Seems Tom is definitely not doing The Outsider. Apparently, in a Japanese magazine it says he’s not doing the film. From here :

I’m feeling a little down because I read Takashi Miike’s latest column in Cut Magazine that said Tom Hardy dropped out of ‘The Outsider’

I do wonder why. What happened? And what is he doing instead? With Greg Williams in Manchester? He didn’t go to Sundance and he’s not going to Japan. At this point, the only film definitely lined up to be shot in 2014, officially at least, is Rocketman…

But he could be doing Everest (or The Summit). He might be doing Splinter Cell. But nothing seems definite. I just want more Hardy-films! And I want them now.