Warner Bros. buys 'Outsider' spec

Warner Bros. is searching to "The Outsider," nipping up Andrew Baldwin's spec script preemptively and establishing the Yakuza drama with Linson Entertainment.Studio confirmed the offer Monday. Art Linson and boy John Linson, who emerged using the idea, will produce.Story's depending on a united states who's a prisoner of war in Japan throughout The Second World War and turns into a person in the Yakuza, the highly organized Japanese crime syndicate.The Linsons teamed on "The Runaways" and therefore are professional producers about the series "The Sons of Anarchy."Sarah Schechter and Chris Gary are managing the work for Warner Bros.Baldwin is repped by CAA. Contact Dork McNary at dork.mcnary@variety.com