MTV News reports that director Barry Sonnenfeld is looking at pop artist Justin Timberlake to be the possible lead star of Moist, his upcoming dark comedy.

The film will be based on the novel by Mark Haskell Smith, following a morgue attendant who comes across a severed arm with an erotic tattoo of a woman he falls for. In trying to figure out who she is, he ends up becoming the kingpin of the Los Angeles Mexican mafia, replacing the man who the severed arm belonged to in the first place.

Sonnenfeld had previously tried to get the movie up and running but fell through due to financial issues. He is now actively talking to studios once again about the project.