Ready to jump to another solar system, navigate a dystopian future, or battle a beast from beyond the stars? Science-fiction movies often combine cutting-edge special effects with sneaky morality tales. They’re also a heck of a lot of fun to watch. Rolling Stone just published its list of the 150 Greatest Sci-Fi Movies of All Time. Because we love a good list, we pulled together all your streaming options for this impressive collection.
Nearly every streaming service offers at least one of these gems. Though these movies may shift from one service to another, this page will automatically update with the current streaming options for each film, so add this one to your bookmarks and come back when you want to work your way through the list!
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150-141 Tank Girl March 31, 1995
After a comet disrupts the rain cycle of Earth,...
Nearly every streaming service offers at least one of these gems. Though these movies may shift from one service to another, this page will automatically update with the current streaming options for each film, so add this one to your bookmarks and come back when you want to work your way through the list!
150-141
140-131
130-121
120-111
110-101
100-91
90-81
80-71
70-61
60-51
50-41
40-31
30-21
20-11
10-1
150-141 Tank Girl March 31, 1995
After a comet disrupts the rain cycle of Earth,...
- 1/2/2024
- by Ben Bowman
- The Streamable
The Joker sequel is happening. For all director Todd Phillips‘s insistence that his 2019 movie Joker wasn’t a traditional superhero movie, complete with a seemingly definitive end for Clown Prince of Crime Arthur Fleck, he’s back with a sequel. That’s not too much of a surprise, given the $1.074 billion the R-rated movie earned at the box office.
What is a surprise, however, is the movie’s highfalutin title, Joker: Folie à Deux, and Phillips’s plans to make it a musical. This time, the returning Joaquin Phoenix is joined by Lady Gaga as Dr. Harleen Quinzel aka Harley Quinn. You can see the very first look at Gaga in the role in this Valentine’s message from Phillips posted back in February:
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We’ve all been scratching our heads about what, exactly, this movie is supposed to be.
What is a surprise, however, is the movie’s highfalutin title, Joker: Folie à Deux, and Phillips’s plans to make it a musical. This time, the returning Joaquin Phoenix is joined by Lady Gaga as Dr. Harleen Quinzel aka Harley Quinn. You can see the very first look at Gaga in the role in this Valentine’s message from Phillips posted back in February:
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We’ve all been scratching our heads about what, exactly, this movie is supposed to be.
- 3/13/2023
- by Joe George
- Den of Geek
Hulu will stream a new live-action adaptation of author Douglas Adams' "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy", followed by a six-novel series, from a division of ABC Studios that focuses on development for cable and streaming outlets:
"...the last surviving man on Earth is 'Arthur Dent', following the demolition of the planet by a 'Vogon' constructor fleet, making way for a 'hyperspace bypass'.
"Dent is rescued from Earth's destruction by 'Ford Prefect'—a human-like alien writer for the eccentric, electronic travel guide 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy', by hitchhiking onto a passing Vogon spacecraft.
"Following his rescue, Dent explores the galaxy with Prefect and encounters 'Trillian', another human who had been taken from Earth, prior to its destruction, by the two-headed 'President of the Galaxy Zaphod Beeblebrox' and the depressed 'Marvin', the 'Paranoid Android'..."
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"...the last surviving man on Earth is 'Arthur Dent', following the demolition of the planet by a 'Vogon' constructor fleet, making way for a 'hyperspace bypass'.
"Dent is rescued from Earth's destruction by 'Ford Prefect'—a human-like alien writer for the eccentric, electronic travel guide 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy', by hitchhiking onto a passing Vogon spacecraft.
"Following his rescue, Dent explores the galaxy with Prefect and encounters 'Trillian', another human who had been taken from Earth, prior to its destruction, by the two-headed 'President of the Galaxy Zaphod Beeblebrox' and the depressed 'Marvin', the 'Paranoid Android'..."
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- 9/4/2022
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
Hulu will stream a new live-action adaptation of author Douglas Adams' "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy", followed by a six-novel series:
"...the last surviving man on Earth is 'Arthur Dent', following the demolition of the planet by a 'Vogon' constructor fleet, making way for a 'hyperspace bypass'.
"Dent is rescued from Earth's destruction by 'Ford Prefect'—a human-like alien writer for the eccentric, electronic travel guide 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy', by hitchhiking onto a passing Vogon spacecraft.
