NEWS and UPDATES
24 April The June issue of "Empire" magazine has a feture on James Bond including a chat with Timothy Dalton.
19 April There are two new DVD releases on German market. These are re-editions of "Red Eagle" and "Cleopatra". The first is now available to purchase, the other is set to premiere in June. See covers on the right.
15 April Was Timothy Dalton the finest Mr. Rochester? Yes, he certainly was!
31 March Contemporary review of "Framed" added.
27 March Robert Fuest, director of "Wuthering Heights", died aged 84. Read more.
24 March "Tinker Bell: Secret of the Wings", the latest Disney Fairies adventure, featuring Timothy Dalton as Lord Milori, will be available to own on Blu-ray & DVD Combo Pack and Digital in October 23 in USA. In some countries the film will be shown in theatres, incl. UK - Dec 14, 2012. See below for details.
23 March Join TimothyDalton.info on Facebook.
21 March Happy Birthday, Timothy Dalton!
5 Feb Timothy Dalton "brought it down to earth", says Michael Wilson commenting on various Bond actors for USA Today.
3 Feb Re-packed 1996/2006 edition of "Jane Eyre" was released on DVD on January 12. No extra material; English subtitles only. See picture on the right.
16 Jan According to Britain's "Sunday Express" six actors who have played James Bond over the years are set to unite at a party to celebrate 007's 50th anniversary in Hollywood. The event will take place following the premiere of the latest 007 film, "Skyfall", in October.
23 Dec Matt Fagerholm of HollywoodChicago.com says "Timothy Dalton's suavely snake-like villain, in many ways, out-charms the cocky protagonist" in his review of "The Rocketeer" re-release. Read more.
20 Dec A beautifully packed special edition of "Scarlett" was released in Germany on October 20. A perfect Christmas gift for your bride.
14 Dec Billy Campbell, star of "The Rocketeer", talks about the film to Collider.com. New blue-ray edition of the film has also been reviewed for ComicMix.com with nice comment about "a deliciously scenery-chewing Timothy Dalton". Details about the new edition can be found here.
6 Dec The "Tinker Bell" movie co-starring Dalton in a voice role of Lord Milori has been retitled for "Tinker Bell: Secret of the Wings". The release date has yet to be revealed however it's been confirmed for a while that it's definitely going to premiere in 2012.
12 Nov Dalton is to reprise the role of Mr. Pricklepants in the forthcoming "Toy Story" short called "Small Fry", which will play in cinemas with "The Muppets" when it's released on February 2012.
11 Nov "The Tragedy of Macbeth" (1971) detailed info added.
1 Nov "Henry V" (1969) detailed info added.
24 Oct John Bensalhia of Shadowlocked.com recalls "Doctor Who's" 2-part special "The End Of Time". "Timothy Dalton is an inspired bit of casting as the vengeful President (THE Rassilon?)" - he writes - "and he's evidently relishing the bad guy role with gusto".
15 Oct Dalton-Bond era special. "007 Magazine" Archive Files issue dedicated to "The Living Daylights" and "Licence to Kill" can be now ordered at 007Magazine.co.uk. This is highly recommended to all Bond and Timothy Dalton fans, especially since the magazine features exclusive new articles. It's also a true compendium of information about the 1986-1989 era in Bond franchise, featuring contemporary interviews with cast and crew of both films, including Timothy Dalton.
5 Sep The Rocketeer: 20th Anniversary Edition is set to be released on Blu-ray on December 13, 2011. There are no specs for the Blu-ray yet, although the promise is of a "state-of-the-art digital restoration". The cult classic film co-stars Timothy Dalton as the dashing Neville Sinclair.
31 Aug The Movie Club Podcast, a roundtable podcast where members select two movies to dissect, analyze and discuss with a group of fellow movie bloggers and film fans, talks about "Zardoz" and "Flash Gordon" in the latest session. You can listen to the podcast here.
18 Aug Manchester City FC event in LA. Timothy Dalton, a lifelong fan of Manchester City FC was caught up with Roberto Mancini's squad at a beach soccer event in Los Angeles on July 24. Mirror Football interviewed Dalton on the occasion, and Manchester City FC's official website posted a video from the event featuring the actor.
22 July Adrian Peel, a journalist and a Dalton era Bond fan, has written this interesting article back in 2009 in which he says it's time for a re-evaluation of Dalton's portrayal of Agent 007.
You may also like to read Peel's interview with "Living Daylights" actor, Frederick Warder, who had also worked with Dalton in "Flash Gordon"
16 July There's a couple of Timothy Dalton fan communities on Facebook, mainly concerning the actor's portrayal of James Bond. The first one's called Timothy Dalton IS Bond, the other Timothy Dalton: The Most Underrated James Bond. You can share your opinion on all things Dalton-Bond there, and more. Don't forget to mention you came from our website.
