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Hitchhiker's Guide Movie Greenlighted

Posted by timothy on from the gold-brick-cast-in-velvet dept.

Overly Critical Guy writes "According to Chud, the Hitchhiker's Guide movie is a go." It's too bad DNA won't be around to see it, but good news for his fans. I hope they can borrow Weta Digital's render farm to perfect some of the characters, though anything will be an improvement on the BBC series' special effects.

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  1. Gaiman didn't want to by Emexies · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Neil Gaiman was here in Stockholm the other day, holding a q&a with his fans. One of the questions was "How come you aren't involved with the Hitchhiker's movie, writing the script and directing it?"
    His answer?
    "If Douglas [Adams] couldn't do it, I can't either."
    He also said that the best Hitchhiker's movie is and will always be the book, or the radio show. "Hollywood can never render Ford turning in to an infinite number of penguins better than you can in your head," as he put it.

  2. R.I.P. Peter Jones - the voice of The Book by mccalli · · Score: 5, Interesting
    It's certainly a shame that Douglas Adams won't be around to see it (and steer it), but there's also one other key person missing.

    Peter Jones, the voice of the book. In fact, so key was he to the success that he was billed as the star (each radio episode always begins with "Starring Peter Jones, as the book"). He was utterly superb, and again gave one of those performances that fixes a thing in my mind.

    It's going to be hard for anyone to match him. Best of luck to the person that eventually gets the job, but they have some work to do.

    Cheers,
    Ian

  3. Re:Well... by Rethcir · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Secret cameo: You know the cow who wants to be eaten at the restaurant at the end of the universe? That's Peter Davison, the 5th doctor. (AKA the Shark-jumping doctor)