Variety reports that New Line Cinema has acquired rights for an American version of "OUT," a popular 1997 novel by Natsuo Kirino. The book won the Mystery Writers of Japan Award in 1998, was adapted as a Fuji TV drama series in 1999, and became a film directed by Hideyuki Hirayama in 2002. It was Kirino's first novel to be published in English, and was nominated for an Edgar Award in 2004.

The original novel revolves around a woman who murders her abusive husband, then calls upon three of her colleagues to help dispose of the body.

Hideo Nakata will direct, while Joe Forte is handling the script.