The Gothic series will take place within a different setting and follow new characters
Huzzah! Penny Dreadful, the wonderful and gorgeous series inspired by the popular serial literature from the nineteenth century, will return to television. It was just announced today that John Logan will return as showrunner for what is being called a new chapter set in 1930s L.A. with different characters. According to creator and writer, John Logan, the new series (4th season) has been in the works for several months and will be a “spiritual descendant” of the original three-season story. Production is set to begin in 2019. There is no premiere date nor episode count that has been shared as of yet.
City of Angels opens in 1938 Los Angeles for a story that Showtime describes as “a time and place deeply infused with Mexican-American folklore and social tension.” Rooted in the conflict between characters connected to the deity Santa Muerte and others allied with the devil, Penny Dreadful: City of Angels will explore a mix of the supernatural and the combustible reality of that period, creating new occult myths and moral dilemmas within a historical backdrop. The series will feature all new characters and storylines.
According to John Logan, “Penny Dreadful: City of Angels will have a social consciousness and historical awareness that we chose not to explore in the Penny Dreadful London storylines–we will now be grappling with specific historical and real-world political, religious, social and racial issues. In 1938, Los Angeles was facing some hard questions about its future and its soul. Our characters must do the same. There are no easy answers. There are only powerful questions and arresting moral challenges. As always in the world of Penny Dreadful, there are no heroes or villains in this world, only protagonists and antagonists; complicated and conflicted characters living on the fulcrum of moral choice.”
Logan and his Desert Wolf Productions banner, Aguilar, Neal Street Productions duo Sam Mendes (American Beauty, Skyfall) and Pippa Harris exec produce the series; James Bagley co-exec produces.
