Christoph Waltz has been cast in the thriller True Crimes, which is based on real-life events surrounding a cold case.
The film, which is based on a David Grann article written in The New Yorker, focuses on the true story of Krystian Bala, a Polish writer convicted for murder in 2007.
The murder for which he was convicted had baffled the Polish police for years. Bala, who was never a suspect in the case, attracted attention when he published a novel that detailed a murder that was very similar to the case.
Waltz will take on the role of police officer Jacek Wroblewski, who re-opened and ultimately solved the crime, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
The two-time Oscar winner recently signed on to star alongside Robert De Niro in Stephen Gaghan's The Candy Store.
