Last week, we reported that Jackass star Johnny Knoxville was in talks to play Moe in The Farrelly Brothers’ The Three Stooges.  However, THR is now reporting that while the Knoxville expressed interest in joining the project, no formal offer was made and the actor is considering two other projects over at Paramount.

As we reported at the beginning of the month, the two projects are Mustache Riders and First Man. Mustache Riders, would have Knoxville reuniting with his Jackass co-stars Bam Margera and Ryan Dunn and the Broken Lizard team for a comedy about a gang of crooks who set out to find a buried treasure alongside a grizzled outlaw.  As for First Man, Knoxville would play the husband of a woman who is running for President.

Coming off the success of Jackass 3D, Paramount is working to keep the Jackass gang happy. They recently bought First Man as a starring vehicle for Johnny Knoxville, and have made movement on the in-the-works project Mustache Riders. First Man will see Knoxville playing a natural hellraiser, who “has totally behaved himself during his wife’s presidential campaign, only to find the dynamic of their relationship change after he moves into the White House and becomes First Man.” Matt Spicer & Max Winkler, who wrote Whispers in Bedlam for Jason Reitman to direct, will script the flick.

Deadline also reports that Paramount is “restructuring” one of their properties called Mustache Riders for Knoxville, Bam Margera, Ryan Dunn and Willie Nelson to star. The film centers on three crooks who set out to find buried treasure alongside a “grizzled old outlaw” (I’m guessing that’s Nelson). Most likely, Paramount hopes that setting these projects up for the boys will entice them to have another go-around with Jackass, thereby making lots and lots of money.