Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy Movie!

Bilbo · 11-22-2004, 05:57 PM

Nobody will believe this! They're bringing out a HHGTTG Movie! Five of them!
A friend of mine and I have been working out
a) which actors will there be
b) what bits will they miss out
and c) WHEN'S IT COMING OUT?

So, any theories on any of the above?

***HOBBIT*** · 11-23-2004, 12:19 AM

not very new news, Douglas Adams had wanted to do this movie for a long time.

It was is transit to movie before he died. Been rumors on this for years, while he was alive

Now Douglas Adams has been dead for a couple years, but they are going along with movie anyway.

There was a Hitchhikers movie done a while back by the BBC, or maybe it was a mini-series type thing. I rented it a year or two ago and it was so bad that it was in fact good.

This new set of movies looks to be a lot better.

see the Trailer:

http://movies.yahoo.com/movies/featu...thegalaxy.html

***HOBBIT*** · 11-23-2004, 01:00 AM

didn't mean to be so harsh in my reply either though.

This began filming April 20th, 2004 - so news about this production was floating then.

While Douglas Adams was alive, there was news on selling the rights to a comapny to make a movie, etc.

It will hit theaters June 3rd, 2005 - this was announced in April.

Morgan Freeman, Mos Def, Bill Nighy, Zooey Deschanel, and Sam Rockwell will star in it.

All this news is several months old

brownjenkins · 11-23-2004, 09:45 AM

i loved the BBC series (have it on DVD)... in fact, it's how i first came across the stuff

will be tough seeing it done differently (they were very faithful to the first book)

looking forward to it though

**Nurvingiel** · 11-23-2004, 09:53 AM

I saw this movie ages ago! Wasn't it based on the BBC radio play?

Are you saying there's a new movie coming out! That's so cool. I loved the first one...

EarthBound · 11-23-2004, 11:34 AM

I loooovvveee The Guide!! I first read So Long and Thanks for all the Fish when I was a weeeee one. I remember seeing the origional book in the '70's and wondering why my parents were reading what looked like a kids story (had the funny title and smily planet on the front).

Love the books, never liked DA's belittlement of people who believe in God.

I own all the books, plus the radio broadcast BBC scripts/notes/stuff where he talks about each script's creation/production.

I'm looking forward to the movie to say the least.

DA wrote stuff I wish I had wrote......

"They're just a bunch of really nice guys who want to kill you and everyone you know" or something like that.....I love the Cricket parable!

The Gaffer · 11-23-2004, 11:42 AM

Sounds froody.

It was a radio series first, then TV, then books.

Can't wait to see how they do Zaphod. Play time for the CGI types!

I wonder if the krikkit story will be cross-cultural enough.

My favourite is agragaagagag or whatever it was called that always ended up being killed by Arthur Dent.

EarthBound · 11-23-2004, 12:04 PM

I watched the BBC TV mini-series last week, Zaphod was really cheesey. In fact, since its budget must have been around $27.08 it took a lot, bunches, loads of imagination to get into the movies. I made a great effort.

brownjenkins · 11-23-2004, 04:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by EarthBound

I watched the BBC TV mini-series last week, Zaphod was really cheesey. In fact, since its budget must have been around $27.08 it took a lot, bunches, loads of imagination to get into the movies. I made a great effort.

yeah... but it was funny!

it's like dr. who... definitely low budget, but great stuff... in fact, one could say that with a low-budget, more effort goes into the little things... like say... acting!

BeardofPants · 11-23-2004, 04:29 PM

As if the movie industry would take that into consideration! It must look pretty or the audiences will hate it!!

Haven't seen the Beeb version, but I've read all five books several times. Love DA.

Though, I actually prefer the Dirk Gently books to HH.

***HOBBIT*** · 11-23-2004, 07:28 PM

Yes, this is a new movie and not the old BBC one.

