Highlights
- After kick starting Christoph Waltz's Hollywood career with Inglourious Basterds, director Quentin Tarantino has signed on the Austrian actor for his next, Django Unchained.
- Waltz won an Oscar for his performance as the Nazi leader Colonel Hans Landa in the film starring Brad Pitt and will work with Tarantino again in the 'spaghetti western', reported Variety online.
- "It's a western about a former slave who is in league with Waltz to save his wife from an evil plantation owner," said a source close to Tarantino.
- Waltz is currently co-starring in the Great Depression circus drama, 'Water For Elephants' alongside Reese Witherspoon and Robert Pattinson.
After kick starting Christoph Waltz's Hollywood career with
Inglourious Basterds, director Quentin Tarantino has signed on the Austrian actor for his next,
Django Unchained.
Waltz won an Oscar for his performance as the Nazi leader Colonel Hans Landa in the film starring Brad Pitt and will work with Tarantino again in the 'spaghetti western', reported Variety online.
"It's a western about a former slave who is in league with Waltz to save his wife from an evil plantation owner," said a source close to Tarantino.
Waltz is currently co-starring in the Great Depression circus drama, 'Water For Elephants' alongside ReeseWitherspoon and Robert Pattinson.
Tarantino has largely remained out of the spotlight since the impressive success of 'Basterds' which took in USD 120.5 million domestically and USD 313.6 million worldwide.
Nominated for eight Oscars, it was by far the most financially successful film of his career. Tarantino's 1994classic
Pulp Fiction brought in nearly USD 108 million domestic and about USD 214 million worldwide.