One of the best things about Quentin Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds was Christoph Waltz, and his Best Supporting Oscar nomination for the film backs me up on that. Now Waltz has signed up to star opposite Twilight star Robert Pattinson and Reese Witherspoon in Water For Elephants.

The film is scripted by Richard LaGravanese and will be directed by I Am Legend helmer Francis Lawrence. It is based on the novel by Sara Gruen.

Deadline Hollywood says:

“Waltz will play the heavy in the Depression Era romantic triangle involving a veterinary medicine student (Pattinson) who joins a 2nd-rate travelling circus and falls for the star performer (Witherspoon). Waltz will play her husband, a dangerous paranoid schizophrenic animal trainer who is as mean to his wife as he is to the circus creatures.”

Source: Deadline