Christoph Waltz In Talks For Villainous Role In TARZAN Reboot; Emma Stone To Play 'Jane'?

Christoph Waltz In Talks For Villainous Role In TARZAN Reboot; Emma Stone To Play 'Jane'?

Django Unchained and Green Hornet star Christoph Waltz is in talks to play a villain in David Yates' upcoming live-action Tarzan reboot, while The Amazing Spider-Man's Emma Stone is one of a few actresses being considered by Warner Bros. for the role of 'Jane'...

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By JoshWilding - Sep 26, 2013 11:09 AM EST
Filed Under: Action
Source: Variety


Variety have revealed that Christoph Waltz is in talks to join the cast of Warner Bros.' Tarzan reboot alongside Alexander Skarsgard. While plot details are still scarce, although sources tell The Hollywood Reporter that the Academy Award winning actor, "will play a Belgian soldier named Captain Rom who wants to capture Tarzan in exchange for diamonds." Various writers have worked on the screenplay, while Harry Potter director David Yates has been attached for some time now. Yates is apparently beginning to set up meetings with actresses to play Jane, with Focus star Margot Robbie and Zombieland's Emma Stone just two of those who are being considered. Neither are in talks at this point. How do you guys feel about this news? Sound off below!

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Kayo
Kayo - 9/26/2013, 11:54 AM
damn.........that mid chick is a hottie.
TheLight
TheLight - 9/26/2013, 12:02 PM
Am I the only one that forgot about this movie?
PrinceOfCrime
PrinceOfCrime - 9/26/2013, 12:03 PM
emma stone plz. And get her in a sexy jungle outfit.
And I am Belgian and I find this villian offensive
Reasonnnn
Reasonnnn - 9/26/2013, 12:05 PM
@Kayo She's in Scorsese's THE WOLF OF WALL STREET and will be the female lead in Will Smith's FOCUS.
JayJayCAW
JayJayCAW - 9/26/2013, 12:07 PM
@TheLight, forget.....this is the first I'm hearing of it lol
CherryBomb
CherryBomb - 9/26/2013, 12:07 PM
I think Margot Robbie will suit the role better.
She deserves to be on more projects!

TheLight
TheLight - 9/26/2013, 12:09 PM
@JayJayCAW

Touche.
McNyagano
McNyagano - 9/26/2013, 12:10 PM
@grif

Come on dude, Emma stone is hot but Margot Robbie is hotter. :')
BatmanHeisenberg
BatmanHeisenberg - 9/26/2013, 12:14 PM
Emma Stone AND Christopher Waltz in the same movie? I am seeing this for sure. Plus I like Tarzan, so with a good cast and an excellent script, this could be amazing.
Kayo
Kayo - 9/26/2013, 12:21 PM
Reasonnnn: thanks for the knowledge man, gotta check that movie next week.
supermarioworldE
supermarioworldE - 9/26/2013, 12:26 PM
I don't know why Emma Stone's face reminds me so much of Bill Hader.
Shaggy
Shaggy - 9/26/2013, 12:32 PM
solid casting
TheRationalNerd
TheRationalNerd - 9/26/2013, 12:33 PM
As much as I love Stone I honestly feel Margot should get the role!

Give us some new faces in these films dangit...lol
TheOneAboveAll
TheOneAboveAll - 9/26/2013, 12:48 PM
Hell yes
mctrinket
mctrinket - 9/26/2013, 1:04 PM
See: The Lone Ranger, John Carter, etc.
superbatspiderman
superbatspiderman - 9/26/2013, 1:07 PM
I don't think Christoph Waltz has ever been in a good movie that isn't directed by Quentin Tarantino. I would really like for that to change. I hope this movie is good.
neuromonitor
neuromonitor - 9/26/2013, 1:23 PM
i wrote it.... it outta be good, dammit!
Foolkiller
Foolkiller - 9/26/2013, 2:15 PM
I'm a big fan of Edgar Rice Burrough's Tarzan books - I couldn't recommend them highly enough. The are all public domain for those who have an e-reader. Much as the very word "reboot" tends to leave me cold, Tarzan has NEVER got the proper treatment on film. Don't even mention that Disney trash to me. Tarzan books are full of quite nasty violence. When he kills for food he eats the meat raw. It is understandable that the darker nature of the books was never covered in the early films. Some of the books have German bad guys - CHristoph Waltz does that better than anyone these days. I am quietly hopeful that Hollywood is going to get it right this time. Maybe they will even explain how a man who lives in the jungle is so clean shaven.
marvel72
marvel72 - 9/26/2013, 2:26 PM
fingers crossed they find someone hotter than emma stone to play jane.
Abary
Abary - 9/26/2013, 3:55 PM
OMG IF EMMA STONE IS PLAYING 'JANE' IN THIS DOES THAT MEAN GWEN STACY IS THE REAL MARY JANE IN THE TASM MOVIES OMG I AM BRILLIAN!!!!!! lol
THEDARKKNIGHT1939
THEDARKKNIGHT1939 - 9/26/2013, 4:20 PM
no to Emma. She isn't even British
JasonBlue
JasonBlue - 9/26/2013, 5:00 PM
Emma stone for sure... with Skarsguard and Waltz in the leads they will need another actor to bring the "heart" to the movie. Emma stone will bring that.
AmazingFantasy
AmazingFantasy - 9/26/2013, 5:35 PM
Garfield for Tarzan
AlexDeLarge87
AlexDeLarge87 - 9/26/2013, 11:24 PM
Waltz a villain again?! Oh come on give someone else a chance too.

Strong and Waltz are not the only actors in the world who can play villains.

Henry Cavill as Tarzan


Iain Glen, Richard Armitage or Thomas Kretschmann would be my villain choices.
snakeplissken
snakeplissken - 9/27/2013, 7:47 AM
thedarkknight1939 - FYI Jane Porter in the ERB books is a southern belle, not British. Unless you are making a joke about the lack American actors portraying American Icons. Then I'm with you.
DangerDuck83
DangerDuck83 - 9/27/2013, 1:09 PM
If Emma Stone is Jane then I'm in!
AUSSYACE
AUSSYACE - 9/28/2013, 9:08 PM
I still have no idea why people think Emma Stone is hot...

She does nothing for me at all and is not Tarzan's Jane by a bloody long shot...
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