Yeah, according to the Hollywood Reporter, the four of them are teaming up to star in a fantasy film co-written by McBride himself entitled Your Highness. According to McBride, It’s about two brothers (James Franco and Danny) whose fiancée gets kidnapped by an evil wizard and we have to go on the road and save her. There’s everything from stop-motion creatures to puppets like in Dark Crystal. Other inspirations floating around include Barry Lyndon and Krull.
According to Collider, McBride plays an arrogant, lazy prince who must complete a quest to save his father’s kingdom. Joining him on the quest is his more heroic brother (Franco). Deschanel would play Belladonna, Franco’s virginal bride. Natalie Portman is McBride’s love-interest, a warrior princess. Sounds like ten tons of fun to me.
They’re going for a mostly British cast and not necessarily comedians for the rest of the parts. Which sounds to me like a bit of The Princess Bride thrown in for good measure. I’ll definitely be watching where this one goes over the next several months. Early reports sound promising.
