Lane, Amy Madigan, Brent Spiner, and Lin Shaye.
Described as a spiritual descendant of the original “Penny Dreadful,” the new series opens in 1938 Los Angeles. When a grisly murder shocks the city, Detective Tiago Vega (Zovatto) is embroiled in a story that reflects the history of Los Angeles: from the building of the city’s first freeways and its deep traditions of Mexican-American folklore, to the dangerous espionage actions of the Third Reich and the rise of radio evangelism.
- 6/25/2019
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
Adam Rodriguez has lined up his first post-Criminal Minds gig, and it’s Dreadful.
The actor is among six who have been cast in Penny Dreadful: City of Angels, the “spiritual descendant” of Showtime’s original horror-drama, TVLine has learned.
Set in 1938 Los Angeles, the Penny Dreadful “sequel” centers on Det. Tiago Vega (Daniel Zovatto), who becomes embroiled in an epic story following a grisly murder that shocks the city. The drama will soon find Tiago and his family “grappling with powerful forces that threaten to tear them apart,” per the official logline.
Rodriguez — who recently wrapped production on Criminal...
The actor is among six who have been cast in Penny Dreadful: City of Angels, the “spiritual descendant” of Showtime’s original horror-drama, TVLine has learned.
Set in 1938 Los Angeles, the Penny Dreadful “sequel” centers on Det. Tiago Vega (Daniel Zovatto), who becomes embroiled in an epic story following a grisly murder that shocks the city. The drama will soon find Tiago and his family “grappling with powerful forces that threaten to tear them apart,” per the official logline.
Rodriguez — who recently wrapped production on Criminal...
- 6/25/2019
- TVLine.com
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