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Christoph Waltz to Star in Terry Gilliam’s THE ZERO THEOREM

With his long-in-development The Man Who Killed Don Quixote delayed yet again, director Terry Gilliam is lining up a different project to tackle as his follow-up to The Imaginarium of Doctor Panassus. Deadline reports that Christoph Waltz is set to star in The Zero Theorem, which is slated as Gilliam’s next film. The pic is characteristically odd, as Waltz will play a character named Qohen Leth who is an eccentric computer genius bent on discovering the purpose of existence, or lack therof, through a mysterious project.

The script by Pat Rushin takes place in “an Orwellian corporate world where ‘mancams’ serve as the eyes of a shadowy figure known only as Mangaement.” Waltz’s character is distracted by a love interest pestering him with “virtual sex” propositions and the rebellious teenage son of Management. As the story progresses, it becomes clear that Management is none too happy about Leth’s mysterious project. Production is scheduled to get underway in Europe on October 22nd.

Sounds Brazil-lian.

Originally Posted by jerseydevil

Christoph Waltz to Star in Terry Gilliam’s THE ZERO THEOREM


Sounds Brazil-lian.

Would be cool if they found a way to set this in the Brazil-verse.

Terry Gilliam Says 'Zero Theorem' Will Mostly Take Place In A Chapel, Feature Four Main Characters, Nudity & More | The Playlist

Comparing the film to "12 Monkeys," Gilliam says the logline for the movie makes it sound heavier than it will likely turn out. "It's very funny. That synopsis sounds much darker and broodier than it is," he told Dreams, a fansite for the director, as he gave his own summation of the story. "The main character is literally living in this burnt-out chapel which one could take as a metaphor for old beliefs and old systems. He's a computer genius but he's just sitting there waiting for a phone call, which he's hoping will give meaning to his life....It really is about relationships, and discovering what's really important in life."

And at least at the script stage, there is some nudity, but how much makes it into the final movie, Gilliam is still sorting out. "There is a bit of nudity in the script, whether it will be that nude in the film I don't know. When you've got people flying around through space, sucked into black holes naked… that can be very difficult to do," he said, revealing even more curious elements that perhaps make the film sound like some kind of sci-fi epic. But Gilliam elaborates that the setting is rather contained.

Terry Gilliam Talks About the Constrained Space and Few Characters of ‘The Zero Theorem’ | /Film

Anybody wanna buy me the Fawlty Towers boxset?

I bought it for my dad when it came out.

Is there a place that I can go to adopt Adgy? :P

Orph, it's only $32 on Amazon...