"Following his rescue, Dent explores the galaxy with Prefect and encounters 'Trillian', another human who had been taken from Earth, prior to its destruction, by the two-headed 'President of the Galaxy Zaphod Beeblebrox' and the depressed 'Marvin', the 'Paranoid Android'..."
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"...the last surviving man on Earth is 'Arthur Dent', following the demolition of the planet by a 'Vogon' constructor fleet, making way for a 'hyperspace bypass'.
"Dent is rescued from Earth's destruction by 'Ford Prefect'—a human-like alien writer for the eccentric, electronic travel guide 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy', by hitchhiking onto a passing Vogon spacecraft.
"Following his rescue, Dent explores the galaxy with Prefect and encounters 'Trillian', another human who had been taken from Earth, prior to its destruction, by the two-headed 'President of the Galaxy Zaphod Beeblebrox' and the depressed 'Marvin', the 'Paranoid Android'..."
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- 5/2/2022
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
Hulu will stream a new live-action adaptation of author Douglas Adams' "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy", followed by a six-novel series, from a division of ABC Studios that focuses on development for cable and streaming outlets:
"...the last surviving man on Earth is 'Arthur Dent', following the demolition of the planet by a 'Vogon' constructor fleet, making way for a 'hyperspace bypass'.
"Dent is rescued from Earth's destruction by 'Ford Prefect'—a human-like alien writer for the eccentric, electronic travel guide 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy', by hitchhiking onto a passing Vogon spacecraft.
"Following his rescue, Dent explores the galaxy with Prefect and encounters 'Trillian', another human who had been taken from Earth, prior to its destruction, by the two-headed 'President of the Galaxy Zaphod Beeblebrox' and the depressed 'Marvin', the 'Paranoid Android'..."
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"...the last surviving man on Earth is 'Arthur Dent', following the demolition of the planet by a 'Vogon' constructor fleet, making way for a 'hyperspace bypass'.
"Dent is rescued from Earth's destruction by 'Ford Prefect'—a human-like alien writer for the eccentric, electronic travel guide 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy', by hitchhiking onto a passing Vogon spacecraft.
"Following his rescue, Dent explores the galaxy with Prefect and encounters 'Trillian', another human who had been taken from Earth, prior to its destruction, by the two-headed 'President of the Galaxy Zaphod Beeblebrox' and the depressed 'Marvin', the 'Paranoid Android'..."
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- 3/14/2022
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
It was 42 years ago this week that The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy made its debut as an unassuming BBC radio series written by a tall, yet largely unknown ape descendant named Douglas Adams.
The universe hasn’t quite been the same since.
Modestly successful, the first six episodes of Hitchhiker’s Guide immediately hooked listeners with its absurd views on, well, life, the universe, and everything. Although the genres of science fiction and comedy had been combined before, most notably by Kurt Vonnegut, Adams’ story hit at a time when Star Wars had everyone looking for the next big genre hit. The fact that it was brilliantly written and performed didn’t hurt matters either.
Word of mouth about the program began to spread like crazy, and the Hitchhiker’s phenomenon was officially underway. Soon, everything from a second radio series to a book adaptation to a spin-off towel...
The universe hasn’t quite been the same since.
Modestly successful, the first six episodes of Hitchhiker’s Guide immediately hooked listeners with its absurd views on, well, life, the universe, and everything. Although the genres of science fiction and comedy had been combined before, most notably by Kurt Vonnegut, Adams’ story hit at a time when Star Wars had everyone looking for the next big genre hit. The fact that it was brilliantly written and performed didn’t hurt matters either.
Word of mouth about the program began to spread like crazy, and the Hitchhiker’s phenomenon was officially underway. Soon, everything from a second radio series to a book adaptation to a spin-off towel...
- 3/11/2020
- by Mike Cecchini
- Den of Geek
Hulu will stream a new live-action adaptation of author Douglas Adams' "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy", followed by a six-novel series, from a division of ABC Studios that focuses on development for cable and streaming outlets:
"...the last surviving man on Earth is 'Arthur Dent', following the demolition of the planet by a 'Vogon' constructor fleet, making way for a 'hyperspace bypass'.
"Dent is rescued from Earth's destruction by 'Ford Prefect'—a human-like alien writer for the eccentric, electronic travel guide 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy', by hitchhiking onto a passing Vogon spacecraft.
"Following his rescue, Dent explores the galaxy with Prefect and encounters 'Trillian', another human who had been taken from Earth, prior to its destruction, by the two-headed 'President of the Galaxy Zaphod Beeblebrox' and the depressed 'Marvin', the 'Paranoid Android'..."
Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy...
"...the last surviving man on Earth is 'Arthur Dent', following the demolition of the planet by a 'Vogon' constructor fleet, making way for a 'hyperspace bypass'.
"Dent is rescued from Earth's destruction by 'Ford Prefect'—a human-like alien writer for the eccentric, electronic travel guide 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy', by hitchhiking onto a passing Vogon spacecraft.
"Following his rescue, Dent explores the galaxy with Prefect and encounters 'Trillian', another human who had been taken from Earth, prior to its destruction, by the two-headed 'President of the Galaxy Zaphod Beeblebrox' and the depressed 'Marvin', the 'Paranoid Android'..."
Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy...
- 2/29/2020
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
Exclusive: CAA has signed award-winning British actor Martin Freeman.
Freeman is renowned for his many roles including Bilbo Baggins in Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit trilogy as well as CIA agent Everett Ross Marvel’s Black Panther and Captain America: Civil War.
On TV, Freeman played Watson on BBC’s Sherlock of which he counts two supporting actor miniseries/movie noms and one win in 2014. The Aldershot, Hampshire native also counts a 2011 BAFTA supporting actor win for Sherlock. He was also nominated for both a Golden Globe and Emmy in the lead actor miniseries/movie category for his turn as Lester Nygaar in FX’s first season of MGM’s Fargo.
Freeman studied at the Central School of Speech and Drama. Other notable roles include Tim Canterbury in the UK’s famed version of The Office. Feature credits include Ali G Indahouse, Love Actually, Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, The World’s End,...
Freeman is renowned for his many roles including Bilbo Baggins in Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit trilogy as well as CIA agent Everett Ross Marvel’s Black Panther and Captain America: Civil War.
On TV, Freeman played Watson on BBC’s Sherlock of which he counts two supporting actor miniseries/movie noms and one win in 2014. The Aldershot, Hampshire native also counts a 2011 BAFTA supporting actor win for Sherlock. He was also nominated for both a Golden Globe and Emmy in the lead actor miniseries/movie category for his turn as Lester Nygaar in FX’s first season of MGM’s Fargo.
Freeman studied at the Central School of Speech and Drama. Other notable roles include Tim Canterbury in the UK’s famed version of The Office. Feature credits include Ali G Indahouse, Love Actually, Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, The World’s End,...
- 11/26/2019
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
James Hunt Aug 5, 2019
Here's what the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Hulu showrunners can learn from previous adaptations.
This article comes from Den of Geek UK.
Douglas Adams’ Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy quite possibly stands as one of the most-adapted works of fiction in modern times. Since the initial broadcast of the radio show in the late '70s, it’s been a BBC TV show, a novel, a comic book, a stage show, a computer game, and a movie. All it’s missing is an interpretive dance version to complete a full set – and that’s only because a shiny, big-budget Us television remake is now on the cards for Hulu, helmed by Lost alumnus Carlton Cuse.
But what can this upcoming Hitchiker’s TV show learn from previous adaptations? And where might the new showrunners take it? Here’s what we think.
Base it on the...
Here's what the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Hulu showrunners can learn from previous adaptations.
This article comes from Den of Geek UK.
Douglas Adams’ Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy quite possibly stands as one of the most-adapted works of fiction in modern times. Since the initial broadcast of the radio show in the late '70s, it’s been a BBC TV show, a novel, a comic book, a stage show, a computer game, and a movie. All it’s missing is an interpretive dance version to complete a full set – and that’s only because a shiny, big-budget Us television remake is now on the cards for Hulu, helmed by Lost alumnus Carlton Cuse.
But what can this upcoming Hitchiker’s TV show learn from previous adaptations? And where might the new showrunners take it? Here’s what we think.
Base it on the...
- 8/5/2019
- Den of Geek
Hulu will stream a new live-action adaptation of author Douglas Adams' "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy", originally a BBC radio comedy series, followed by a six-novel series, from Disney's ABC Signature, a division of ABC Studios that focuses on development for cable and streaming outlets:
"...the last surviving man on Earth is 'Arthur Dent', following the demolition of the planet by a 'Vogon' constructor fleet, making way for a 'hyperspace bypass'.
"Dent is rescued from Earth's destruction by 'Ford Prefect'—a human-like alien writer for the eccentric, electronic travel guide 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy', by hitchhiking onto a passing Vogon spacecraft.
"Following his rescue, Dent explores the galaxy with Prefect and encounters 'Trillian', another human who had been taken from Earth, prior to its destruction, by the two-headed 'President of the Galaxy Zaphod Beeblebrox' and the depressed 'Marvin', the 'Paranoid Android'.
