Penny Dreadful: City of Angels (Breakdown)
Added 2019-01-30 20:41:34 +0000 UTCPENNY DREADFUL: CITY OF ANGELS
Episodic
1 Hour Series
SHOWTIME
Producers: John Logan & Michael Aguilar
Writer: John Logan
Casting Directors: Telsey + Company (LA)
Tiffany Little Canfield & Josh Einsohn
Casting Associate: Rachel Dill
Series Shooting Dates: July 2019
Location: Los Angeles, CA
SEEKING:
MATEO VEGA
Male, Mexican American, 18-22, Mateo is thin-skinned and volatile, especially about the stings of racism he sees everywhere around him in 1930s Los Angeles. While essentially goodhearted and kind, he lacks the clear ambition and strength of will of his two older brothers, so he’s vulnerable to both his own capricious emotions and various influences around him. Chief among those influences are the famous Pachucos – the proud Latino Zoot Suit street gangs. He’s a young man trying to find his place in a dangerous world. SERIES REGULAR
STORY LINE: Set in Los Angeles in 1938, City of Angels explores a time and place deeply infused with Mexican-American folklore and social tension. Rooted in the conflict between characters connected to the deity Santa Muerte and others allied with the Devil, the new series will explore a mix of the supernatural and the reality of the time period. The series will focus on Santiago, an LA cop who has a connection to Santa Muerte, the angel of holy death.
