Commander
Posted 24 August 2013 - 03:13 AM
Timothy Dalton has joined the cast of the Showtime horror series Penny Dreadful, which was created by Skyfall director Sam Mendes and writer John Logan.
Dalton isn't the James Bond alumni to be cast in the series. Dalton will join the already cast Josh Hartnett and Casino Royale's Eva Green.
Commander
Posted 24 August 2013 - 06:57 AM
Nice to see Dalton getting more high profile roles again! Looking forward to this project!
Commander
Posted 24 August 2013 - 03:55 PM
Hopefully this is a more substantial role and not another guest spot. It would be great if Dalton could parlay this kind of role into some more work for networks like HBO and Showtime.
Midshipman
Posted 25 August 2013 - 02:48 AM
Hopefully this is a more substantial role and not another guest spot. It would be great if Dalton could parlay this kind of role into some more work for networks like HBO and Showtime.
Agreed. Definitely going to keep an eye on this.
Sub-Lieutenant
Posted 25 August 2013 - 05:17 AM
Great to see Dalton getting some quality work! Let's hope they give him plenty of screen-time!
Apparently this mini-series involves the characters of Frankenstein and Dracula as well. Should be interesting.
Good of Logan and Mendes to think of him.
Lt. Commander
Posted 27 August 2013 - 04:57 PM
Also saw a rumor that he may be eyed for the role of Alfred to Ben Affleck's Batman.
http://movies.cosmic...batman-superman
Just a rumor, so will be keeping my hopes in check.
Commander
Posted 28 August 2013 - 03:19 AM
That would be great if it turns out to be the case. Even though Batman vs. Superman excites me in absolutely no way whatsoever at this point, having Dalton in such a big release could only help in terms of getting him more high-profile roles down the road.
Commander
Posted 28 August 2013 - 07:16 AM
Great news - I hope to see it over here in the UK! We need more Dalton on our screens.
And as for the 'Man Of Steel 2' casting as Batman's Alfred, well that's certainly exciting and helped give Michael Caine a new lease of life to new fans in the Nolan universe. Hope that's true! 
Commander
Posted 29 August 2013 - 08:23 AM
I can't see Dalton as Alfred. Unless we have a new version of Alfred that slaps around Bruce Wayne and tells him to "get some back bone and quit wearing your underwear on the outside of your costume you little *****!"
Sub-Lieutenant
Posted 29 August 2013 - 08:27 AM
I've always thought that Timothy Dalton would make a fine Dracula - and no, that has nothing to do with his hairdo in LTK!
Commander
Posted 29 August 2013 - 08:38 AM
I can't see Dalton as Alfred. Unless we have a new version of Alfred that slaps around Bruce Wayne and tells him to "get some back bone and quit wearing your underwear on the outside of your costume you little *****!"
I can't really see Dalton as Alfred opposite Affleck as Batman either, as it would be a bit odd to have Alfred as a character who is more of a badass than Batman himself.
Commander
Posted 30 August 2013 - 11:13 AM
I can't see Dalton as Alfred. Unless we have a new version of Alfred that slaps around Bruce Wayne and tells him to "get some back bone and quit wearing your underwear on the outside of your costume you little *****!"
I can't really see Dalton as Alfred opposite Affleck as Batman either, as it would be a bit odd to have Alfred as a character who is more of a badass than Batman himself.
Check out the recent portrayals of Alfred in Batman: Earth One and Beware The Batman. I can see Dalton playing that type of Alfred well.
Lieutenant
Posted 25 September 2013 - 04:51 PM
Also saw a rumor that he may be eyed for the role of Alfred to Ben Affleck's Batman.
http://movies.cosmic...batman-superman
Just a rumor, so will be keeping my hopes in check.
