Thewlis Tries To Solve "The Zero Theorem"

David Thewlis has joined the cast of Terry Gilliam's "The Zero Theorem" says The Playlist.

Pat Rushin's script is set in an George Orwellian type corporate world run by a shadowy figure called 'Management'.

Christoph Waltz plays an eccentric and reclusive computer genius plagued with existential angst who works on a mysterious project aimed at discovering the purpose of existence once and for all.

Other characters in this world include a "flamboyantly lusty love interest" (Mélanie Thierry) with virtual sex on their mind, and the rebellious whiz-kid teenage son of Management.

Tilda Swinton also stars in a cameo

Dean Zanuck will be producing the film.

Production kicks off in Romania in November.