Renewed: Penny Dreadful

US-UK horror series Penny Dreadful has been renewed for a second season.

Showtime has ordered 10 episodes for season two, with production set to resume later this year in Dublin.

Created by screenwriter-playwright John Logan and co-produced by Sam Mendes, the series fuses Dr. Frankstein, Dorian Gray and characters from Bram Stoker’s “Dracula” with a cast including Eva Green, Josh Hartnett and Timothy Dalton.

“We were trying to do something a little different for Showtime and find a show that would re-establish us with passionate genre fans in the post-Dexter era,” Showtime’s David Nevins has told Variety. “It feels like we’re hitting on both levels with a show that has deep, rich, complicated characters and interesting psychology and the genre component.

“The world of the show is just getting deeper and richer. John Logan has incredible ideas that are just starting to be exposed. I can’t wait to see how it evolves in season two.”

The series is due to air in Australia on Foxtel but a date has not been announced.