The Office's Rainn Wilson to kick ninja butt

Rainn Wilson will finally put all that Office martial arts training to work in his screenwriting debut Bonzai Shadowhands. Wilson, who plays purple belt sycophant Dwight on The Office, will star in the film as a once-great ninja who is now down on his luck.

The film, to be directed by Ivan Reitman's son Jason, is described as a comedy with serious overtones. "It's Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon meets Midnight Cowboy." (No word on whether Wilson will have any "hustler in the city" scenes or not. "You know what you got to do, cowboy.")

Wilson plans on writing the film while on hiatus from The Office. He will, however, be enlisting his co-workers' help. After getting each of The Office writers' feedback on the script, he hopes it will "kick ass in a way only a ninja can kick ass." I probably would have seen the film based on Wilson's Six Feet Under appearances, or if we're being really honest, based on the ninja factor alone. Now, with a few seasons as Dwight under his belt, there's the added appeal of seeing Dunder-Mifflin's Assistant to the Regional Manager finally get some martial arts action.