The radio adaptation of "Life, the Universe and Everything" will be aired on Radio 4 from the 21st september. It will be broadcast on Tuesdays at 18.30hrs and then repeated the following Thursday in each case at 23.00hrs. First episode : 21st Sept at 18.30h + 23rd at...
Official blog update : Douglas family set visit report + new pics
A great update today on the official blog. James Thrift, Douglas' brother, has posted a report about the last Douglas familly visit on the set some weeks ago. Douglas' brother, sisters, mum and daughter even joined the cast for the day. A saturday morning at the end...
Shooting finished + Hitchhiker’s movie composer Joby Talbot interviewed in The Guardian
Just this short mesage to say that the shooting for the movie seems to be now finished. The 19th august, one knowledgeable user posted on my forum that "The final shot for main unit was shot this afternoon at Shepperton, the model shoot has one more day of shooting....
The Hitchhiker’s movie merchandising “not an enormous retail opportunity”
In an interview granted to Financial Times, and published this morning, Andy Mooney, chairman of Disney's consumer products division, said that, altrough it should translate well into a computer game, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy would not be "an enormous...
H2G2 movie collectibles soon ! + the ANNIMATED movie trailer
J Simpson got the news that, during the San Diego Comic Con, a company called NECA got the licence to produce action figures and collectables based on the Hitchhiker’s movie characters and designs. According to ICV2.com they've been told by a NECA official that the...
Official blog update : Douglas family set visit report + new picd
We're pleased to confirm that the City of London, along with the rest of planet earth, was destroyed between 7am and 6pm on Saturday 17th July." The official Douglas Adams website is not often updated but it can be very informative sometimes. Yesterday, the guys who...
Summer of ’05 is shappin’ up in movie theaters
Incredible MJ has spotted on Magrathea website an interesting article from Hollywood Reporter where the magazine makes a preview of the summer' 05 openings in theatre. Of course, the dates are due to change, and the opening date of June the 3rd for Hitchhikers is not...
First h2g2 movie teaser shown in San Diego and now avalaible on the net ! + pic of special towel and dvd
The first Hitchhiker's movie teaser has been shown at the comic-con convention in San Diego this Friday. It has been shown with Pixar's "The Incredible". According to Travis Averey, one of the lucky bast****, who was kind enough to send me an email, Disney "gave...
Good stuff in “Mostly Harmless 93” + info about my visit to Elstree studios
I received some days ago the last issue of "Mostly Harmless", the magazine of ZZ9, the official Hitch Hiker's Guide To The Galaxy Aprreciation Society. I wanted to tell you that as usual there is some really good stuff inside. MJ Simpson has written a long article...
Two competitions to be an extra in the movie. The winners are known
Simon Mayo from Five Live Radio asked two questions during his show to win an extra part in the hitchhiker's movie. According to MJ Simpson, the price was "won by Nick Loven from Lincolnshire. Listeners were asked to invent a drink to rival the Pangalactic...