Dirk Gently was good. Too bad its out of print. Like only one library in all of new jersey had a copy of it :P

EarthBound · 11-24-2004, 08:53 AM

The new movie stills show Marvin in a completely different way than I imagined him to be....imagaine that...lol

I was thought of him being more spindly, thinner with a a large flat head...I think I started seeing this after his desription of him going around in a circle for like 10,000 years or something because his foot was stuck in mud...

The movie version is very cute, maybe too cute for Marvin though.

Bilbo · 11-24-2004, 05:55 PM

I took all of the above as new news. Where have all you people been getting your info from? Insert wbesite here:

I listened to the radio series (just some boring guy reading the book

), watched the TV series (better than Dr Who funny-wise, but worse acting-wise) and CAN'T WAIT FOR THE MOVIE (hence this thread)

***HOBBIT*** · 11-25-2004, 07:39 PM

New news only if you consider news from April to be new

Websites? Try the official movie website for news, other movie sites.

Lenya · 01-19-2005, 04:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HOBBIT

There was a Hitchhikers movie done a while back by the BBC, or maybe it was a mini-series type thing. I rented it a year or two ago and it was so bad that it was in fact good.

I love old sci-fi movies! The very bad ones

They are the best comedy you get. It's too bad that most poeple don't appreciate them for what they are. Good example: The Green Slime! *he he*

LickTheEnvelope · 02-10-2005, 12:14 AM

I posted this in another section of these Forums earlier today... But I saw a Trailer for HHGTG Movie in December when I went to see "National Treasure" (which was alot better than I thought it would be!).

If you want to look up movies or tv's shows etc. go to

HTML Code:

www.imdb.com

do a search and you can find out all who's in HHGTG... I didn't see "Morgan Freeman" as someone has mentioned, but Sam Rockwell is Arthur and Mos Def is Ford Prefect and John Malkovich is in it... I only wish they'd found a part for Christpher Walken!

But Hitchhikers aside for all you Sci-Fi Fans
.
.
.
.
.
.THEIR MAKING A MOVIE OF ENDERS GAME!!!! That's right the great Sci-Fi steries, that is still going after 22 years!!!!!!!! Is coming to the big screen sometime in 2006... on IMDB it says they are now in the production stage.

I found this out by accident when I did a search and then I checked around and saw a bunch of sights that say it is indeed coming.

Enders Game, BTW, is by Orson Scott Card and stretches 4 LOOOOOONG books... but the first is the best BY FAR... Card also went back in the 90's and told the story from a different character's point of view... the last book in that series should be out soon!

as I said in my other posts,
GOD I WISH I HAD THIS KIND OF CINEMA WHEN I WAS YOUNG!!!

LOTR, Hitchhikes! and then Enders Game... GO MOVIE COMPANIES GO!

***azalea*** · 04-22-2005, 02:57 PM

DIRK GENTLY IS OUT OF PRINT?!?!?!?!?!??NNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!

I just realized a month ago that I can't find either of mine (Dirk Gently's or Tea-Time), and was planning on buying replacements!

Now what? Maybe Hitchhiker's will do really well and they'll put them back in print.

Has anyone seen the trailer for HGTTG on TV? I saw it and am a little scared. I wasn't able to view the one on the link posted above.
It isn't MORGAN Freeman, it's someone named MARTIN Freeman (from what I can tell). And who does Mos Def play?
I saw who I assumed to be Zaphod, and he wasn't speaking in a British accent. That's minus a million points right there.

Anyway, I want to see this, but I'd rather not if it's a dud. Too painful.

***HOBBIT*** · 04-22-2005, 08:29 PM

yes, it is martin freeman playing arthur dent.

mos def is playing Ford Prefect.

yay it opens next friday

Have you seen all the trailers? The one with the guide giving the definition of movie traillers is great.

How bad could it be? Douglas Adams wrote the screen play before he died. Just see this as another version of it. It changed from each adaptation Series - Book - TV mini-series - now movie.

http://hitchhikers.movies.go.com/

***azalea*** · 04-23-2005, 06:40 PM

Well, my computer can't run trailers very well, but I was able to get some of that. There were British accents. AND if my ears don't deceive me, that's Alan Rickman doing Marvin. So I guess I'll definately see it this weekend!

