David Gordon Green once again proves to be a director you really can’t predict what his next film project will be.

From the well received Indie cult drama Snow Angels - to the Judd Apatow gangster/drug comedy The Pineapple Express - to a comedy set in a fantasy world straight out of Princess Bride which will begin production in January for Universal Pictures.

The movie is titled Your Highness and it is co-written by Green’s college roomate and frequent collaborator Danny McBride who will star in the film. He will play an arrogant, lazy prince who must complete a quest to save his father’s kingdom. The other noted scribe is Ben Best, one of the writers on The Foot Fist Way.

“This is such an original idea for a comedy that takes place in a kingdom with dragons and wizards, with Danny at the center as the outcast brother who gets an opportunity to prove himself,”

And from a little bit of Internet research, it seems he spoke about the project a few weeks back, offering us this fantastic quote…

“It’s a medieval movie, so we want a bunch of Ray Harryhausen ‘Clash of the Titans’ effects. We’ve been watching ‘Beastmaster’ and ‘Yor, the Hunter From the Future.’ We want to make a movie on a big scale, but utilizing pre-CGI effects like matte painting, animatronics, and puppets. It’s about a prince who smokes weed and fights dragons.”

Wow, doesn’t that sound amazing. I really enjoyed Stardust last year and was mega pissed that it didn’t find an audience and will forever be a box office flop on the CV of Matthew Vaughn. I’m guessing David Gordon Green’s movie will be in a somewhat similar tone… but with Ray Harryhausen creatures… this sounds like a dream movie come true!

source - variety