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PENNY DREADFUL: Showtime Gives Season 2 a New Premiere Date

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Penny Dreadful Season 2 Premiere Date Released. Showtime has revealed when Penny Dreadful: Season 2 will begin on the American premium cable and satellite television network. Season 2 of Penny Dreadful will begin on May 3, 2015, moved from its original premiere date of April 26, 2015.

The official press release on the new premiere date:

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SHOWTIME® TO PREMIERE THE HIGHLY-ANTICIPATED
SECOND SEASON OF PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLER
PENNY DREADFUL ON A NEW DATE

SHOWTIME will now premiere the sophomore season of the critically-acclaimed psychological thriller PENNY DREADFUL on Sunday, May 3rd at 10 p.m. ET/PT. PENNY DREADFUL returns with ten episodes and will find Vanessa Ives (Eva Green) and Ethan Chandler (Josh Hartnett) forming a deeper bond as the group, including Sir Malcolm (Timothy Dalton), Dr. Frankenstein (Harry Treadaway), and Sembene (Danny Sapani), unite to banish the evil forces that threaten to destroy them. Meanwhile, Dorian Gray (Reeve Carney), the Creature (Rory Kinnear) and Brona (Billie Piper) are all waging battles of their own. Patti LuPone will guest star as a mysterious character of great importance in Vanessa’s past. Helen McCrory returns as Evelyn Poole (a.k.a. Madame Kali), the seductive spiritualist who will pose a unique threat to our protagonists this season, along with Simon Russell Beale, who is back as eccentric Egyptologist Ferdinand Lyle. Additional guest stars include Douglas Hodge as a Scotland Yard investigator; Sarah Greene as Poole’s powerful daughter, Hecate; and Jonny Beauchamp as a man with a singular past.

PENNY DREADFUL is a drama series created, written and executive produced by three-time Oscar 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. A co-production with Sky Atlantic, PENNY DREADFUL is currently in production in Dublin, Ireland. F?or more information and video clips, please visit www.penny-dreadful.com.

Also this spring, SHOWTIME will bid farewell to one of its signature series, NURSE JACKIE starring Emmy® winner Edie Falco, when the final season kicks off on Sunday, April 12th at 9 p.m. ET/PT. The network will debut new comedy series HAPPYISH starring Oscar® and Golden Globe® nominee Steve Coogan, Kathryn Hahn and Emmy Award winner and Golden Globe nominee Bradley Whitford on Sunday, April 26th at 9:30 p.m. ET/PT.

We previously published these Penny Dreadful articles:

PENNY DREADFUL: Season 2 TV Show Promo Lauds 2015 Return

PENNY DREADFUL: Season 2 Teaser Trailer 2, Images, & Synopsis

PENNY DREADFUL: Season 2 TV Show Trailer 3: Evil Bathes in Blood [Showtime, TCA 2015]

Penny Dreadful also stars Eva Green, Josh Hartnett, Danny Sapani, Timothy Dalton, Reeve Carney, Danny Sapani, Timothy Dalton, Reeve Carney, Rory Kinnear, Harry Treadaway, and Billie Piper.

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Source: Showtime

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Rollo Tomasi is a Connecticut-based film critic, TV show critic, news, and editorial writer. He will have a MFA in Creative Writing from Columbia University in 2025. Rollo has written over 700 film, TV show, short film, Blu-ray, and 4K-Ultra reviews. His reviews are published in IMDb's External Reviews and in Google News. Previously you could find his work at Empire Movies, Blogcritics, and AltFilmGuide. Now you can find his work at FilmBook.
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