Celebaelin · 04-25-2005, 08:45 AM

I know this is a little late, but I'm a little new. The books are UNBELIEVABLE. I love them. They're the kind a person could read 15 times and not get sick of. Dirk Gently included. You said that book was out of print? Wow. It's still in my high school library!

Then again, I was the only person to check it out in three years...

But I can't wait for the movie. Who all's mad that they gave Zaphod only one head?

11-22-2004, 05:57 PM	#1
Bilbo Enting Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: The Last Homely House Posts: 52	Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy Movie! Nobody will believe this! They're bringing out a HHGTTG Movie! Five of them! A friend of mine and I have been working out a) which actors will there be b) what bits will they miss out and c) WHEN'S IT COMING OUT? So, any theories on any of the above? __________________ Does God play The Sims?

11-23-2004, 12:19 AM	#2
*HOBBIT* Saviour of Entmoot Admiral Join Date: Nov 1999 Location: NC/NJ (no longer Same place as bmilder.) Posts: 61,986	not very new news, Douglas Adams had wanted to do this movie for a long time. It was is transit to movie before he died. Been rumors on this for years, while he was alive Now Douglas Adams has been dead for a couple years, but they are going along with movie anyway. There was a Hitchhikers movie done a while back by the BBC, or maybe it was a mini-series type thing. I rented it a year or two ago and it was so bad that it was in fact good. This new set of movies looks to be a lot better. see the Trailer: http://movies.yahoo.com/movies/featu...thegalaxy.html __________________ President Emeritus (2000-2004) Private message (or email) me if you need any assistance. I am here to help! "I'm up to here with cool, ok? I'm so amazingly cool you could keep a side of meat in me for a month. I am so hip I have difficulty seeing over my pelvis" - Zaphod Beeblebrox Latest Blog Post: Just Quit Facebook? No One Cares!

11-23-2004, 01:00 AM	#3
*HOBBIT* Saviour of Entmoot Admiral Join Date: Nov 1999 Location: NC/NJ (no longer Same place as bmilder.) Posts: 61,986	didn't mean to be so harsh in my reply either though. This began filming April 20th, 2004 - so news about this production was floating then. While Douglas Adams was alive, there was news on selling the rights to a comapny to make a movie, etc. It will hit theaters June 3rd, 2005 - this was announced in April. Morgan Freeman, Mos Def, Bill Nighy, Zooey Deschanel, and Sam Rockwell will star in it. All this news is several months old __________________ President Emeritus (2000-2004) Private message (or email) me if you need any assistance. I am here to help! "I'm up to here with cool, ok? I'm so amazingly cool you could keep a side of meat in me for a month. I am so hip I have difficulty seeing over my pelvis" - Zaphod Beeblebrox Latest Blog Post: Just Quit Facebook? No One Cares!

11-23-2004, 09:45 AM	#4
brownjenkins Advocatus Diaboli Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Reality Posts: 3,767	i loved the BBC series (have it on DVD)... in fact, it's how i first came across the stuff will be tough seeing it done differently (they were very faithful to the first book) looking forward to it though __________________ Your reality, sir, is lies and balderdash and I'm delighted to say that I have no grasp of it whatsoever.

11-23-2004, 11:34 AM	#6
EarthBound Lady Tipple & Queen of Blessed Thistle Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: I've been told it's all in my head Posts: 916	I loooovvveee The Guide!! I first read So Long and Thanks for all the Fish when I was a weeeee one. I remember seeing the origional book in the '70's and wondering why my parents were reading what looked like a kids story (had the funny title and smily planet on the front). Love the books, never liked DA's belittlement of people who believe in God. I own all the books, plus the radio broadcast BBC scripts/notes/stuff where he talks about each script's creation/production. I'm looking forward to the movie to say the least. DA wrote stuff I wish I had wrote...... "They're just a bunch of really nice guys who want to kill you and everyone you know" or something like that.....I love the Cricket parable! __________________ Beer + Pizza = N'uff said Happy to be here The HACBR has been alerted to my postings…..Hobbits Against Constant Beer References Beer is living proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy. --Ben Franklin I want my Mooter T-Shirt!