"...the last surviving man on Earth is 'Arthur Dent', following the demolition of the planet by a 'Vogon' constructor fleet, making way for a 'hyperspace bypass'.
"Dent is rescued from Earth's destruction by 'Ford Prefect'—a human-like alien writer for the eccentric, electronic travel guide 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy', by hitchhiking onto a passing Vogon spacecraft.
"Following his rescue, Dent explores the galaxy with Prefect and encounters 'Trillian', another human who had been taken from Earth, prior to its destruction, by the two-headed 'President of the Galaxy Zaphod Beeblebrox' and the depressed 'Marvin', the 'Paranoid Android'.
- 7/25/2019
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
Kirsten Howard Jul 25, 2019
Hulu will adapt Douglas Adams’ The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy.
So long, and thanks for all the fish! The dolphins will once again be getting the hell off this awful globe in a new adaptation of Douglas Adams' The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy at Hulu. Disney owns the Hitchhiker’s Guide IP, so resistance is futile - not that the author himself, who passed away in 2001, would likely have much of a problem with it springing back to life again.
Carlton Cuse is at the helm of the developing series (via Deadline). The man behind Lost, Amazon's Jack Ryan, and Netflix's upcoming comic book series, Locke & Key, has teamed up with Wonder Woman writer Jason Fuchs for the project.
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy has been a stage show, a comic, a TV series back in 1981, a video...
Hulu will adapt Douglas Adams’ The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy.
So long, and thanks for all the fish! The dolphins will once again be getting the hell off this awful globe in a new adaptation of Douglas Adams' The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy at Hulu. Disney owns the Hitchhiker’s Guide IP, so resistance is futile - not that the author himself, who passed away in 2001, would likely have much of a problem with it springing back to life again.
Carlton Cuse is at the helm of the developing series (via Deadline). The man behind Lost, Amazon's Jack Ryan, and Netflix's upcoming comic book series, Locke & Key, has teamed up with Wonder Woman writer Jason Fuchs for the project.
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy has been a stage show, a comic, a TV series back in 1981, a video...
- 7/25/2019
- Den of Geek
Hulu is developing a TV series adaptation of Douglas Adams’ comedy sci-fi favorite The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, our sister site Deadline reports. The project will be written and exec-produced by Carlton Cuse (Lost, Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan, Bates Motel) and writer Jason Fuchs (Wonder Woman, Ice Age: Continental Drift).
A BBC radio show-turned-book series, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy follows the intergalactic adventures of Arthur Dent, a hapless Englishman, after the destruction of Earth by a race of bad-tempered, bureaucratic aliens.
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A BBC radio show-turned-book series, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy follows the intergalactic adventures of Arthur Dent, a hapless Englishman, after the destruction of Earth by a race of bad-tempered, bureaucratic aliens.
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- 7/24/2019
- TVLine.com
The classic British sci-fi property, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, is getting a new adaptation, and this time it will be developed as a TV series for Hulu. The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy was created by Douglas Adams and this new series is being developed by showrunner, writer, and producer Carlton Cuse, who has worked on Lost, Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan, Locke & Key. The series will also be written by Jason Fuchs who is best know for his work on Wonder Woman and Ice Age: Continental Drift.
Cuse and Fuchs are both big fans of these property and the series follows the intergalactic adventures of Arthur Dent, “a hapless Englishman, following the destruction of the Earth by the Vogons, a race of unpleasant and bureaucratic aliens.”
This is sure to make for a great series. I enjoyed the 2005 movie, but I’ve always felt...
Cuse and Fuchs are both big fans of these property and the series follows the intergalactic adventures of Arthur Dent, “a hapless Englishman, following the destruction of the Earth by the Vogons, a race of unpleasant and bureaucratic aliens.”
This is sure to make for a great series. I enjoyed the 2005 movie, but I’ve always felt...
- 7/24/2019
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
First it was a radio series, then a book series, and then a movie, and now Douglas Adams' beloved The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is making its way to the small screen. According to Deadline, a new adaptation of the story is in the works at Hulu.
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- 7/24/2019
- by Rachel Paige
- TVGuide - Breaking News
Hulu is hitching a ride to another galaxy.
The streamer is developing a series based on Douglas Adams’ classic sci-fi novel “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy.”
