Daniel Espinosa was already a darling on the foreign film circuit for Snabba Cash, and now he’s scored a big mainstream hit with the recent Safe House. As a result he’s got his pick of projects, and so has booked a new movie in the form of The Outsider, with Warner Bros. currently hammering out a deal with the director to take on the action thriller, according to Variety.
Written by Andrew Baldwin, the gritty flick is about a POW in Osaka in WWII who goes to work for the Yakuza. Not a huge amount more is known about the movie, but it’s definitely a promising set-up.
No offers have gone out to actors yet, but Warner Bros. is apparently eyeing Michael Fassbender to star. That’s not necessarily saying much, as Fassbender’s at the top of the list for half the projects going in Hollywood, but don’t be shocked if he does end up starring.
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