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Christoph Waltz: Will he play a 'Bond' villain?

A 'Bond' insider reportedly said that Waltz has signed on for the next film in the series and that Waltz will be playing 'a nemesis of sorts.' Waltz has played many villainous characters before, most notably in the movie 'Inglourious Basterds,' for which he won an Oscar.

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Actor Christoph Waltz arrives at the 2014 EE British Academy Film Awards.

Will "Django Unchained" actor Christoph Waltz play the villain in the newest "James Bond" movie?

According to the , Waltz has officially come on board the film, which is being directed by "Skyfall" helmer Sam Mendes. reporters Linda Ge and Jeff Sneider note that the Daily Mail writer who reported the news, Baz Bamigboye, "has a solid track record when it comes to 007 news."

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Bamigboye writes that 鈥渁 Bond 24 spook鈥� said, 鈥淛ust because he has played bad guys in other movies doesn鈥檛 mean he鈥檚 going to be the baddie here,鈥� but that that seemed to be 鈥渁 clear bit of misdirection.鈥�

According to TheWrap, neither Waltz nor EON Productions returned their requests for comment.

Waltz won his first Best Supporting Actor Oscar for the 2009 Quentin Tarantino film 鈥淚nglourious Basterds,鈥� in which he played the charismatic villain Colonel Hans Landa. He also played the villain in the 2011 movie 鈥�The Three Musketeers鈥� and the 2011 film 鈥淲ater for Elephants,鈥� though the film for which he won his second Best Supporting Actor Oscar, the 2012 Quentin Tarantino movie 鈥淒jango Unchained,鈥� had him portraying the hero鈥檚 good-hearted best friend. In his review of 鈥淓lephants,鈥� Monitor film critic Peter Rainer wrote that Waltz has a 鈥済ift for preening nastiness.鈥�

The new 鈥淏ond鈥� film will be actor Daniel Craig鈥檚 fourth outing as the superspy. Without accounting for inflation, the previous 鈥淏ond鈥� movie, 2012鈥檚 鈥淪kyfall,鈥� was the highest-grossing movie in the series, according to the . According to TheWrap, Naomie Harris, Ben Whishaw, and Ralph Fiennes are all expected to return for the new film.聽

The pressure will be on for the newest "Bond" villain to be great 鈥� actor Javier Bardem received widespread praise for his turn as the bad guy in "Skyfall," with Rainer calling his character "malevolence incarnate."

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