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When John Logan decided to end 19th century horror drama Penny Dreadful after three seasons, it wasn’t with the intent to revive it in any form down the line. He was busy enough writing the books for musicals such as Moulin Rouge! or screenplays for James Bond films. But US cable TV network Showtime told him he should always feel free to pitch a continuation.
As it turns out, a few years later Logan inspired to develop a new idea. But this story was set about as far as you could get from the first series, in the dappled sunshine of Los Angeles circa 1938. “When people think of Los Angeles in the 1930s, they invariably think about Hollywood and Metro Goldwyn Mayer and Dorothy in the red slippers,” Logan tells . “And that’s not our show. Our show is about downtown
