Jared Leto joins action thriller 'The Outsider'

Actor Jared Leto is set to star in action thriller "The Outsider".

The 44-year-old "30 Seconds to Mars" frontman is playing an American soldier in the upcoming movie set in post-WWII Japan, reported Aceshowbiz.

The production on the film is scheduled to begin this fall. Martin Zandvliet, the filmmaker behind "Land of Mine," is directing based on a script penned by "Bastille Day" writer Andrew Baldwin.

No release date has been announced.

Leto will next be seen as Joker in "Suicide Squad" that's set for release in the US on August 5.