Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy
Discussion
bbc said:
Actor Nighy for Hitchhiker's film
Love Actually star Bill Nighy and Martin Freeman from TV hit The Office are to star in a film version of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Nighy has been cast as alien planet designer Slartibartfast in the long-planned movie adaptation of Douglas Adams' cult novel.
Freeman - Tim in The Office - will play Arthur Dent, the everyday earthling thrust into interplanetary adventure.
Nighy said he was a fan of the book, and hailed the script as "really good".
He told BBCi Films: "The people who are making it are very cool people and I think they're going to do a good job.
"All the jokes are there and they're big fat jokes. It's wonderful. And with all the technology we have now, it can not only be a big satisfying comedy but I figure it could be quite exciting as well."
He said a director had not yet been set, although writer-director Garth Jennings and producer Nick Goldsmith have been linked with the project.
Author Adams had spent years trying to persuade Hollywood to film his book before his sudden death in 2001, aged 49. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy originally started out as a BBC Radio 4 series in March 1978. From there it became a series of best-selling novels and a hit BBC TV series.
It follows the adventures of Englishman Arthur Dent, who is taken on a tour of the universe by an alien after discovering the Earth is to be flattened for a hyperspace bypass.
Loved the book immensley, let's hope they can do a good job with the film
danhay said:Your right. They did two or three of the books in total though didn't they - which is where I got the 6 hours from. I have it on tape from when they last repeated the whole lot.
The TV series was 6 half hour episodes, so they should be able do it in less time than LOTR3?
A lot of the best bits were extracts from the electronic book, which didn't really move the plot along.
flat_steve said:
That Welsh guy from Notting Hill?
If you're trying to picture Bill Nighy he's the posh chap (blonde one shared a prison cell with Oz) from "Auf Wiedersehen Pet" who is initially going to sell on the Transporter Bridge in the the first of the new series. He's also one of the grumpy old men.
Frik said:
flat_steve said:
That Welsh guy from Notting Hill?
Rhys Ifans?
oh yes!!,he was good in notting hill but fantastic in twin town.
(i also thought he was good in 'little nicky'....but he was upstaged somewhat by 'mr beefy'!!)
(it looks like a fish,moves like a fish but steers like a cow!)
also,who's up for the part of slartybhartfast??
>> Edited by cortinaman on Thursday 15th January 19:15
plotloss said:
The Vogon constructor fleet hung in the air in exactly the same way that bricks dont.
A sadly missed genius, this film better be bloody good and stop at the end of the first book.
Can you imagine what the Cow in Restaurant would do to Americas more squeamish viewers?
And Prostetnic Vogon Jeltz played by, John Prescott?
Mrs Fish said:
cortinaman said:
also,who's up for the part of slartybhartfast??
story at the top of the page said:
Nighy has been cast as alien planet designer Slartibartfast in the long-planned movie adaptation of Douglas Adams' cult novel.
ie, the picture I posted above
sorry mate,i should have looked properly.
mental note:- dentraasi HATE the vogons!
>> Edited by cortinaman on Thursday 15th January 19:48
Gassing Station | General Gassing [Archive] | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff