PENNY DREADFUL's Reeve Carney Set for Showtime's Comic Con Panel

By: Jun. 23, 2015
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Recently picked up for a third season, Showtime will bring the world of PENNY DREADFUL to San Diego Comic-Con, starting with an autograph signing with star Reeve Carney (Broadway's SPIDER-MAN TURN OFF THE DARK), on Saturday, July 11 at 3 p.m. at the Entertainment Earth booth #2343. Additionally, makeup artist and Youtube sensation Alexys Fleming will transform five lucky PENNY DREADFUL fans into characters from the show, including the Creature, the werewolf and a witch, through her masterful makeup applications. The transformations will take place at the Entertainment Earth booth on Friday, July 10. Fleming also created five custom videos on her Youtube channel, MadeYewLook, teaching fans how to recreate their favorite PENNY DREADFUL characters themselves throughout the season: http://s.sho.com/MYLWolfPD. In addition, the over 160,000 lanyards worn by all Comic-Con attendees will be branded by Showtime and PENNY DREADFUL.

SHOWTIME, in partnership with Bif Bang Pow! has once again teamed up to bring seven all-new, six-inch action figures inspired by PENNY DREADFUL characters, exclusive to San Diego Comic-Con, including Vanessa Ives, Ethan Chandler, Dorian Gray, Dr. Frankenstein, Sir Malcolm, the Creature and the werewolf. The figures will be available for the first time on July 8th at the Entertainment Earth booth #2343. There will also be a journal inspired by Dr. Frankenstein's actual sketchbook used on the show, with 160 parchment colored pages and some of the actual doctor's sketches watermarked throughout. The first six fans to purchase all seven action figures will receive an autographed PENNY DREADFUL book.

On sale at the USAopoly Booth #1017 will be the new PENNY DREADFUL-inspired board game, CLUE(R): PENNY DREADFUL edition, featuring the characters from the series. Fans will compete to figure out WHO killed Mina Murray, WHERE they killed her and with WHAT weapon. The game will be available for purchase for $39.95, and can be won in the four Daily Raffles. Winners will be selected Thursday, July 9th - Saturday July 11th at 5 p.m. and on Sunday, July 12th at 2 p.m. at the USAopoly Booth. Additionally, fans can pose in Doctor Frankenstein's lab with portraits of the suspects from CLUE: PENNY DREADFUL edition holding their weapon of choice: pistol, syringe, tarot cards, arsenic, handkerchief and sword cane. Fans will be able to share photos using the hashtag #PennyDreadfulClue. Also available for purchase at the Titan Booth #5537, will be The Art and Making of PENNY DREADFUL for a special Comic-Con price of $20.

PENNY DREADFUL's second season found Vanessa Ives (Eva Green) and Ethan Chandler (Josh Hartnett) forming a deeper bond as the group, including Sir Malcolm (Timothy Dalton), Dr. Frankenstein (Harry Treadaway), and Sembene (Danny Sapani), united to banish the evil forces that threatened to destroy them. Meanwhile, Dorian Gray (Reeve Carney) and the Creature (Rory Kinnear) all waged battles of their own. Helen McCrory returned as Evelyn Poole (a.k.a. Madame Kali), the seductive spiritualist who posed a unique threat to our protagonists, along with Simon Russell Beale, back as eccentric Egyptologist Ferdinand Lyle. PENNY DREADFUL is created, written and executive produced by Oscar(R) nominee John Logan (Hugo, The Aviator, Gladiator) and executive produced by Logan's Desert Wolf Productions, along with Oscar winner Sam Mendes (American Beauty, Skyfall) and Pippa Harris (Revolutionary Road, Call The Midwife), both of Neal Street Productions. A co-production with Sky Atlantic, PENNY DREADFUL is shot on location in Dublin, Ireland. For more information and video clips, please visit www.penny-dreadful.com.

Photo Credit: Walter McBride / WM Photos



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