11-23-2004, 11:42 AM	#7
The Gaffer Elf Lord Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: In me taters Posts: 3,288	Sounds froody. It was a radio series first, then TV, then books. Can't wait to see how they do Zaphod. Play time for the CGI types! I wonder if the krikkit story will be cross-cultural enough. My favourite is agragaagagag or whatever it was called that always ended up being killed by Arthur Dent.

11-23-2004, 12:04 PM	#8
EarthBound Lady Tipple & Queen of Blessed Thistle Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: I've been told it's all in my head Posts: 916	I watched the BBC TV mini-series last week, Zaphod was really cheesey. In fact, since its budget must have been around $27.08 it took a lot, bunches, loads of imagination to get into the movies. I made a great effort. __________________ Beer + Pizza = N'uff said Happy to be here The HACBR has been alerted to my postings…..Hobbits Against Constant Beer References Beer is living proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy. --Ben Franklin I want my Mooter T-Shirt!

11-23-2004, 04:29 PM	#10
BeardofPants the Shrike Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: San Francisco, CA <3 Posts: 10,647	As if the movie industry would take that into consideration! It must look pretty or the audiences will hate it!! Haven't seen the Beeb version, but I've read all five books several times. Love DA. Though, I actually prefer the Dirk Gently books to HH. __________________ "Binary solo! 0000001! 00000011! 0000001! 00000011!" ~ The Humans are Dead, Flight of the Conchords

11-23-2004, 07:28 PM	#11
*HOBBIT* Saviour of Entmoot Admiral Join Date: Nov 1999 Location: NC/NJ (no longer Same place as bmilder.) Posts: 61,986	Yes, this is a new movie and not the old BBC one. Dirk Gently was good. Too bad its out of print. Like only one library in all of new jersey had a copy of it :P __________________ President Emeritus (2000-2004) Private message (or email) me if you need any assistance. I am here to help! "I'm up to here with cool, ok? I'm so amazingly cool you could keep a side of meat in me for a month. I am so hip I have difficulty seeing over my pelvis" - Zaphod Beeblebrox Latest Blog Post: Just Quit Facebook? No One Cares!

11-24-2004, 08:53 AM	#12
EarthBound Lady Tipple & Queen of Blessed Thistle Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: I've been told it's all in my head Posts: 916	The new movie stills show Marvin in a completely different way than I imagined him to be....imagaine that...lol I was thought of him being more spindly, thinner with a a large flat head...I think I started seeing this after his desription of him going around in a circle for like 10,000 years or something because his foot was stuck in mud... The movie version is very cute, maybe too cute for Marvin though. __________________ Beer + Pizza = N'uff said Happy to be here The HACBR has been alerted to my postings…..Hobbits Against Constant Beer References Beer is living proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy. --Ben Franklin I want my Mooter T-Shirt!

11-24-2004, 05:55 PM	#13
Bilbo Enting Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: The Last Homely House Posts: 52	I took all of the above as new news. Where have all you people been getting your info from? Insert wbesite here: I listened to the radio series (just some boring guy reading the book ), watched the TV series (better than Dr Who funny-wise, but worse acting-wise) and CAN'T WAIT FOR THE MOVIE (hence this thread) __________________ Does God play The Sims?

11-25-2004, 07:39 PM	#14
*HOBBIT* Saviour of Entmoot Admiral Join Date: Nov 1999 Location: NC/NJ (no longer Same place as bmilder.) Posts: 61,986	New news only if you consider news from April to be new Websites? Try the official movie website for news, other movie sites. __________________ President Emeritus (2000-2004) Private message (or email) me if you need any assistance. I am here to help! "I'm up to here with cool, ok? I'm so amazingly cool you could keep a side of meat in me for a month. I am so hip I have difficulty seeing over my pelvis" - Zaphod Beeblebrox Latest Blog Post: Just Quit Facebook? No One Cares!

