Last year some truly awesome news came across our desk that a new Pee-wee Herman movie had entered into development and that Judd Apatow would be the guy getting it done. The plan was to have Paul Reubens and Paul Rust write the screenplay with Apatow serving as the film's producer. Now there's whispers that that may change a little bit.

The Wrap, reporting from the Television Critics Association winter press tour, reports that Apatow may actually be the one to step into Tim Burton and Randal Kleiser's shoes and be the next man to direct a Pee-wee Herman movie. Speaking with Reubens, the actor said that the Knocked Up director has yet to decide if he wants to sit in the big chair and is waiting to see the script. Reubens and Rust have already turned in the first act, and Reubens, who showed up in character, says that the movie is very much in the vein of Pee-wee's Big Adventure and describes it as a "road picture."

A big thing that might stand in the way is the recently announced project that Apatow will direct featuring Paul Rudd and Leslie Mann's characters from Knocked Up. That project is set to start shooting this summer, so unless Apatow plans to direct the two back to back or the script takes a lot longer than expected, it may not work out. Whoever ends up directing it, hopefully we'll just get another Pee-wee Herman movie at some point.