When word hit last year that John Waters was going to make a children's movie, I was all sorts of excited -- the King of Sleaze branching out into new and impressionable territory! I imagined kid-ified versions of his past films, or just what was in store for a film with the name "Fruitcake." But then there was nothing, and the Waterific news seemed like a distant memory ... until now!

The Hollywood Reporter posts that Parker Posey and Johnny Knoxville have signed on to star in the film. This will be Ms. Posey's first foray into the world of Waters, which is ridiculously long overdue, while Knoxville is following John right out of A Dirty Shame. There's no word on who they'll play, but this is what we know of the story: It focuses on a boy named after his favorite dessert. (ew) "He runs away from home during the holidays after he and his parents are caught shoplifting meat, then meets up with a runaway girl raised by two gay men [My Two Dads!] and searching for her birth mother."

Parker and Johnny could be ma and pop itching for some free meat, or maybe he's one of the gay men and she's the birth mother. Whoever they play, there is absolutely no way I'll miss this movie. Not with Waters and Posey together. I just wish this was the sort of film that would have a set visit. You can definitely expect to hear more from me as the cast fills out, but it will take a little while to get to us -- John plans to film it over a real winter.

It's no secret that I love John Waters. Even if I find a movie or two of his to be less than my cup of tea, I can't help but adore the man. In my continuing efforts to bring you all kinds of Waterific news, I've got to share what I never thought I would be sharing. Beyond Christmas CDs, Valentine's CDs over-the-top movies and theater woes, we might be near the end of the world. Either Waters is going crazy, or maybe the world has finally caught up to his craziness. Could that actually be? The King of Sleaze himself is going to make a children's film.

That's right! Reuters has reported that the cult icon is going to make a children's movie called Fruitcake. Before you think it's centered on a young boy becoming flamboyant, proud and gay, it's in Water's words a: "terribly wonderful children's Christmas adventure." Okay, so it still could be an adolescent gay romp, which would be all sorts of delightful. According to Waters: "Children have always enjoyed my movies. They are just not allowed to watch many of them." Could Waters be planning a tiny tykes army? I can see it now! Guerilla kids armed with View-Masters running around crazily, cross-dressing pre-schoolers and the whole shebang! Or maybe Waters just plans to teach kids a different way to see the future -- a feature-length public service announcement against relationships. As he also told Reuters: "Stay single and stay alive. That's my theory."