A darkly comedic thriller starring Christoph Waltz? Sign me up. Deadline has reported that Christoph Waltz has been tapped to star in The Consultant, a dark comedy thriller series in development for Amazon Prime Video.
Inspired by the 2015 novel by Bentley Little, The Consultant “explores the sinister relationship between boss and employee, asking how far we will go to get ahead and to survive.” The series comes from Tony Basgallop (Servant) and Matt Shakman (WandaVision), with Basgallop set to serve as showrunner and Shakman directing. Both will serve as executive producers on The Consultant alongside Christoph Waltz.
“It’s a huge honor to be working with the talents of Matt Shakman and Christoph Waltz on this project that I developed with the team at 1.21 and Toluca Pictures,” Tony Basgallop said. “And with MGM and Amazon Studios we’ve found partners who are not afraid to be bold and explosive.” Vernon Sanders, head of television at Amazon Studios, added, “With The Consultant, Tony Basgallop has created something fearless with equal parts savage humor and delicious thrills. We are excited to collaborate with him and the entire creative team in bringing this edge-of-your seat, can’t-miss series to our Prime Video customers across the globe.“
Christoph Waltz was most recently seen reprising his role as Blofeld in No Time to Die and he also appeared in Wes Anderson’s The French Dispatch (check out a review from our own Chris Bumbray right here). Waltz will also be lending his voice to Guillermo del Toro’s stop-motion animated take on Pinocchio for Netflix. He’s also set to return for the second season of Most Dangerous Game, the Quibi series that has now found a home on Roku. Waltz recently wrapped filming on Dead for a Dollar, a new western from Walter Hill that also stars Willem Dafoe and Rachel Brosnahan.