10 TV Shows To Watch If You Loved Game Of Thrones

Created by three-time Academy Award nominee John Logan and titled after the iconic 19th-century British novels, the original Penny Dreadful features terrifying monsters and characters from iconic literature, including Robert Louis Stevenson's Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, and Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray. Aside from the exceptional acting chops (the cast includes Casino Royale’s Eva Green and American Horror Story’s Jessica Lange), Penny Dreadful, much like Game of Thrones, features women of power and their efforts to take down The Patriarchy.

While your favorite characters were jockeying for the Iron Throne, Showtime swooped Penny Dreadful from Starz and, with the help of the show's original creator John Logan, are rebooting the gothic drama.

What's more? Penny Dreadful: City of Angels stars another GoT veteran, Natalie Dormer. Earning top billing for the role of the shapeshifting demon Magda, Dormer's return to Showtime (she starred as Anne Boleyn in the network's highly acclaimed period piece, The Tudors), is proof positive that the Game of Thrones star is as multifaceted as her upcoming role in Penny Dreadful: City of Angels.

Any GoT fans looking for a longterm fantasy fix - however dark that fantasy may be—should catch up on the Penny Dreadful in preparation for its reboot, which will undoubtedly be as epic as the original three-season run.