Piper Perabo will be a fading rose on Penny Dreadful: City of Angels

Last Updated on July 30, 2021

Penny Dreadful: City of Angels, the "spiritual descendant" of the Penny Dreadful series that ran on Showtime for three seasons, is set to begin filming later this month, and before cameras start rolling the new show has added another cast member.

Piper Perabo, who may be best known for her roles in COYOTE UGLY, LOOPER, and the USA series Covert Affairs (pictured above), has signed on to play the recurring role of "Linda Craft, the wife of Dr. Peter Craft (Rory Kinnear), who is head of the isolationist German-American Bund, and mother to Trevor (Hudson West) and Tom (Julian Hilliard). Linda is described as a fading American Beauty rose, disappointed with her husband and bored with her constrained suburban life."

While Penny Dreadful was set in Victoria era London, Penny Dreadful: City of Angels is set in 

1938 Los Angeles, a time and place deeply infused with social and political tension. When a grisly murder shocks the city, Detective Tiago Vega is embroiled in an epic story that reflects the rich history of Los Angeles: from the building of the city's first freeways and its deep traditions of Mexican-American folklore, to the dangerous espionage actions of the Third Reich and the rise of radio evangelism. Before long, Tiago and his family are grappling with powerful forces that threaten to tear them apart. 

Penny Dreadful: City of Angels explores an exciting mix of the supernatural and the combustible reality of the period, creating new occult myths and moral dilemmas within a genuine historical backdrop. This chapter is a bold new vision that will employ all new characters and storylines. 

Daniel Zovatto takes the lead role of Detective Tiago Vega. Other cast members include Johnathan Nieves as Tiago's volatile younger brother Mateo; Adam Rodriguez as the eldest son of the Vega family; Jessica Garza as their sister Josefina, who "plays the part of the quiet and overlooked younger sister but possesses a powerful spirit waiting to be unleashed"; Adriana Barraza as Maria Vega, the powerful matriarch of the Vega family who will go to any lengths to protect her children from the supernatural forces invading their lives; Nathan Lane as veteran LAPD officer Lewis Michener; Lin Shaye as Michener's friend and ally Dottie Minter, "an invaluable operative in the battle against Third Reich espionage in Los Angeles"; Kerry Bishé as charismatic radio evangelist Sister Molly; Amy Madigan as Sister Molly's mother Miss Adelaide Finnister, who manages the church's finances; Michael Gladis as Councilman Charlton Townsend, head of the L.A. City Council's Transportation Committee; Thomas Kretschmann as aristocratic and mysterious German architect Richard Goss; Dominic Sherwood as Goss's chauffeur and bodyguard Kurt; Ethan Peck as Herman Ackermann, second-in-command at the German-American Bund; Brent Spiner as Captain Ned Vanderhoff, the Precinct Captain at the Hollenbeck police station in Boyle Heights; Natalie Dormer as the demon Magda, "who can take the appearance of anyone she chooses and manifests in a number of guises throughout the story. Charismatic, clever and chameleonic, Magda is a dangerous enemy and an invaluable ally"; and Lorenza Izzo as Magda's sister Santa Muerte, the Angel of Holy Death.

Penny Dreadful: City of Angels is being executive produced by Penny Dreadful creator John Logan, Michael Aguilar, Sam Mendes, and Pippa Harris. James Bagley is co-executive producer. The show is being produced by Logan's Desert Wolf Productions. Paco Cabezas will be directing multiple episodes.

It has not yet been announced when Showtime plans to start airing the series.