Penny Dreadful is going to Spain. Showtime has announced that some episodes from the series’ upcoming third season will be filmed in the European country.
The third season of Penny Dreadful is set to premiere on May 1st.
According to the press statement, the select episodes will be filmed in the Andalusia region of Spain and will feature cast regulars Josh Hartnett and Timothy Dalton “as they battle dark forces in the 1800s American West.”
Here’s the full press release:
SHOWTIME(R) DRAMA SERIES PENNY DREADFUL TO SHOOT ON LOCATION IN SPAIN
Third Season To Premiere Sunday, May 1st At 10 PM ET/PT On SHOWTIME On-Air, On Demand And Over The Internet
LOS ANGELES, CA – January 28, 2016 – The hit SHOWTIME drama series PENNY DREADFUL is heading to Spain to shoot select episodes for its third season. Shooting in the city of Almería in the Andalusia region, the episodes will follow Ethan (Josh Hartnett), Sir Malcolm (Timothy Dalton), new series regular Kaetenay (Wes Studi) and Hecate (guest star Sarah Greene) as they battle dark forces in the 1800s American West. The new season will premiere on Sunday, May 1st at 10 p.m. ET/PT on-air, on demand and over the internet.
This season on PENNY DREADFUL, Tony(R) Award-winning star Patti LuPone (American Horror Story), who guest starred last season as the Cut-Wife, returns as a series regular in the new role of Dr. Seward, an American therapist who treats Vanessa (Eva Green) with an unconventional new approach. Studi (Hell On Wheels) joins as a series regular as Kaetenay, an intense, enigmatic Native American with a deep connection to Ethan (Hartnett) who also becomes an ally to Sir Malcolm (Dalton). The third season also adds Robert Louis Stevenson’s Dr. Henry Jekyll (Shazad Latif). Other guest stars include Screen Actors Guild(R) Award nominee Christian Camargo (DEXTER(R), The Hurt Locker) as Dr. Alexander Sweet, a zoologist who strikes up an unlikely friendship with Vanessa; Sam Barnett (2012, Jupiter Ascending) as Dr. Seward’s mysterious young secretary; and Jessica Barden (The Outcast, Far from the Madding Crowd) as Justine, a young acolyte to Lily (Billie Piper) and Dorian Gray (Reeve Carney), and Perdita Weeks (THE TUDORS), as Catriona Hartdegan, a scholar with expert knowledge of the supernatural. Simon Russell Beale returns as Dr. Ferdinand Lyle. Rory Kinnear (as The Creature) and Harry Treadaway (as Dr. Frankenstein) also star. PENNY DREADFUL is a frightening psychological thriller created, written and executive produced by three-time Oscar(R) nominee John Logan (Hugo, The Aviator, Gladiator) and executive produced by Logan’s Desert Wolf Productions, along with Oscar winner Sam Mendes (American Beauty, Skyfall) and Pippa Harris (Revolutionary Road, Call The Midwife), both of Neal Street Productions. PENNY DREADFUL is a co-production with SHOWTIME and Sky.”
What do you think? Do you watch Penny Dreadful? Will you watch the third season?
so cant wait i love this show its fantastic and hope it goes on for ages cant wait to see what is going to happen in this season