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EXCLUSIVE: Amazon Prime Video has ordered a dark comedy workplace thriller series starring Christoph Waltz. The actor, who won Oscars for his roles in Inglourious Basterds and Django Unchained, is to star in and exec produce The Consultant, which comes from Servant creator Tony Basgallop, WandaVision exec producer…

EXCLUSIVE: Here’s a fun one uniting three screen greats. Oscar winner Christoph Waltz (Inglourious Basterds) and Oscar nominee Willem Dafoe (Spider-Man) are set to star in Western thriller Dead For a Dollar from legendary filmmaker and Western aficionado Walter Hill (The Warriors). The film will mark Waltz’s first…

Roadside Attractions is releasing Finding You, a coming of age romantic drama based on Jenny B. Jones’ novel There You'll Find Me and written and directed by Brian Baugh. The pic, which is available in theaters today, stars Rose Reid, Jedidiah Goodacre, Katherine McNamara, Patrick Bergin, Saoirse-Monica Jackson, with…

EXCLUSIVE: Paramount Television Studios has locked Michael Douglas and Christoph Waltz for Reagan & Gorbachev, a limited series that James Foley will direct. Douglas will play President Ronald Reagan, and Waltz will play Mikhail Gorbachev, in a series that B. Garida adapted from the Ken Adelman's book Reagan at Reykjav…

Angelina Jolie and Christoph Waltz are circling the lead roles in Every Note Played, a drama based on Still Alice author Lisa Genova's latest novel. The story follows a world-renowned concert pianist and composer on the verge of creating his magnum opus. When he receives a life-changing diagnosis, his estranged…

"I didn't know it would work until I met with Quibi," Most Dangerous Game writer-showrunner Nick Santora said about being approached to work on a project for the new upstart media service that offers entertainment on your phone — in some cases feature-length films delivered in up to 15 or so short doses. Santora is Emm…

On Most Dangerous Game, Christoph Waltz embarked on his first American project made for the small screen, earning his first Emmy nomination for the series, which had initially sparked some skepticism on his part. Created by Scott Elder, Josh Harmon and Nick Santora, based on a classic short story by Richard Connell…

Let the games begin. Quibi has released the official trailer for Most Dangerous Game, its upcoming dystopian action-thriller starring Liam Hemsworth and Christoph Waltz. Desperate to take care of his pregnant wife before a terminal illness can take his life, Dodge Tynes (Liam Hemsworth) accepts an offer to participate…

Christoph Waltz, Guy Pearce and Patrick Gibson are attached to star in comedy-fantasy The Portable Door, which Arclight is launching at the EFM. In the family pic, a young man lands a job at a magical firm, only to find that its leaders are hiding darker motives. Muppets creator Jim Henson Company is…

Quibi’s upcoming action-thriller starring Liam Hemsworth and Christoph Waltz now has an official title – Most Dangerous Game. Jeffrey Katzenberg and Meg Whitman's forthcoming short-form video platform also released the first teaser artwork featuring stars Hemsworth and Waltz (see above). The series, from Scorpion…

Natasha Liu Bordizzo is set to star alongside Christoph Waltz and Liam Hemsworth in an untitled action-thriller series at Quibi from Scorpion creator Nick Santora. Here’s the logline: Desperate to take care of his pregnant wife before a terminal illness can take his life, Dodge Maynard (Hemsworth) accepts an offer to…

EXCLUSIVE: Here's a hot AFM package. I can reveal that Christoph Waltz and Lily Collins will star with Bill Skarsgard in Gilded Rage, a dramatic thriller about the real-life murder of a Manhattan hedge fund manager. Charlie McDowell (The Discovery, The One I Love) is directing. XYZ Films is financing and producing the…