9 July "The Tourist" gallery added.
5 July Other projects updated.
27 June "The Vortex" (1975) detailed info added.
25 June Earlier this month ballots for Emmy nominations have gone out and these include Timothy Dalton in the Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series category. The nominations themselves will be announced on July 14. Also, in the latest "Chuck" fans survey, Timothy Dalton was chosen the favourite guest star of season 4 (receiving 87.3% of the vote).
22 June John Barry Memorial Concert. Timothy Dalton participated in the event that took place on June 20 at the Royal Albert Hall. The actor recited "A Blessing" by philosopher and poet John O'Donohue, John Barry's favourite poem. The concert included performances of Barry's scores by The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Nicholas Dodd. The Concert was recorded by BBC Radio and will be broadcast in an upcoming "Friday Night is Film Music Night" special on BBC Radio 2.
Read more: 007 Magazine report from the event.
Read more: BBC News report from the concert.
7 June Hawks (1988) gallery added.
5 June Warner will release Season 4 of the "Chuck" on Blu-ray and DVD on Sep 6, 2011.
29 May Timothy Dalton in "Ivan the Fool". According to IMDb.com, Timothy Dalton is rumoured to have been cast as the Devil in "Ivan the Fool", based on Lev Tolstoy's short story. Its plot is about the struggles of three brothers and a sister with the Old Devil. The film will mix animation with live acting, and will be directed by Sylvian Chomet and Thais Sher. Provisional cast includes Vanessa Redgrave, Michael Gambon and Ed Stoppard. The film is due in 2015.
25 May "Lewis" star Laurence Fox, who also played in "The Sittaford Mystery", mentioned in an interview for The Mirror that Timothy Dalton is one of his heroes because he was an "intelligent and sensitive James Bond".
20 May Timothy Dalton makes an impression on the "Chuck" cast. Watch the interview.
4 May Alexei Volkoff returns on May 16 in "Chuck vs. the Cliffhanger", the season's finale.
27 April Timothy Dalton is "TV Guide's" Favourite Villain. Timothy Dalton has won TV Guide's Fan Favourite award in a 'Favourite Villain' category for his role as Alexei Volkoff in the NBC television series 'Chuck'. Here's a video of the informal presentation of the award. Congratulations!
13 April Timothy Dalton's return as Volkoff in the latest episode of "Chuck" was another success as it met with a lot of praise from both the fans and the critics. Early viewing fugures, as for yesterday, averaged 4.1m. As usually Zap2it.com has a thorough and interesting review of the episode.
6 April On June 20 a memorial concert for John Barry will be held at the Royal Albert Hall in London. As it's been confirmed by The Timothy Dalton Chat Group, the actor will be among special guests celebrating the music of the late composer. Details.
31 March Timothy Dalton returns as Volkoff in "Chuck vs. the Family Volkoff" which will broadcast on NBC on April 11. Zap2it.com has a sneak preview of the episode.
20 March FashionStinks.com offers stylish greeting cards for purchase, including one with an ultra rare photograph of Timothy Dalton and Vivien Merchant from the stage version of "The Vortex" at Greenwich Theatre from 1975. You can view the item here.
12 March Ruth, a fellow Dalton fan, reminisces on her - justly, may I add - favourite Rochester in the latest post of her thoroughly interesting blog. Read more.
10 March "Tales from Earthsea", a Goro Miyazaki film in which English version Timothy Dalton voiced the character of Ged, the Sparrowhawk, premiered on blue-ray on March 8th in USA.
In addition, on Feb 7th a 3 DVD box set was released in UK called "The Love Story Collection". It features six films including "Passion's Way", a 1996 period drama based on the novel by Edith Wharton and co-starring Timothy Dalton in one of his finest romantic roles.1 March A new, 6-minute "Toy Story" short called "Hawaiian Vacation" is due in November. The film sees the return of most of the characters from "Toy Story 3", including Timothy Dalton as Mr. Pricklepants. Read more.
27 Feb Sextette (1978) gallery added.
26 Feb Timothy Dalton talks to MCFC.co.uk about Manchester FC.
15 Feb Unknown Sender (2008) gallery added.
9 Feb "The Tourist" will premiere on DVD and Blue-ray on May 3 in Germany, May 22 in USA and on April 25 in the UK. There's no mention of bonus features at the moment.
8 Feb In an interview for Zap2it.com "Chuck" creators discuss the latest season of the series as well as plans for the future. Asked whether Linda Hamilton and Timothy Dalton will return later in season 4, they confirm that they will. "Once you have Timothy Dalton - he's just been so wonderful," say Josh Schwartz and Chris Fedak. "When you talk about scurrying back to the writers room, after we watched the first episode with him, we were so excited because it gave us the opportunity to build out that character some more. So [having] 11 more episodes, we definitely wanted to bring Volkoff back and have some more fun." See below for more "Chuck" updates.