Sub-Lieutenant
Posted 25 September 2013 - 08:08 PM
This is one television show which I am seriously anticipating. It has a collection of talent seemingly arranged to focus on the modern Bond fan, with Timothy Dalton, Rory Kinnear and Eva Green in front of the camera and with the billion dollar Bond director behind it. It should be spectacular. My favorite new series Doctor Who companion, Billie Piper being added to the cast, makes it icing on the cake!
Edited by Bill, 25 September 2013 - 09:46 PM.
Commander
Posted 27 September 2013 - 06:22 PM
That's not Eva Green's voice in the teaser trailer is it?
Sub-Lieutenant
Posted 27 September 2013 - 07:38 PM
I think it is. Especially when she says "I believe in demons."--the same intonation as she has in the scene on the train in CR.
Midshipman
Posted 28 September 2013 - 11:01 AM
Dalton is great, I would love to see him in any film or show (even Beauty and the Beautician). However, I don't think the Alfred role would work that well, mainly because he isn't that old. Roger Moore would make more sense as Alfred.
Commander
Posted 14 January 2014 - 01:16 AM
Commander
Posted 14 January 2014 - 10:51 AM
Looking forward to this now even more. I would also love Dalton to go back to the spy thriller genre and get the ability to do an older Bond-like character, in a show on a cable channel which could really delve into things.
Commander
Posted 14 January 2014 - 04:02 PM
Looking forward to this now even more. I would also love Dalton to go back to the spy thriller genre and get the ability to do an older Bond-like character, in a show on a cable channel which could really delve into things.
It would be awesome if one of the premium cable channels like HBO or Showtime would do something like that. Maybe if Penny Dreadful is successful enough, Dalton can get some more work with Showtime.
Commander
Posted 14 January 2014 - 04:19 PM
At least it seems that Dalton gets more attention from casting people - or is it that he´s enthusiastic again about acting more?
I remember when I saw that DOCTOR WHO episode with him, thinking "Is this the beginning of a Dalton revival" - and then having him do his wonderful arc on "Chuck".
Commander
Posted 14 January 2014 - 05:04 PM
It does seem as though Dalton's somewhat picky when it comes to choosing roles. I think he was asked at some point during the filming of Chuck whether or not he'd do more TV work, which he alluded to the fact that he probably wouldn't, and that he decided to do Chuck because he really liked what he saw when the creators of the show sent him the box sets for the three preceding seasons. So, at the very least, it does seem like Penny Dreadful will be something worth watching, as it was able to lure Dalton back to the realm of serialized TV.
Commander
Posted 14 January 2014 - 05:57 PM
We've got our first look at Dalton in Penny Dreadful. He's in the background of this picture of Josh Hartnett and Eva Green.
Also, a link to the article that contains the photo.
Lieutenant
Posted 14 January 2014 - 06:08 PM
Great image! Thanks, tdalton!
Commander
Posted 15 January 2014 - 03:49 AM
Great image! Thanks, tdalton!
You're welcome. 
Here's another I found. I think this one might actually have been the first image released featuring Dalton.
I'm putting it in a spoiler tag due to the fact that it's staged in what looks like a make-shift morgue, which might be unsettling to some out there:
Commander
Posted 16 January 2014 - 07:14 PM
Showtime announced today that Penny Dreadful will premiere on Sunday, May 11 at 10pm
Lieutenant
Posted 17 January 2014 - 09:56 PM
I can't see Dalton as Alfred. Unless we have a new version of Alfred that slaps around Bruce Wayne and tells him to "get some back bone and quit wearing your underwear on the outside of your costume you little *****!"
I'd pay to see that, but your point stands. I don't want to see Tim as somebody's servant. Given Mendes and Logan's involvement with Penny Dreadful and Bond, I wonder if this might lead to Dalton playing the villain in a future Bond film...
Commander
Posted 17 January 2014 - 10:58 PM
New teaser for Penny Dreadful. Features a shot of Dalton and lengthy voiceover by Eva Greene.
Sub-Lieutenant
Posted 25 January 2014 - 04:06 PM
Edited by Dan Gale, 25 January 2014 - 04:06 PM.
