
EXCLUSIVE: Warner Bros is negotiating with Safe House helmer Daniel Espinosa to helm The Outsider, a gritty action film scripted by Andrew Baldwin. The protagonist is a POW in Osaka in WWII who goes to work for the Yakuza. Sons of Anarchy producers Art and John Linson are producing. Espinosa, who helmed Snabba Cash, is in high demand after making his Hollywood debut with the breakout Universal hit Safe House, which stars Denzel Washington and Ryan Reynolds. Espinosa is repped by UTA and Magnolia.


I love that script. Espinosa is a great choice. Hope they get a great actor, it’s a killer role.
let’s hope it’s slightly less generic than SAFE HOUSE. shouldn’t be too hard to achieve that.
Safe house was not generic…
You’re joking right? Not generic? It’s a tick-the-box script….
Neither Snabba Cash or Safe House’s great. I am stealing this idea from Total Film (or Empire Mag), but they should get Takashi Miike to direct this with Ryan Gosling starring.