My apologies for the pun.
Christoph Waltz is kind of a fucking god with the film geeks right now, having played such an amazing villain so remarkably, and actually getting duly rewarded for it (while remaining alive to receive it). Like anyone with two brain cells to rub together, Waltz is parlaying that success into other projects, including several film roles he’s signed on for. What may surprise you and the aforementioned contingent of film geeks though, is that one of his first moves as “Oscar Winner Christoph Waltz” is to jump behind the wheel of a German-language romantic comedy.
Considering the nature of our exposure to Mr. Waltz thus far, this may seem like an… unfortunate move, but it is well within character. Waltz is known for his sense of humor, has directed TV before, and this is apparently a script he has written himself based off of a German-language book Auf und Davon or Up And Away. He may also take a part of unknown size.
Fox International is on-board for the film, which follows “a woman who is the ruthless host of a dating show competition. She finds herself in over her head when the show’s romantic story line bumps into her own feelings for a contestant.” Don’t expect it to make many waves, if any, in the states though. Just be happy Waltz is getting to do what he wants, and that we’ll see him plenty in The Green Hornet (where he has assumed another villain role) and Water For Elephants.
Source | THR
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Will be also direct the inevitable remake starring Katherine Heigl
That was a good pun though. Awful in the right way. I'll be interested to see if Christoph Waltz has much to offer beyond what he did in Basterds. As much as I liked him in that, I don't especially care to see him in anything else.
"having played such an amazing villain so remarkably, and actually getting dully rewarded for it (while remaining alive to receive it)." Stay classy, CHUD.
Yeah, stay classy is right. The Heath Ledger joke was a little below the belt, and unnecessary. Show some respect. And the Joker, as amazing as his performance was, was not his only role. People tend to forget how fucking good he was in Brokeback, or they have to make a gay joke or something immature like that. Anyway, regarding Waltz, I probably won't see this, but that doesn't take anything away from this immensely talented man. Just look at Javier Bardem, the "other great villain of the late 00's". He has done a couple shitty romances, but he is still worshiped as an acting god, which he kind of is. I am very excited to see what Waltz and Bardem have in store for us. We are experiencing a lot of special talent emerging at the moment. Exciting.
I'd like to think that "dully" was combo pun/jab at the boring-ass Oscars, and not a misspelling. The Ledger joke was amusing, too.
I liked the Ledger joke. I didn't know dead celebrity cracks were such a touchy subject around here.
rjmcready needs to lighten the fuck up. His shitty attitude is worse than the things he's railing about.
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