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.
