CBS CONSUMER PRODUCTS LAUNCHES MERCHANDISING PROGRAM FOR NEW SHOWTIME® THRILLER PENNY DREADFUL
New Deals with Titan and Bif Bang Pow! Lay Foundation for Retail Program NEW YORK – May 13, 2014 – CBS Consumer Products unveiled today the first licensing partners for the new Showtime ® series, Penny Dreadful -- a frightening psychological thriller set in Victorian London. Setting the foundation for a concentrated merchandising campaign, Titan and Bif Bang Pow! have signed on to bring the horror series to fans through special edition books, tarot cards and character figurines. Most products are available now at the SHOWTIME’s online store. Titan Books, a leading publisher of high-quality film and TV tie-ins, will publish special editions of the classic novels that inspired the Penny Dreadful series. Deluxe hardcover editions of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein , Bram Stoker’s Dracula and Oscar Wilde’s A Picture of Dorian Gray will each contain original black and white illustrations by Martin Stiff, Louie de Martinis and Ian Bass. These deluxe editions will be exclusively a