January 29, 2004
Movie News For Nerds
The beloved Douglas Adams book, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, has already been made into a BBC series (now on DVD), and will be made into a film this April. Casting thus far: Martin Freeman (The Office) as Arthur Dent, Mos Def as Ford Prefect, and Zooey Deschanel as Trillian. The role of Zaphod Beeblebrox has not be cast yet. The British directing duo, Hammer & Tongs (aka Garth Jennings and Nick Goldsmith), directs the screenplay written by the late Adams (Douglas Adams's official site on HHGG).
In other nerd movie news, Film Feed has leaked Star Wars 3 footage (MOV file). Yup, looks like it'll suck. Again. But surprising that Lucasfilm hasn't forced it off yet, which could then be an elaborate red herring hoax by George Lucas. [Via reader John]
Then there's the movies' ultimate nerd of 2003: Toby Radloff, friend of Harvey Pekar (American Splendor). Fametracker has a nice dissection of Judah Friedlander who played Radloff so well in the film, American Splendor.
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Hammer and Tongs are great. Check out their Blur video on their site. Brilliant. Also props top them for casting Zooey.
mos def.. ohhhhhhhhhhh
FYI, the link to the Star Wars footage is no longer up.
It's been leaked for days, and it takes Gothamist to shut it down? What an interesting turn of events.
A shame Adams isn't alive to make sure this is done right. This ones gonna be a tough one to pull off as anyone who's read the books will know, the narration is where the real humor is.
Adams btw was a brilliant speaker and I just missed going to an innovation conference where he spoke before passing away a few days later.
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Brilliant fucking casting for 'Hitchhiker's'. Check out Martin Freeman in 'The Office', Mos Def in 'Monster's Ball' or in his videos, and Zooey Deschanel in anything, and you'll see why.
I know Toby. I work at a community center here in Cleveland, and Toby attends a weekly social group. When i told him I saw the movie, he gave me his autograph and told me all about his Hollywood experiences, including being the star of some Killer Nerd movie.
He likes White Castle and always looks the same and live about 10 blocks from me.
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