Christoph Waltz Joins Bond 24

The latest reports have Christoph Waltz being signed to a somewhat mysterious role in the newest James Bond film, currently titled Bond 24.  The part Waltz is portraying is being described as "extremely cunning" and "a nemsis of sorts," but as to whether it is the main villain is unclear.

Waltz is an Austrian actor who has been working since the late 1970s, but his breakout role that caught the attention of Ameican audiences was in Quintin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds, for which he won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.  Since that time he has been busy, mostly portraying villains, and won a second Best Supporting Actor Oscar in Tarantino's follow-up film, Django Unchained.  Other Hollywood productions Waltz has been seen in include The Green Hornet, The Three Musketeers, Epic, The Zero Theorem, Muppets Most Wanted, and most recently Horrible Bosses 2.

This will be Waltz's first time to work with director Sam Mendes and he joins a cast that already includes Daniel Craig, Ralph Fiennes, Naomi Harris, Ben Wishaw, Lea Seydoux, and Dave Bautista.  Principal photography will begin December 6 with a UK release set for October 23, 2015, and stateside release date of November 6, 2015.