Hollywood Ink: Kristen Wiig to Make Greatest Clown Movie Ever

· I know what you're thinking: "But what about Shakes the Clown?" Point taken, but holy crap do I wanna see what Kristen Wiig has planned for Clown Girl, the 2007 novel that Wiig optioned with her own money and will adapt for the screen. Theoretically she would play Nita a/k/a Sniffles the Clown -- trapped doing shows in Baloneytown, distressed over "a dream man who used her to finance his attendance at clown college," and contemplating "the potentially lucrative prostitution trade involving clown fetishists." I mean, please. Line starts behind me. [Deadline]

Jason Statham may get arty, Dwayne Johnson may get Furious, and more Hollywood Ink after the jump.

· While we're in a good mood, let's hear it for Jason Statham: The action star is attached to collaborate with writer-director Boaz Yakin and producer Lawrence Bender on a little artier-than-usual thriller called Safe. No plot details available, but anything in the direction of The Bank Job is a route worth taking. [LAT]

· Dwayne Johnson is reportedly in talks with Universal to join the fifth Fast and the Furious film. Great. [Deadline]

· Even more compelling than the news that Toby Jones may sign on as Captain America villain Arnim Zola? How about the art that THR used to illustrate their... likeness? Anyway, Toby Jones might be in Captain America. Marvel is really pulling out the stops for this one. [THR]

· Erstwhile heartthrob and real-life wine snob Jason Priestly plans to direct the indie Mud Puppy, a romantic comedy about "a playboy wine-lover battling a female environmentalist for control of a frog-plagued wine vineyard." THR]