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By Greg Evans

All it took to get Rory Kinnear on board for Penny Dreadful: City of Angels was a two-word email subject line. Kinnear, who played Frankenstein's Creature in the first Penny Dreadful, returns for City of Angels as an entirely different character — this time, he's the doctor. It's a role that really cuts down on his time in the makeup chair, which Penny Dreadful and City of Angels creator John Logan knew would be a selling point.

By Audrey Cleo Yap

If you're still smarting from Penny Dreadful's untimely end, take heart: Showtime's Gothic horror drama is being reanimated — in spirit. John Logan, the creator, writer, and executive producer of Penny Dreadful, is returning to old haunts with Penny Dreadful: City of Angels, a so-called "spiritual descendant" of the original drama.

By Denise Petski

The first thing people will talk about when it comes to Penny Dreadful: City of Angels is its title. The new Showtime drama, premiering April 26, isn't a revival or a spin-off of Penny Dreadful, and it isn't exactly a new chapter in an American Horror Story-type anthology, although if series creator John Logan wants to go in that direction, he's got my blessing.

There's a new Penny Dreadful in town — and just in time. Nearly four years after the beloved gothic horror series wrapped up its three-season run in 2016, its spirit has been reincarnated in Penny Dreadful: City of Angels, premiering April 26 on Showtime.

The first thing people will talk about when it comes to Penny Dreadful: City of Angels is its title. The new Showtime drama, premiering April 26, isn't a revival or a spin-off of Penny Dreadful, and it isn't exactly a new chapter in an American Horror Story-type anthology, although if series creator John Logan wants to go in that direction, he's got my blessing.

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Is humanity inherently good or evil? Natalie Dormer as the demon shapeshifter Magda is here to prove the latter. Showtime's new Penny Dreadful: City of Angels trailer calls up new footage for creator John Logan's spiritual successor to his original series.

Is humanity inherently good or evil? Natalie Dormer as the demon shapeshifter Magda is here to prove the latter. Showtime's new Penny Dreadful: City of Angels trailer calls up new footage for creator John Logan's spiritual successor to his original series.

Is humanity inherently good or evil? Natalie Dormer as the demon shapeshifter Magda is here to prove the latter. Showtime's new Penny Dreadful: City of Angels trailer calls up new footage for creator John Logan's spiritual successor to his original series.

Is humanity inherently good or evil? Natalie Dormer as the demon shapeshifter Magda is here to prove the latter. Showtime's new Penny Dreadful: City of Angels trailer calls up new footage for creator John Logan's spiritual successor to his original series.

If you're still smarting from Penny Dreadful's untimely end, take heart: Showtime's Gothic horror drama is being reanimated — in spirit. John Logan, the creator, writer, and executive producer of Penny Dreadful, is returning to old haunts with Penny Dreadful: City of Angels, a so-called "spiritual descendant" of the original drama.

The first full trailer for Penny Dreadful: City of Angels is the show's most intense preview yet. On Friday, Showtime released the trailer for John Logan's Penny Dreadful follow-up series, and it teases riots, gore, Natalie Dormer punching a cop, a chilling religious revival, and at least one spectral figure watching from the shadows. We wouldn't have Penny Dreadful any other way.

If you're still smarting from Penny Dreadful's untimely end, take heart: Showtime's Gothic horror drama is being reanimated — in spirit. John Logan, the creator, writer, and executive producer of Penny Dreadful, is returning to old haunts with Penny Dreadful: City of Angels, a so-called "spiritual descendant" of the original drama.