With the help of Kickstarter, Nicolas Cage — the Internet's "one true god" — may soon become the world's largest photo mosaic.

The phrase "crazier things have happened" honestly might not apply here.

The project, created by Canadian artist Thom Malone, has already raised more than CAD$22,000 ($17,500) of its CAD$52,000 goal. Which, again, is to create the world's largest photo mosaic, combining 180,000 images to form the face of Nicolas Cage.

With 26 days to go, it appears that the campaign has a good chance of reaching its goal. According to Malone, however, the project originated as a joke.

"I told a couple friends about it and put it on Kickstarter without any real plan, or knowledge about the current Guinness World Record. In under a week over $27,000 had been pledged to something that was entirely a joke," Malone told Mashable.

Why Cage? Malone feels that the star is "in on the joke" of how the Internet perceives him.

"Nicolas Cage is amazing," he says. "He's not vying for anyone's attention via social media, yet he's probably one of the biggest stars on the Internet. He can be so polarizing, one minute he's an amazing actor, the next he's in a bear suit punching a bunch of women to save himself from the bees."

If the project's goal is reached, Malone says the mosaic will take about three months to build with his team of helpers. The reveal will be on Labor Day weekend, coinciding with a huge party.

Fingers crossed that the national treasure himself shows up to bless the project.