Q: Who's going to direct "Jurassic Park IV"?

A: Yeah, they're making a fourth one.

Steven Spielberg had previously claimed Joe Johnston (of Gremlins and Jurassic Park III) was his "go-to Jurassic guy," but with Johnston's reps denying the director's involvement, looks like the job is still open.

Meanwhile, series actress Laura Dern has her eyes on a surprisinger candidate...

"I don't know if he is in talks with them or not, [but] maybe David Lynch [should direct] it just to kind of shake things up a little bit. That would make it kind of interesting and unique," the 40-year-old actress said of her longtime collaborator. "I don't know [who] — I just hope it's as irreverent as Steven has always wanted them to be." [link via Mara]

David Lynch!?!? Under normal circumstances of an actress making such an absurd claim, I'd assume she were either talking out of her crazy ass, or just joking. Except for two things: (1) As MTV News notes, Dern and Lynch have worked together several times before, including on Blue Velvet and the new Inland Empire, and (2) the comment "I don't know if he is in talks with them..." Why would she disavow knowledge of something that no one would ever have believed, unless it were actually true!?

Needless to say, I hope Dern gets her wish — and I encourage Spielberg to SPARE NO EXPENSE in making it happen. I mean, David Lynch directing Jurassic Park IV would be awesome on so many levels, my head might explode.

And maybe it's not such an unnatural pairing! The only people who understand David Lynch films are also the the target audience for Jurassic Park sequels. Namely, incredibly high people.