"Penny Dreadful" casts Louis Stevenson's Dr. Jekyl for Season 3September 2, 2015 - 18:07 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - "Penny Dreadful" will introduce some new faces in the next season. The show has added Louis Stevenson's Dr. Henry Jekyll to the line-up of literary characters featured on the gothic drama. Tackling the iconic role will be Shazad Latif ("The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel"), AceShowbiz reports. Meanwhile, Patti LuPone who guest starred in last season as the Cut-Wife has been promoted to series regular, but there's a twist. Instead of reprising her season 2's role, she will take on new character named Dr. Seward, an American therapist who treats Vanessa (Eva Green) with an unconventional new approach. Additionally, Wes Studi ("Hell on Wheels") is added to the cast as a series regular to play Kaetenay, an intense, enigmatic Native American with a deep connection to Ethan (Josh Hartnett), who also becomes an ally to Sir Malcolm (Timothy Dalton). The upcoming season 3 will also feature guest stars Christian Camargo ("Dexter") as Dr. Alexander Sweet, a zoologist who strikes up an unlikely friendship with Vanessa; Samuel Barnett ("Jupiter Ascending") as Dr. Seward's mysterious young secretary; and Jessica Barden ("The Outcast") as Justine, a young acolyte to Lily (Billie Piper) and Dorian Gray (Reeve Carney). "Penny Dreadful" is slated to return with nine new episodes in 2016. Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running” Partner news | The Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life charity The companies inform that the May beneficiary of The Power of One Dram is the “Road of Life” charitable organization. Ucom General Director gives lecture at French University in Armenia The General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian delivered a lecture at the French University of Armenia. Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. |