Natalie Portman will be joining Danny McBride and James Franco in the new comedy “Your Highness.”
Written by Ben Best and Danny McBride, the Universal Pictures project focuses on an arrogant, lazy prince, McBride, who must complete a quest to save his father’s kingdom. McBride’s more heroic brother, played by Franco, joins him on the quest.
Portman will play a warrior princess and McBride’s love interest.
Director David Gordon Green is going to shoot the film this summer in Northern Ireland.
Portman is working on “Hesher,” an indie drama that marks her starting as a producer. She next stars with Jake Gyllenhaal and TobeyMaguire in the drama “Brothers,” a remake of Susanne Bier’s Danish film.