Danny McBride

My love for all things Danny McBride was in a bit of a lull until I caught Hot Rod on Comedy Central yesterday. Such a good movie.  Anyhoo, it appears we have some more McBride focused comedy coming down the line, aside from the incredibly awesome sounding Your Highness.

The project is The Chadster, which at one time had The Hangover’s Todd Phillips attached to both produce and direct. Phillips has fallen off as director, but he’s still producing the comedy, which is moving ahead with Harwell as scribe.

The studio wedding comedy, set up at Warner Brothers and produced by Phillips’ Green Hat Films, is about a best man who has his position threatened when an eccentric, long-lost childhood friend shows up at the wedding and causes trouble. Danny McBride is currently attached to play the eccentric childhood friend.

This is the second project scripted by Harwell that McBride is attached to — they are also developing the comic-book adaptation, Hench, for Warner Brothers.  [via pajiba]

Clearly it seems like a role McBride can knock out of the park, but what can't the man do?  He's Kenny Powers.  With Phillips leaving the director's chair it could be a bit worrisome, but hopefully there is a mullet involved which would more than make up for it.  [via filmdrunk]

It's always fun to post awesome news on a Monday, and while this story actually broke last week, it is Monday, the news is awesome, and as Meatloaf always says, two out of three ain't bad. Take it away Variety:

Danny McBride is attached to star in Mandate Pictures' action comedy "L.A.P.I.," which will be helmed by Jody Hill.

Project marks the debut project being developed by Rough House Pictures, the newly minted Mandate-based shingle headed by Hill, McBride and David Gordon Green.

Based on a pitch from writers Michael Diliberti and Matthew Sullivan, story details are being kept under wraps apart from McBride taking on the role of a beaten-down, hardboiled P.I.

Of course the Danny McBride and Jody Hill team are the masterminds behind everybody's favorite washed up athlete Kenny Powers of East Bound and Down fame.  Hill recently directed the underrated Observe and Report with Seth Rogen while McBride has staying busy in front of the camera.  Fresh off a nice supporting role in Jason Reitman's Oscar nominated Up In The Air, McBride is also prominently involved in something on the SHA radar, David Gordon Green's Your Highness where he will play the derelict youngest son of the king who has  "settled for a life of wizard’s weed, hard booze and easy maidens".  Now he gets to be a beaten-down private investigator?  Color me excited.

Everyone clear your calendars for October 1, 2010 because Your Highness is going to be unbelievable.  I hate to be the one with the impossibly high expectations but I seriously want to make dirty zappa love to everything about this movie.  Today Universal released the official synopses of four of their bigger pictures for 2010, the Saturday Night Live sketch that won't go away Magruber, the Ridley Scott directed take on Robin Hood, the Judd Apatow produced Forgetting Sarah Marshall spin-off Get Him To The Greek, and then the awesomeness that is David Gordon Green and his Your Highness.  Get ready to hide your nerd boner or wet your panties:

YOUR HIGHNESS October 1, 2010

Genre: Comedy adventure

Cast: Danny McBride, James Franco, Natalie Portman, Zooey Deschanel, Justin Theroux, Toby Jones

Written by: Danny McBride & Ben Best

Directed by: David Gordon Green

Throughout history, tales of chivalry have burnished the legends of brave, handsome knights who rescue fair damsels, slay dragons and conquer evil. But behind many a hero is a good-for-nothing younger brother trying just to stay out of the way of those dragons, evil and trouble in general. Danny McBride and James Franco team up for an epic comedy adventure set in a fantastical world-Your Highness. As two princes on a daring mission to save their land, they must rescue the heir apparent’s fiancée before their kingdom is destroyed.

Thadeous (McBride) has spent his life watching his perfect older brother Fabious (Franco) embark upon valiant journeys and win the hearts of his people. Tired of being passed over for adventure, adoration and the throne, he’s settled for a life of wizard’s weed, hard booze and easy maidens. But when Fabious’ bride-to-be, Belladonna (Zooey Deschanel), gets kidnapped by the evil wizard Leezar (Justin Theroux), the king gives his deadbeat son an ultimatum: Man up and help rescue her or get cut off.

Half-assedly embarking upon his first quest, Thadeous joins Fabious to trek across the perilous outlands and free the princess. Joined by Isabel (Natalie Portman)-an elusive warrior with a dangerous agenda of her own-the brothers must vanquish horrific creatures and traitorous knights before they can reach Belladonna. If Thadeous can find his inner hero, he can help his brother prevent the destruction of his land. Stay a slacker, and not only does he die a coward, he gets front row seats to the dawn of an all-new Dark Ages.

I can't think of a possible way this movie misses.  By all accounts Gordon Green's Pineapple Express was a smashing success.  Now we get to take that medieval, replace Seth Rogen's screen time with even more Danny McBride, and then we get Zooey Deschanel and Natalie Portman !  Even better I'm pretty sure The Spanish Inquisition won't be covered so we don't have to worry about Rosie Perez.

The synopses for the other three films are listed after the jump, or you can check them out over at Collider. More Awesome Stuff to Read