‘Penny Dreadful’ Cast Heading to Comic-Con

Penny Dreadful Heads to Comic-Con
Danny Sapani as Sembene, Reeve Carney as Dorian Gray, Billie Piper as Brona Croft, Josh Hartnett as Ethan Chandler, Timothy Dalton as Sir Malcolm, Eva Green as Vanessa Ives, Rory Kinnear as the creature and Harry Treadaway as Dr. Victor Frankenstein in ‘Penny Dreadful’ (Photo by Jim Fiscus/SHOWTIME)

Showtime’s Penny Dreadful recently completed its eight-episode season one run and has been renewed for season two, with the network targeting a 2015 second season premiere. And given the material and the popularity of the series, it’s not that big of a shocker to learn Showtime’s bringing the Penny Dreadful cast to the 2014 San Diego Comic-Con.

Series creator John Logan will be joining Josh Hartnett, Reeve Carney, and Harry Treadaway at the sold-out geekfest on July 24th for a Q&A session with fans. Aisha Tyler will moderate the panel which will take place from 6-7pm in Ballroom 20.

In addition to the Q&A, the cast will be signing autographs during Comic Con.

Here’s the scoop on what Showtime, in partnership with Entertainment Earth, Titan Books and Bif Bang Pow!, has planned for the Penny Dreadful booth:

Fans will have access to special edition books, tarot cards, and character figurines inspired by the series. Fans can visit the Entertainment Earth Booth (#2343) to purchase a deluxe deck of tarot cards inspired by the ones used throughout the series, along with character action figures, including Ethan Chandler (Josh Hartnett) and Vanessa Ives (Eva Green). Titan Books has published special editions of the classic novels that inspired the series.

For the exclusive Penny Dreadful Collection of classic horror novels including deluxe hardcover editions of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, Bram Stoker’s Dracula, and Oscar Wilde’s A Picture of Dorian Gray, which each contain original black and white illustrations by Martin Stiff, Louie de Martinis and Ian Bass, visit Titan’s booth #5537. In addition, the over 150,000 lanyards worn by all Comic-Con attendees will be branded by SHOWTIME and PENNY DREADFUL.

The Plot:

In Penny Dreadful, some of literature’s most famous characters – including Dr. Frankenstein, Dorian Gray, and iconic figures from the novel Dracula, all brilliantly reimagined in a whole new light – have become embroiled in Victorian London. The series stars Josh Hartnett (Black Hawk Down), Eva Green (Casino Royale), Timothy Dalton (The Living Daylights, License to Kill), Reeve Carney (Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark), Rory Kinnear (Skyfall), Harry Treadaway (The Lone Ranger), Billie Piper (Doctor Who, Secret Diary of a Call Girl) and Danny Sapani (The Bill).