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H2G2 Cast Finalized, Starts Shooting in April

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the please-don't-sscrew-it-up dept.

akahige writes "According to The Hollywood Reporter, Martin Freeman (The Office, Love Actually), Mos Def (Showtime, The Italian Job), and Zooey Deschanel (Big Trouble, Elf) have signed on to play Arthur, Ford, and Trillian, respectively. Stephen Moore is once again doing the voice of Marvin. No word on who's playing Zaphod (but wouldn't Eddie Izzard be great?). It worries me when they say things like, "Adams adapted his own novel for the screen. After his death, Karey Kirkpatrick came aboard for a rewrite." But it's Disney, so what do you expect? Shooting begins in April."

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  1. On the studios... by brucmack · · Score: 5, Interesting

    But it's Disney, so what do you expect?

    Adams on this subject in The Salmon of Doubt:

    "The Hollywood process is like trying to grill a steak by having a succession of people coming into the room and breathing on it."

  2. I once asked Douglas Adams... by Dr.+Zowie · · Score: 5, Interesting
    ... where his towel was. It was in a large auditorium at the University of California (San Diego). He was talking about his new book, "So Long, and Thanks for All The Fish". It turned out that he didn't know where it was. But about half of the audience happened to have brought theirs, and started waving them about... :-)

    The towel story, he said, came from being on an extended vacation in Greece and never having a towel with him when his buddies wanted to go to the beach. The cooler folks always seemed to have theirs along.