It's Still a Pretty Dreadful Decision

Having three seasons of Showtime's Penny Dreadful was a pure pleasure, but one cannot help to ask "What if?"

Here is Showtime's president David Nevins describing the decision to end at season three (spoiler alert):

I think in his mind, it was always three and out...From early on, we were trying to keep it open for the possibility of more, but it just became clear that trying to continue the show past the life of Vanessa Ives was going to be a lesserment. And John really was most invested in the life of, in the story of Vanessa Ives, and he didn’t really want to continue beyond that character. That character had a three season arc. So when he says it was always three years, I think he always envisioned a three season arc for her and that character.

I get it, but you still had some powerful actors and storylines worth pursuing. Besides, Penny Dreadful was in a class of its own. Unlike most the other vampire and werewolf series, this one did not revolve around American high schoolers. The adult actors and historic overseas setting set it apart, unlike Vampire Diaries and Teen Wolf, which are both facing their last season now as well.

So where do we go from here? Well, it seems the well-loved movie Lost Boys is being rewritten for The CW as a television series. It will be based in California again and initially start in 1967.  Yet that is just the beginning of this 70 year, 7 season project per Deadline Hollywood News: 

Envisioned for a seven-season, anthology-style run, the series will tell a story spanning 70 years, each season chronicling a decade. Season 1 will be set in San Francisco during the Summer of Love, 1967. Each season, the humans, the setting, the antagonist and the story all change — only the vampires, our Lost Boys, who like the Peter Pan characters never grow up, remain the same. 

However, from what I remember it was a straightforward vampire take with no room for werewolves, Frankenstein, witches, or other dark creatures. I have to say that sounds pretty boring after the monster menagerie of Penny Dreadful. 

I guess I am still hoping Showtime will come to its senses and spinoff a new dreadful series.