Monday, February 22, 2010 3:02PM - By Krystal Clark
The upcoming comedy Your Highness won’t hit theaters until October, but early reviews have already begun to leak online. It turns out that there was a recent test screening for the film that stars James Franco, Danny McBride, Natalie Portman, and Zooey Deschanel. Viewers took to their various blogs and Twitter accounts to let the world know what they thought of the early cut of the film, and from what I’ve read it sounds like an old school stoner comedy but with horses.
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Tuesday, July 14, 2009 6:09PM - By Krystal Clark
Today is the day for teaser trailers! Universal just sent over the first look at the upcoming 3-D, CGI animated feature Despicable Me. The cast features a who’s who of funny men and women that include Steve Carell, Jason Segel, Russell Brand, Will Arnett, Kristen Wiig, Danny McBride, and Julie Andrews. The film is directed by Chris Renaud and Pierre Coffin, and will be released in theaters on July 9, 2010.
Check out the trailer after the jump.
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Friday, July 10, 2009 1:19PM - By Kara Stanford-Jones
Zooey Deschanel has joined the cast of David Gordon Green‘s latest project, Your Highness, which already includes Danny McBride, James Franco, and Natalie Portman. Deschanel to play the role of Belladonna, the bride of James Franco. The story is about an entitled prince (Danny McBride) and his brother (James Franco) who are sent on a mission to save their father’s kingdom from an evil wizard. Natalie Portman plays a warrior princess and the love interest of Danny McBride.
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Friday, June 5, 2009 4:30PM - By Mali Elfman
Based off the 70′s TV show, comes the new comedy The Land of the Lost by director Brad Silberling, starring Will Ferrell, Danny McBride, Anna Friel, and Jorma Taccone. If you’re looking to sit back, have a good time, and bring the kiddies, this is a solid comedy with a surprising amount of laugh out loud moments.
The tricky part about this film is that it was all over the place. I have no idea what this film was exactly, but I liked it. It was a fun ride and much better than the majority of comedies coming out.
Let’s break it down…
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Wednesday, June 3, 2009 12:00PM - By Mali Elfman
Recently we sat down with Danny McBride to talk to him about his role as red-neck, casino entrepreneur, Will Stanton in Will Ferrell‘s comedy, The Land of the Lost. It’s not much a surprise that the real life McBride is not unlike the character’s you’ve seen him play on screen, only with a very quick wit that shows how he could go toe to toe with someone like Ferrell.
If you’re looking for what McBride has to say about on Your Highness, Natalie Portman joining the cast, and more we already posted that in a separate interview.
Check out what he has to say about acting with Ferrell in their first film together (and consistently trying not to laugh), what Chaka really wanted to do to the apple, trying not to swear on set (and failing), his future plans for Eastbond & Down, and more below…
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Friday, May 29, 2009 4:15PM - By Mali Elfman
It was just announced that Natalie Portman would be joining James Franco and Danny McBride in the upcoming comedy Your Highness direct by David Gordon Green, but we didn’t need to hear it from them, because we heard it straight from McBride himself plus a whole lot more! They’re taking the film very seriously. They’re even considering casting someone along the lines of Sir Ian McKellen as the wizard! Apparently, aside from Portman, Franco, and McBride they’re going for an entirely English cast to make the film look real.
Find out more about the tone of the film, McBride’s character, who is directing, casting and more below…
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Friday, May 29, 2009 8:10AM - By Krystal Clark
Danny McBride has been making his way up the Hollywood comedic ladder with supporting roles in such films as Tropic Thunder and Pineapple Express. He also has his own TV series called Eastbound & Down on HBO, which is produced by Will Ferrell and Adam McKay. According to /Film McBride may get his chance to shine as a film lead with the help of one of his shows writers, Shawn Harwell.
Harwell will write the screenplay for the live action adaptation of the graphic novel, Hench. The film is being developed by Warner Brothers and will center of an ex-football player who’s career abruptly ends due to an injury. As a means to make money, he takes a job as a henchman to a successful villain. Here is a brief synopsis of the book via the publisher.
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Monday, May 25, 2009 1:30PM - By Mali Elfman
MTV has just posted a new clip of the film Land of the Lost starring Will Ferrell, Anna Friel and Danny McBride.
We all know that this film is going to be cheesy, but I didn’t realize exactly how far they were going to go with “cheese” factor until this clip. It feels like an SNL clip, but with a big budget. I was hoping for a little bit more for some reason.
In this scene our three main characters are greet by the “Sleestak.” Are they friend or foe? Find out below…
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Wednesday, April 1, 2009 8:00AM - By Krystal Clark
If you were a fan of last year’s drug induced Pineapple Express your in luck! Co-stars James Franco and Danny McBride are at it again. According to Variety the twosome will re-team for an upcoming project entitled Your Highness. No, its not a sequel to Express, and its not a pun on being intoxicated. Your Highness is actually a period piece about two spoiled medieval princes. The film will also re-team the actors with their Pineapple Express director David Gordon Green.
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