Justin Theroux will be Zooey Deschanel’s villain in the movie Your Highness directed by David Gordon Green.
Theroux joins Danny McBride, James Franco, Natalie Portman and Zooey Deschanel in the story that follows an arrogant, lazy prince (McBride) who must complete a mission to save his father’s kingdom. Theroux will play Leezar, an evil wizard with a bejeweled magical staff who kidnaps a princess (Deschanel).
The film, will shoot in Ireland, was written by Ben Best and McBride, who also is producing.
Theroux is a versatile artist who starred in a couple of television shows, and then directed Dedication, which I thought was a great independent movie. Next, he teamed up with Ben Stiller and Etan Cohen to write Tropic Thunder, and then worked on Iron Man 2. Now, he is back in front of the camera with Highness. I wonder if he’ll be doing rewrites on the set with McBride; it’s hard not to once you written a couple of scripts. Right Justin?
New York, I Love You movie trailer introduces a story that is based on the fact the city never sleeps, love is always on the mind. The movie is a collaboration of storytelling from some of today’s most ingenious filmmakers with an all-star cast such as Bradley Cooper, Justin Bartha Andy Garcia, Hayden Christensen, Rachel Bilson, Natalie Portman and Irrfan Khan.
If the trailer is anything like the movie, then we’ll see a kaleidoscope of the spontaneous, surprising, and electrifying human connections that thrust the city’s pulsating soul of love from Tribeca to Central Park to Brooklyn.
Mila Kunis is set to be the nemesis rising against Natalie Portman in Darren Aronofsky’s supernatural drama Black Swan. The centerstage of the story is about a talented ballerina (Portman) in New York City Ballet who becomes tormented by a rival that might be or might not be from the dancer’s illusion. Kunis will play the rival, Lilly.
The story centers on strange incidents between the two that escalate as they prepare for a major performance.
Natalie Portman is one lucky lady because she just nabbed the female lead in Thor, Marvel Studios’ adaptation of its comic book. She will co-star with Chris Hemsworth, who plays the Norse god of thunder, while Kenneth Branagh sets in the director’s chair.
Portman will play Jane Foster, a nurse who becomes Thor’s first love.
Thor is considered a comic book epic of fantasy adventure. The premise spans from present-day Earth to the realm of Asgard. We follow Thor who learns his lesson on Earth. At first he is a powerful but arrogant warrior whose reckless actions reignite an ancient war. He is punished and cast down to Earth and forced to live among humans. On Earth he learns what it means to be a true hero when the most dangerous villain of his world sends the darkest forces of Asgard to invade Earth.
We will have to wait patiently for the film’s release because principal photography is scheduled for early 2010 and the release date for the film in the U.S.is May 20, 2011.
Darren Aronofsky’s success with The Wrestler has brought back to life his 2007 project Black Swan, which Hollywood Reporter says could soon be taking flight with a recent rewrite and Natalie Portman attached to play the lead.
Swan is a supernatural thriller set in the world of New York City ballet, focusing on veteran ballerina (Portman) who finds herself locked in a competitive situation with a rival dancer, with the stakes and twists increasing as the dancers approach a big performance. But it’s unclear whether the rival is a supernatural apparition or if the protagonist is simply having delusions.
Reports are that the script is a spine-tingler with elements of The Others, the Nicole Kidman stellar performance and box office winner in which viewers are left to discern what’s real and what’s imagined.
It’s probable that production will start this year if a sale happens imminently because Aronofsky has not committed to a movie that’s ready to go, even though he’s working on the development of Robocop remake at MGM.
Natalie Portman signed on to play the female lead in David Gordon Green’s Your Highness, a medieval fantasy comedy starring Danny McBride and James Franco. The story follows a pot-smoking prince who is given the responsibility to protect his kingdom from mythical beasts, but rather just hang out being a low lifer and stoned.
McBride plays the pot-head and Franco plays his brother. Portman plays a warrior princess, whom the lazy prince falls in love. The mythical creatures will be created in stop motion with puppets.
Brad Pit and Natalie Portman are attached to star in Paramount Pictures adaptation of Leanne Shapton’s new book “Important Artifacts and Personal Property From the Collection of Lenore Doolan and Harold Morris, Including Books, Street Fashion and Jewelry.”
Apparently, Paramount championed the auction for the book rights Tuesday night. The book takes the form of a Sotheby’s-like estate auction catalog, with 325 entries and photographs illustrating items that bring to light to the private moments — the rise and fall of a four-year relationship between a fictitious couple Hal Morris (a 40ish photographer) and Lenore Doolan (a New York Times food columnist in her late 20s).
The story will be developed into a romantic comedy that will star Pitt and Portman.
The story uses items that range from clothes to notes, emails and heirlooms to convey the excitement, hopes, dreams and, ultimately, the heartache of a love affair that runs its course.
Natalie Portman will star with Scott Cohen and Charlie Tahan in Love and Other Impossible Pursuits written and directed by Don Roos, from an Ayelet Waldman novel.
Filming begins in Manhattan on Nov. 10.
The story pivots around a young woman who finds the key to recovering her marriage in her relationship with her precocious stepson.
Portman will be executive producer under her Handsomecharlie films banner.
According to Variety, Portman’s deal salvages a film when it hit a development road block. Portman loves the script and saved the film from doomsville.
If you haven’t heard Portman recently wrote and directed Eve, a short film that starred Lauren Bacall, Ben Gazzara and Olivia Thirlby.
From Bloody Disgusting comes word that Natalie Portman’s Handsome Charlie Films is rumored to be producing a remake of classic horror film Suspiria. The original was made by legendary film director Dario Argento in 1977.
The site reports that Portman will star in the film to which David Gordon Green (Superbad) has been attached to direct.
The original is widely acclaimed to be the finest horror movie efforts, following a young American dancer who travels to Europe to join a famous ballet school. However, upon settling in she hears strange noises and is troubled by hideous deaths. She eventually finds out that the school is the front of a more sinister organization.
Justin Theroux will be Zooey Deschanel’s villain in the movie Your Highness directed by David Gordon Green.
“Important Artifacts and Personal Property From the Collection of Lenore Doolan and Harold Morris, Including Books, Street Fashion and Jewelry.”
