Showtime’s new horror series Penny Dreadful, produced by Skyfall director Sam Mendes, has cast Harry Treadaway (The Lone Ranger, Fish Tank) as Dr Victor Frankenstein and Rory Kinnear (Skyfall) in a mysterious role.
THR reports that the actors join Josh Hartnett, Eva Green, Reeve Carney and Timothy Dalton in the eight-part series written by Gladiator‘s John Logan, which “evolves around some of literature’s famed monsters – including Dr. Frankenstein and his creature, Dorian Gray and figures from Dracula – weaving together classic horror origin stories as the characters grapple with their monstrous alienation.”
Penny Dreadful will air in 2014. You can buy Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein on DVD for £4.27 at Amazon.co.uk.