MUMBAI: Some of literature?s most iconic figures will step into the light on US cable network Showtime in ?Penny Dreadful?. This is a psychosexual horror series created, written and executive produced by three-time Oscar nominee John Logan (Hugo, The Aviator, Gladiator) and executive produced by ?Skyfall? director Sam Mendes and Neal Street?s Pippa Harris.

The announcement was made by Showtime Networks president of entertainment David Nevins. ?Penny Dreadful? will begin production in London in the second half of the year.

This project marks Logan and Mendes? second major collaboration, following the Bond film ?Skyfall?, which Mendes directed and Logan co-wrote; and their first ever collaboration for television.

Nevins said, "John Logan and Sam Mendes are two of the great storytellers of our time. The visual spectacle combined with the psychological insight in their reimagining of these iconic literary characters seems totally mesmerizing to me. This promises to be a wholly original television show."