- Sam Raimi Wants to 'Get Back to the Basics' on Spider-Man 4 (111 Comments)
- Must Watch: Teaser Trailer for A Nightmare on Elm Street! (109 Comments)
- Must Watch: Intense Trailer for Mel Gibson's Edge of Darkness (81 Comments)
- Must Watch: Second Official Trailer for Lee Daniels' Precious (78 Comments)
- Check These Out: High Res New Na'vi Photos from Avatar! (77 Comments)
- Paul Blart Director Steve Carr Hired for the Short Circuit Remake (Oct 27, 2009)
- Hitman's Xavier Gens Set to Direct Action Thriller 'The Fallout' (Oct 27, 2009)
- Bruckheimer & Straczynski Adapting 2K's Shattered Union (Oct 27, 2009)
- Steve Carell on Par for Rick Reilly Golf Comedy 'Missing Links' (Oct 26, 2009)
- Jason Reitman Calls Edgar Wright's Scott Pilgrim 'Matrix for Love' (Oct 26, 2009)
- Matt Damon & Josh Brolin Joining the Coen Brothers' True Grit (Oct 26, 2009)
- Ricky Gervais to Host the 67th Annual Golden Globe Awards (Oct 26, 2009)
- Woody Allen's New Film Titled 'You Will Meet A Tall Dark Stranger' (Oct 26, 2009)
| Inglourious Basterds | 10/10 |
| It Might Get Loud | 9/10 |
| Inglourious Basterds | 8.5/10 |
| Star Trek | 9/10 |
| Monsters vs Aliens | 5/10 |
Zooey Deschanel Joins David Gordon Green's Your Highness
July 9, 2009
by Alex Billington
Zooey Deschanel and Natalie Portman are starring in a stoner comedy together?! I think I'm going to faint! Deschanel is the latest to join the cast of the dragon slaying period comedy Your Highness being directed by David Gordon Green that starts shooting this month in Ireland. Danny McBride stars as an arrogant, lazy prince named Thadeous who must complete a quest to save his father's kingdom. Joining him on the quest is his more heroic brother, played by James Franco, and Belladonna, Franco's "virginal bride," played by Deschanel. Natalie Portman is also on board to play McBride's love interest, a warrior princess.
Your Highness was co-written by "Eastbound & Down" stars Ben Best and Danny McBride. In our interview with Gordon Green last year, he explained that it was "about a prince that smokes weed and fights dragons." And as for the mythical creatures in it, they won't be CGI at all. "There's a lot of creatures. No CG, like Ray Harryhausen. Stop motion stuff and then a lot of puppets and things." I was already very excited for this, as it just sounds like Pineapple Express but set in the medieval times with dragons and knights. But now with Deschanel on board and Portman, this has definitely been taken to new heights! We'll keep you updated.
•  |
Related Articles
- » Zooey Deschanel and Joseph Gordon-Levitt Starring in 500 Days of Summer Together
- » Natalie Portman Joins David Gordon Green's Your Highness
- » David Gordon Green's Suspiria Remake Shooting Next Year
- » Casting Bits: Elizabeth Banks in 3 Days, Justin Theroux in Highness
- » James Franco and Danny McBride Re-Team for Your Highness
- » Update on David Gordon Green's Future Projects - Remake of Six Pack and More!
Reader Feedback - 13 Comments »
1
She is very good and amazingly beautiful. Can't wait to see her and Natalie go at it.
Barnaby Barrilla on Jul 10, 2009
2
Zoey is super sexy and I Danny Mcbride is the f*ckin man, Franco is good too. This is gonna be flippin' awesome…..
FIRST B*TCHES!!!
Faust on Jul 10, 2009
3
guess not lol
Faust on Jul 10, 2009
4
Love Zooey, Franco, Portman and Green… Though McBride is an asshat that will ruin this. He sucked in THE FOOT FIST WAY every which way.
crumb on Jul 10, 2009
5
Zooey is gorgeous. She has the cutest face ever, and I love her oogly, googley blue eyes.
On top of that, she is a really good actress.
Can't wait for this one.
SuicidalOptimist on Jul 10, 2009
6
anyone else think this girls a hype? i just dont feel like her performances ever stand out.
JEFFREY on Jul 10, 2009
7
Zooey is doing a good job of building her name the right way doing smaller roles and getting good credit for it. She is cute, quirky and will step it up to bigger roles in time.
Craig on Jul 10, 2009
8
#7 she doesn't strike me as the type of girl who could handle anything outside of the indie hipster type films which is fine. shes just no portman who by the way travels beautifully through most genres.except when she plays straight like this movie with her and tobey maguire…dont know if i'm ready to see natalie as a mom…shes just to young looking.anyway i digress.
JEFFREY on Jul 10, 2009
9
awesome.
Xerxex on Jul 10, 2009
10
AHHHHHHHHH yes!
-Peter- on Jul 10, 2009
11
i think it's a huge stretch of the imagination to use natalie portman as a "warrior princess"…..she looks like she's only 4 feet tall! not much of a warrior there.
but the film concept sounds interesting.
dan on Jul 10, 2009
12
natalie portman n zooey deschanel in the same movie… Awesome !!!!!
ndoet on Jul 11, 2009
13
Oh my god, if I heard of this before the election, I'd have said "This is like dream cone true, like both Ron Paul and Barack Obama winning the election."
AprilCoolsDay on Jul 15, 2009