Katherine Heigl to Star in Thrillers Face Blind, possibly Happytime Murders

With One for the Money not doing terrific box office business, it's unlikely there will be Two for the Dough, but Katherine Heigl — who stars as bounty hunter Stephanie Plum in the film adaptation of Janet Evanovich's comic mystery novel — is still looking to star in movies in our preferred genre, albeit somewhat edgier ones.

Heigl has reportedly signed on to star in the thriller Face Blind as a psychologist suffering from prosopagnosia — face blindness — and is targeted by a stalker, who, of course, she cannot recognize. (This sounds suspiciously similar to last year's Faces in the Crowd starring Milla Jovovich … but maybe we're quibbling here.)

More interestingly, she's also being associated with Brian Henson's "puppet noir" film Happytime Murders, the storyline of which involves the puppet cast of the 1980s kids TV show "The Happytime Gang" that gets murdered one by one, with a disgraced LAPD homicide detective-turned-private eye puppet taking on the case.

We'll keep you posted if either of these projects moves forward.

(Related articles: Deadline, The Hollywood Reporter.)