Justin Theroux Is YOUR HIGHNESS Villain

Real quick now, if you’re still not familiar with the name Justin Theroux, you will come summer 2010 because the fate of IRON MAN 2 partially lies in his hands,… his story, his screenplay could make or break the sequel. He’s an actor (Mullholland Drive, Charlie’s Angels 2, Miami Vice) that ventured off a bit to writing (Tropic Thunder) and now he’s going back to acting again. According to Hollywood Reporter, Theroux has signed on to play the villain in the medieval comedy YOUR HIGHNESS.

Written by The Foot Fist Way gang Danny McBride and Ben Best, they’re currently filming in Ireland, we recently saw what appears to be the first yet puzzling image from the production. starring James Franco and Danny McBride as two spoiled and arrogant princes forced to go on a quest to save their family and the kingdom after an evil wizard casts a spell on their father and kidnaps the older prince’s fiance. Natalie Portman plays a warrior princes, McBride’s love interest and Zooey Deschanel as Belladona, Franco’s virginal bride. Theroux will play Leezar, an evil wizard with magical staff who kidnaps Belladona

YOUR HIGHNESS opens October 1st, 2010