The primary full trailer for Penny Dreadful: City of Angels is the present’s most intense preview but. On Friday, Showtime launched the trailer for John Logan‘s Penny Dreadful follow-up collection, and it teases riots, gore, Natalie Dormer punching a cop, a chilling non secular revival, and a minimum of one spectral determine watching from the shadows. We would not have Penny Dreadful every other means.
Metropolis of Angels, premiering April 26 on Showtime, is ready in 1938 Los Angeles on the unstable cusp of World Conflict II. Within the collection, tensions in the neighborhood are infected by supernatural forces like Magda (Dormer), a robust demon who can take the looks of anybody she chooses. She’ll face off in opposition to her sister, Santa Muerte (Lorenza Izzo), the Angel of Holy Dying.
“All mankind must be the monster he really is is being advised he can,” Magda says within the trailer.
The trailer additionally incorporates a nearer take a look at a personality who did not play a significant position in any of the teasers: Kerry Bishé‘s Sister Molly, a charismatic radio evangelist, singer, and gifted orator. The brand new footage exhibits Molly asking Detective Tiago Vega (Daniel Zovatto) if he believes in God, and he or she does not appear inclined to take no for a solution.
Everything We Know So Far About Penny Dreadful: City of Angels
Billed as a “religious descendent” of the unique Showtime collection, Penny Dreadful: Metropolis of Angels kicks off with a grisly homicide that pulls Vega and his companion, Lewis Michener (Nathan Lane), into the center of the social and political upheaval of the period. Freeways threaten to displace the native Mexican-American group, spies within the Third Reich infiltrate the federal government, and radio evangelism is on the rise.
Rory Kinnear, Michael Gladis, Johnathan Nieves, and Jessica Garza additionally star. The recurring solid consists of Adam Rodriguez, Amy Madigan, Brent Spiner, Lin Shaye, Thomas Kretschmann, Ethan Peck, and Dominic Sherwood.
Metropolis of Angels is created, written, and executive-produced by Penny Dreadful creator John Logan. Michael Aguilar additionally executive-produces, as do Sam Mendes and Pippa Harris. Paco Cabezas is ready to direct a number of episodes.
Penny Dreadful: Metropolis of Angels premieres Sunday, April 26 at 10/9c on Showtime.
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