Penny Dreadful creator adapting Patti Smith’s memoir for Showtime
Among the interesting tidbits of information to come out of Showtime’s presentation at the Television Critics Association Press Tour, here’s one of the more unexpected: Apparently proto-punk poet Patti Smith is a big fan of the network’s horror series Penny Dreadful. (She’s presumably hoping an absinthe-sodden Rimbaud will show up at some point.)
