the new film version of the hitchhikers guide to the galaxy is in production at this very moment. i know what you’re thinking, great, another perfectly good book smeared and dragged through the hollywood mud. maybe so. the cast is actually kind of interesting though. mos def as ford prefect (!), sam rockwell as zaphod beeblebrox, john malkovich as someone or other, plus… the guy who played willow (and the evil leprechaun don’t forget) as marvin the paranoid android. arthur dent is played by some random british guy, as well he should. but on the other hand, it’s a disney flick. yikes. here is the official site, which has next to zero info, except this interview with/by the screenwriter. might as well play the text adventure instead.