Producer Rick Rubin has told CNN.com that he’s very interested in producing U2’s next album - calling it his “dream job.” According to the article available here, he has finished recording with Linkin Park and is currently working with Metallica.

In the January 2007 issue of Q Magazine, Edge was asked if Rubin will produce the next U2 album. Edge’s reply was:

I don’t know. It’s too early to say. Will there be a new record next year? We hope, but we don’t know. We’ve got about five or six songs that are in good enough shape that we feel strong about them, but not in good enough shape that we could record them.

Time will tell!