At the beginning of 2008 we were describing Danny McBride to you and telling you why he was going to be a huge star. Cut to mid-2009 and the comedian is practically a household name. Studios love him and we can’t remember the last time there was such a meteoric rise from nobody to star like this. Warner Bros. has just signed him up for “Hench,” a comedy that he will write with an eye to star with “Eastbound & Down” friend and co-writer Shawn Harwell.
McBride will play a pro-footballer who suffers a career-ending debilitating accident that precipitates the need for a job, so he signs up as a henchman for a successful super villain. The film idea is an adaptation of the graphic novel by Adam Beechen and Manny Bello. McBride has “Land of The Lost” with Will Ferrell next, then David Gordon Green’s stoner, fantasy buddy comedy,”Your Highness” and then a second season of the aforementioned HBO comedy.
Update: Apparently, since “Hench” is already at WB, McBride’s trying to persuade the studio to let him play with their large collection of D.C. Comic book supervillains. “Essentially McBride wants to do a comedic version of the as-yet-in-development-hell ‘Supermax,’ writes a blog called Chud. [Variety]