1 of 3 | Left to right, "Penny Dreadful" cast-mates Rory Kinnear, Josh Hartnett, Danny Sapani, Eva Green, Billie Piper, Sam Mendes, Harry Treadaway and Timothy Dalton attend the premiere of the show in London on May 12, 2014. File Photo by Rune Hellestad/UPI |
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The follow-up is set in 1930s Los Angeles. Kinnear will play Dr. Peter Craft, who is described in a press release as "a successful German pediatrician and the head of the German-American Bund, an organization he hopes will keep the United States isolated from the growing threat of war in Europe."
"It's no secret that Rory is one of my favorite actors on the planet, and working with him in the original series was inspiring," Logan said in a statement. "So much so that I wrote this part for him, and I'm thrilled he'll be joining us in the City of Angels."