{"id":30322,"date":"2023-02-21T13:46:31","date_gmt":"2023-02-21T12:46:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1789033"},"modified":"2023-02-21T16:52:26","modified_gmt":"2023-02-21T15:52:26","slug":"the-consultant-release-date-cast-and-news-for-prime-video-thriller","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/the-consultant-release-date-cast-and-news-for-prime-video-thriller\/","title":{"rendered":"The Consultant: Release date, cast and news for Prime Video thriller"},"content":{"rendered":"

Christoph Waltz stars in this brand new comedy-thriller. <\/p>

By James Hibbs\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Tuesday, 21 February 2023 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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Academy Award winner Christoph Waltz is once again taking a turn for the chilling in Prime Video<\/a>\u2018s new comedy-thriller The Consultant, which sees him play a mysterious and seemingly maniacal new consultant who turns employees\u2019 lives upside down at a gaming company.<\/p>\n

The series also stars Nat Wolff and Brittany O\u2019Grady, and is based on the 2015 novel of the same name by Bentley Little.<\/p>\n

The show is made up of eight half-hour episodes, but when do they all arrive on Prime Video and what is the series about?<\/p>\n

Read on for everything you need to know about The Consultant.<\/p>\n

When will The Consultant be released on Prime Video?<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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Brittany O\u2019Gray as Elaine and Nat Wolff as Craig in The Consultant.<\/span><\/figcaption> Michael Desmond\/Prime Video<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n

All eight episodes of The Consultant will stream on Prime Video from Friday 24th February<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The series was first announced in November 2021 and has been created by\u00a0Tony Basgallop, who also created M Night Shyamalan\u2019s series Servant. It is based on Bentley Little\u2019s novel of the same name, and the first episode has been directed by WandaVision\u2019s Matt Shakman<\/a>.<\/p>\n

What is The Consultant about?<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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Christoph Waltz as Regus Patoff in The Consultant.<\/span><\/figcaption> Courtesy of Prime Video<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n

The official synopsis for The Consultant says this it\u00a0is a \u201ctwisted, comedy-thriller series that explores the sinister relationship between boss and employee\u201d.<\/p>\n

It continues: \u201cWhen a new consultant, Regus Patoff (Christoph Waltz), is hired to improve the business at the App-based gaming company CompWare, employees experience new demands and challenges that put everything into question\u2026 including their lives.\u201d<\/p>