Based on the image circulating alongside Showtime's press release, all the main characters will likely be returning in the new season: Vanessa Ives (Eva Green), Ethan Chandler (Josh Hartnett), Sir Malcolm (Timothy Dalton), Dr. Frankenstein (Harry Treadaway), Sembene (Danny Sapani), Dorian Gray (Reeve Carney) and the Creature, also known as John Clare (Rory Kinnear), as well as this season's "big bad," Evelyn Poole (Helen McCrory) and Ferdinand Lyle (Simon Russell Beale).