Exclusive: Amazon has ordered a dark comedy workplace thriller series starring Christoph Waltz.
The actor, who won Oscars for his roles in Inglourious Basterds and Django Unchained, is to star in and exec produce The Consultant, which comes from Servant creator Tony Basgallop, WandaVision exec producer Matt Shakman, MGM Television and Amazon Studios.
The Consultant explores the sinister relationship between boss and employee, asking how far we will go to get ahead, and to survive. It is inspired by Bentley Little’s 2015 novel, a satire that is centered around Mr. Patoff, a bow-tie wearing consultant who comes to the rescue of CompWare after a prominent merger falls through and soon seemingly starts running the company.
Basgallop, who created the M. Night Shyamalan-exec produced psychological horror Servant for Apple TV+ as well as BBC series Inside Men and Hotel Babylon, created the series and will serve as showrunner. Shakman, who...
The actor, who won Oscars for his roles in Inglourious Basterds and Django Unchained, is to star in and exec produce The Consultant, which comes from Servant creator Tony Basgallop, WandaVision exec producer Matt Shakman, MGM Television and Amazon Studios.
The Consultant explores the sinister relationship between boss and employee, asking how far we will go to get ahead, and to survive. It is inspired by Bentley Little’s 2015 novel, a satire that is centered around Mr. Patoff, a bow-tie wearing consultant who comes to the rescue of CompWare after a prominent merger falls through and soon seemingly starts running the company.
Basgallop, who created the M. Night Shyamalan-exec produced psychological horror Servant for Apple TV+ as well as BBC series Inside Men and Hotel Babylon, created the series and will serve as showrunner. Shakman, who...
- 11/18/2021
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
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