02-10-2005, 12:14 AM	#16
LickTheEnvelope Hobbit Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Vancouver Posts: 28	Old News is right! But here's some news I posted this in another section of these Forums earlier today... But I saw a Trailer for HHGTG Movie in December when I went to see "National Treasure" (which was alot better than I thought it would be!). If you want to look up movies or tv's shows etc. go to HTML Code: www.imdb.com do a search and you can find out all who's in HHGTG... I didn't see "Morgan Freeman" as someone has mentioned, but Sam Rockwell is Arthur and Mos Def is Ford Prefect and John Malkovich is in it... I only wish they'd found a part for Christpher Walken! But Hitchhikers aside for all you Sci-Fi Fans . . . . . .THEIR MAKING A MOVIE OF ENDERS GAME!!!! That's right the great Sci-Fi steries, that is still going after 22 years!!!!!!!! Is coming to the big screen sometime in 2006... on IMDB it says they are now in the production stage. I found this out by accident when I did a search and then I checked around and saw a bunch of sights that say it is indeed coming. Enders Game, BTW, is by Orson Scott Card and stretches 4 LOOOOOONG books... but the first is the best BY FAR... Card also went back in the 90's and told the story from a different character's point of view... the last book in that series should be out soon! as I said in my other posts, GOD I WISH I HAD THIS KIND OF CINEMA WHEN I WAS YOUNG!!! LOTR, Hitchhikes! and then Enders Game... GO MOVIE COMPANIES GO!

04-22-2005, 02:57 PM	#17
*azalea* Long lost mooter Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Florida Posts: 3,342	DIRK GENTLY IS OUT OF PRINT?!?!?!?!?!??NNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!! I just realized a month ago that I can't find either of mine (Dirk Gently's or Tea-Time), and was planning on buying replacements! Now what? Maybe Hitchhiker's will do really well and they'll put them back in print. Has anyone seen the trailer for HGTTG on TV? I saw it and am a little scared. I wasn't able to view the one on the link posted above. It isn't MORGAN Freeman, it's someone named MARTIN Freeman (from what I can tell). And who does Mos Def play? I saw who I assumed to be Zaphod, and he wasn't speaking in a British accent. That's minus a million points right there. Anyway, I want to see this, but I'd rather not if it's a dud. Too painful.

04-22-2005, 08:29 PM	#18
*HOBBIT* Saviour of Entmoot Admiral Join Date: Nov 1999 Location: NC/NJ (no longer Same place as bmilder.) Posts: 61,986	yes, it is martin freeman playing arthur dent. mos def is playing Ford Prefect. yay it opens next friday Have you seen all the trailers? The one with the guide giving the definition of movie traillers is great. How bad could it be? Douglas Adams wrote the screen play before he died. Just see this as another version of it. It changed from each adaptation Series - Book - TV mini-series - now movie. http://hitchhikers.movies.go.com/ __________________ President Emeritus (2000-2004) Private message (or email) me if you need any assistance. I am here to help! "I'm up to here with cool, ok? I'm so amazingly cool you could keep a side of meat in me for a month. I am so hip I have difficulty seeing over my pelvis" - Zaphod Beeblebrox Latest Blog Post: Just Quit Facebook? No One Cares!

04-23-2005, 06:40 PM	#19
*azalea* Long lost mooter Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Florida Posts: 3,342	Well, my computer can't run trailers very well, but I was able to get some of that. There were British accents. AND if my ears don't deceive me, that's Alan Rickman doing Marvin. So I guess I'll definately see it this weekend!

04-25-2005, 08:45 AM	#20
Celebaelin Sapling Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: NC, USA Posts: 1	I know this is a little late, but I'm a little new. The books are UNBELIEVABLE. I love them. They're the kind a person could read 15 times and not get sick of. Dirk Gently included. You said that book was out of print? Wow. It's still in my high school library! Then again, I was the only person to check it out in three years... But I can't wait for the movie. Who all's mad that they gave Zaphod only one head?

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