Ahoy, squirts! Quint here with a bit of news on a flick called OUTSOURCED at Columbia Pictures. OUTSOURCED is a comedy written by Tim Dowling (GEORGE LUCAS IN LOVE) about an American factory that closes its doors and relocates to Mexico. Two of the production line workers cross the border to get their jobs back.

The flick was bought by Columbia as a starring vehicle for Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughn, but there are no current stars attached.

The news is that Hank Azaria, known mostly from his voice work on SIMPSONS (who also did a great turn as the title character on the Showtime series HUFF), is in negotiations to direct the flick.

So, the project's moving. I haven't read the script for this one, but I've read many unmade scripts by Dowling and they've all been good stuff. Looking forward to seeing who is cast in this flick.