31 Jan John Barry, one of the most renowned film composers, died yesterday aged 78. Barry, whose film scores included twelve Bond pictures, won five Oscars and a number of other prestigous awards for his work. He wrote music for "The Ipcress File", "The Lion in Winter", "Mary, Queen of Scots", "Dances with Wolves" and "Out of Africa" among others. For his score to "The Living Daylights", Barry's last contribution to the Bond series, he received BMI Film Music Award. In May 2004 a special 70th birthday tribute gala was held in New York for John Barry. The evening was hosted by Timothy Dalton. Click here to read more about the event. You can also visit John Barry's official website.
26 Jan Here's one for film buffs. In early 1980s Orson Welles begin working on a new film, "The Dreamers", which sadly never moved on from the phase of pre-production. For one of the leading roles the famous director chose Timothy Dalton. Visit Senses of Cinema to read more about this project.
23 Jan "Antony and Cleopatra" (1986) detailed info added.
8/18 Jan "Chuck vs. the Gobbler", the third "Chuck" episode co-starring Timothy Dalton, will premiere on NBC on January 24 at 8/7c. Dalton will then return in episode "Chuck vs. The Push Mix" on January 30 [the date has been change into January 31]. According to reliable sources Dalton is set to appear at least in three more episodes of "Chuck", which yet have to be shot.
You might also be interested in rtm's interesting recollections of her first encounter with "The Rocketeer". Read more about the much loved film of Timothy Dalton fans.
LATEST & UPCOMING PROJECTS
"CHUCK" - TV series, season 4, 2010-2011
Timothy Dalton plays Alexei Volkoff (aka Gregory Tuttle aka Hartley Winterbottom), a villain involved in a romantic relationship with Chuck's mother Mary Bartowski (aka agent Frost) played by Linda Hamilton. Dalton's character was first introduced in episode #4.07 "Chuck vs. the First Fight" (Nov 1) and returned in five more episodes to a great critical acclaim. Actually, it's the best press Timothy has received in years. In April 2011, soon before his final appearance on "Chuck" in the season's finale, Dalton was presented with "TV Guide"'s Fan Favourite award in a 'Favourite Villain' category.
For previous messages regarding "Chuck" see "Latest projects archive" below.
Episodes featuring Timothy Dalton: "Chuck vs. the First Fight" (Nov 1), "Chuck vs. the Leftovers" (Nov 29), "Chuck vs. the Gobbler" (Jan 24), "Chuck vs. The Push Mix" (Jan 31), "Chuck vs. the Family Volkoff" (April 11), "Chuck vs. the Cliffhanger" (May 16).
Warner will release Season 4 of the "Chuck" on Blu-ray and DVD on Sep 6, 2011.
ChuckTV.net reviews:
"Chuck vs. the Gobbler"
"Chuck vs. the Push Mix"
"Chuck vs. the Family Volkoff"
NBC's official "Chuck" website.
"Chuck" Fan Site.
"TINKER BELL: SECRET OF THE WINGS"
- Disney Fairies adventure with Dalton voicing Lord Milori
The picture is a fourth segment in Disney's "Tinker Bell" series of animated feature films. "Tinker Bell: Secret of the Wings" (formely "Tinker Bell and the Mysterious Winter Woods") features a new character of Lord Milori which is voiced by Timothy Dalton. The voice cast also includes Mae Whitman, Anjelica Huston, Lucy Liu and Jane Horrocks. The film will be available to own on Blu-ray & DVD Combo Pack and Digital on October 23, 2012 in USA. In some countries the film will be shown in theatres (Brazil - Sept 7, 2012, France - Oct 10, 2012, UK - Dec 14, 2012).
You can watch trailer here.
The film also has a Facebook page.
"IVAN THE FOOL"
- animated feature film with Dalton voicing the Devil
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MI6 Confidential - "The Living Daylights" featureNOW AVAILABLE TO ORDER
"Red Eagle" and "Cleopatra", 2012
"Jane Eyre", repacked edition, 2012
"Scarlett", special edition, October 2011
007 Magazine Archive Files - Timothy Dalton special
Manchester City FC event in Los Angeles, July 24, 2011
John Barry Memorial Concert, June 20, 2011
Photo by Jon Furniss/Taken from gettyimages
Timothy Dalton wins TV Guide's Fan Favorite award, April 2011
Timothy Dalton as Chief Inspector Jones in "The Tourist", 2010
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Timothy Dalton talks about "The Tourist", 2010
Copyright 2010 Trailer Addict
Timothy Dalton and Zachary Levi in "Chuck"
Photo: Michael Ansell/NBC
Timothy Dalton interviewed about "Toy Story 3",
Copyright 2010 Trailer Addict
Timothy Dalton at the 24th ASC Awards ceremeony,
Feb 27, 2010, Photo by Michael Tran
"Doctor Who - The End Of Time", 2009
Audiobooks by Benjamin Black read by Timothy Dalton
"Unknown Sender", Strike.tv, 2008
