Waypoint Entertainment and Linson Entertainment announced today thatAcademy AwardWinnerJared Leto(Dallas Buyers Club) will star in Martin Zandvliet’s (Land of Mine) action thrillerThe Outsider. Waypoint Entertainment will finance with Ken Kao (The Nice Guys,Knight of Cups) producing alongside John Linson (Sons of Anarchy) and Art Linson (Heat,Fight Club) under their Linson Entertainment banner. BLOOM will handle international sales.
With a screenplay penned by Andrew Baldwin (Bastille Day),principal photographyis currently set to begin this fall. Set in post-WWIIJapan,The Outsidertells the story of an imprisoned American soldier (Leto) who is released with the help of his Yakuza cellmate. Now free, he sets out to earn their respect and repay his debt while navigating the dangerous criminal underworld.
The Outsiderwill mark Zandvliet’s English-language debut following the success of Land of Mine, which was lauded at last year’s Toronto International Film Festival and acquired by Sony Pictures as a potential awards film this year. For Leto, this will be just the second film for the selective and transformative actor since his Oscar winning turn in 2013’sDallas Buyers Club. He will next be seen asThe JokerinSuicide Squad, which Warner Bros. will release on August 5.
Waypoint Entertainment is a film and television development, production, and finance company which recently announced it is producingScott Cooper’s Hostiles starringChristian BaleandRosamund Pike. They are in post-production onShane Black’s detective thrillerThe Nice GuysstarringRussell CroweandRyan Goslingwhich Warner Bros. will release on May 20;Gus Van Sant’sThe Sea of TreesstarringMatthew McConaughey,Ken Watanabe, andNaomi Watts; and Terrence Malick’sWeightlessstarringRyan Gosling,Michael Fassbender,Natalie Portman,Cate Blanchett, andRooney Mara.
Currently, John Linson and Art Linson are producingThe Comedianin New York starringRobert De Niro,Leslie MannandHarvey Keitel.Jared Letois repped by CAA and Untitled Entertainment and Martin Zandvliet by WME and Magnolia Entertainment. What do you think aboutJared Leto(Dallas Buyers Club) will star in Martin Zandvliet’s new role inThe Outsider?
