Hitchhiker’s movie?
It appears that there's a movie of Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy in the works.
If that site can be believed, the cast-so-far is interesting:- Martin Freeman (who played John in Love Actually—the male porn-movie stand-in) as Arthur
- Rapper/actor Mos Def as Ford (I've seen him recently in The Italian Job and Bamboozled and Monster's Ball, but I like him best for his and Talib Kweli's Thieves in the Night (lyrics) (my favorite line: "Your firearms are too short to box with God")
- Sam Rockwell (Guy from Galaxy Quest; Eric from the first Charlie's Angels movie) as Zaphod
- Warwick Davis (Flitwick from Harry Potter, but probably better known as Willow from Willow) as Marvin
- And Zooey Deschanel (female romantic lead in Elf; she has a very nice singing voice) as Trillian.
Original screenplay by Douglas Adams, with later drafts by others.
Directed by Garth Jennings, who's never directed a feature film before (at least not in the IMDB, at least not under that name), but who's apparently half of "Hammer & Tongs," which appears to be a British duo who direct music videos.
Very odd.
Thanks to Jillian for the pointer.
