Sky Atlantic has released two new videos looking at the making of Penny Dreadful, the channel’s original psychological thriller series. Featuring some of literature’s most terrifying characters in Victorian London and starring Josh Hartnett (Lucky Number Slevin), Billie Piper (Doctor Who), Eva Green (Casino Royale) and Timothy Dalton (James Bond), Penny Dreadful is currently airing … >
Sky Atlantic has announced the commission of a second season of Penny Dreadful. The recently-launched drama series will return in 2015 with ten new episodes – two more than the first season. Written, created and executive produced by John Logan (writer of Gladiator, Hugo and Skyfall), and executive produced by director Sam Mendes (American Beauty), … >
Billie Piper, Josh Hartnett, Timothy Dalton and Harry Treadaway chat about Sky Atlantic’s Penny Dreadful in this Q&A session from the recent London premiere…
The horror genre has always been most closely associated with the medium of film, but in recent years it has made long over-due in-roads into television. The ratings behemoth that is The Walking Dead has proved that horror in the long-form format of television can be hugely successful, while other shows like American Horror Story, … >
HBO has released the first footage of Sherlock star and co-creator Mark Gatiss in Game Of Thrones. The Doctor Who writer will appear in next week’s episode as Tycho Nestoris. Watch the trailer for Season 4 Episode 6… Gatiss previously described the character as “a bit like John Major”. He joked: “I’m expecting an almost … >
Sky Atlantic has released the first trailer for Mr Sloane, the channel’s new comedy series from Curb Your Enthusiasm producer Robert B. Weide. Written and directed by Weide, the six-part “bittersweet romantic comedy” stars Nick Frost (Spaced, Hot Fuzz) as Jeremy Sloane, “a button-down 1960’s man in crisis”. Watch the trailer… The official synopsis reads: … >
Sky Atlantic will air HBO’s new comedy series Silicon Valley this summer. Created by Beavis & Butthead‘s Mike Judge, the eight-part series is set in the high-tech rush of the modern Silicon Valley, “where the people most qualified to succeed are the least capable of handling success”. Described as “an Entourage for geeks”, Silicon Valley … >
Doctor Who star Billie Piper discusses her role in Sky Atlantic’s upcoming psychological thriller series Penny Dreadful in a new video interview. Featuring some of literature’s most terrifying characters in Victorian London, Penny Dreadful begins in the US on Sunday 11 May on Showtime and will air in the UK on Sky Atlantic shortly after. … >
Sky Atlantic has released a new teaser trailer for Penny Dreadful, the channel’s upcoming psychological thriller series. Featuring some of literature’s most terrifying characters in Victorian London, Penny Dreadful begins in the US on Sunday 11 May on Showtime and will air in the UK on Sky Atlantic shortly after. Watch the teaser… Starring alongside … >
Sky Atlantic has unveiled a one-minute trailer for the new season of Game of Thrones, featuring a specially-commissioned cover of Led Zeppelin’s ‘Immigrant Song’ by Jamie N Commons. Season 4 begins in the UK at 9pm on Monday 7 April on Sky Atlantic, airing less than 24 hours after it premieres in the US. Watch … >