The prospective series is being penned by “Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan” and “Lost” executive producer Carlton Cuse and “Wonder Woman” writer Jason Fuchs. Cuse is under an overall deal at ABC Signature, ABC Studios’ streaming division, which is producing the series.
“The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy,” which was originally a BBC radio comedy, has been adapted multiple times for both the big and small screen. In 1981, the novel was adapted into a BBC series with Simon Jones and David Dixon playing the two leads. Disney, which recently bought a majority stake in Hulu, owns the rights to Adams’ novels and produced a movie version in 2005 which starred Martin Freeman as Arthur Dent, Sam Rockwell, Mos Def and Zooey Deschanel.
The streamer is developing a series based on Douglas Adams’ classic sci-fi novel “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy.”
The prospective series is being penned by “Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan” and “Lost” executive producer Carlton Cuse and “Wonder Woman” writer Jason Fuchs. Cuse is under an overall deal at ABC Signature, ABC Studios’ streaming division, which is producing the series.
“The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy,” which was originally a BBC radio comedy, has been adapted multiple times for both the big and small screen. In 1981, the novel was adapted into a BBC series with Simon Jones and David Dixon playing the two leads. Disney, which recently bought a majority stake in Hulu, owns the rights to Adams’ novels and produced a movie version in 2005 which starred Martin Freeman as Arthur Dent, Sam Rockwell, Mos Def and Zooey Deschanel.
- 7/24/2019
- by Will Thorne
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Douglas Adams’ comedy sci-fi classic The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy is headed to American television. I have learned that Hulu is developing a TV series adaptation of the novels from prolific showrunner Carlton Cuse and feature writer Jason Fuchs. The project hails from ABC Signature, the cable/streaming division of ABC Studios where Cuse and his Genre Arts production company are under an overall deal.
A British popular culture staple, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy originated as a comedy radio series and became a hugely successful series of novels that has been translated into more than 30 languages and has become essential reading for high school students around the world.
The series follows the intergalactic adventures of Arthur Dent, a hapless Englishman, following the destruction of Earth by the Vogons, a...
A British popular culture staple, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy originated as a comedy radio series and became a hugely successful series of novels that has been translated into more than 30 languages and has become essential reading for high school students around the world.
The series follows the intergalactic adventures of Arthur Dent, a hapless Englishman, following the destruction of Earth by the Vogons, a...
- 7/24/2019
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Chris Cummins Nov 30, 2018
Here's a rundown of the best -- and nerdiest -- DVDs/Blu-rays of the year!
We've searched far and wide to bring you the best shopping recommendations! Just a note: Den of Geek may receive a small commission from links on this page. Prices & stockage are accurate as of time of publication.
A brief history lesson: People turned to DVDs and Blu-rays because they were tired of cable television. Then streaming services came along, and these same fickle folks grew tired of DVDs and Blu-rays because who wants to go through the trouble of having to get up and physically put a disc in a machine. But recently there have been a few new wrinkles in the home viewing saga. First off, complicated rights issues means that not every movie will remain on Netflix once it's up there. Then there's the fact that there are now so...
Here's a rundown of the best -- and nerdiest -- DVDs/Blu-rays of the year!
We've searched far and wide to bring you the best shopping recommendations! Just a note: Den of Geek may receive a small commission from links on this page. Prices & stockage are accurate as of time of publication.
A brief history lesson: People turned to DVDs and Blu-rays because they were tired of cable television. Then streaming services came along, and these same fickle folks grew tired of DVDs and Blu-rays because who wants to go through the trouble of having to get up and physically put a disc in a machine. But recently there have been a few new wrinkles in the home viewing saga. First off, complicated rights issues means that not every movie will remain on Netflix once it's up there. Then there's the fact that there are now so...
- 11/20/2018
- Den of Geek
Amazon gave fans a taste of the upcoming Season 2 of its superhero comedy The Tick on Friday during the studio’s presentation at Comic-Con. It’s too far away for a release date though — the series was greenlighted for a 10-episode second season back in January, with a 2019 premiere date still to come.
On the panel, creator Ben Edlund showed off a behind-the-scenes video featuring Peter Serafinowicz (who plays The Tick) and Griffin Newman (who plays as Arthur Dent) who divulged that the Aegis superhero agency from the original comics would be a big part of Season 2, along with hints that some superheroes from the original IP wil be involved.
“We’re bringing in new characters like a super villain bank robber,” Edlund told the Ballroom 20 crowd. “Also some characters who have appeared in the comic and cartoons will be added to the series — just expanding the world has been our goal,...
On the panel, creator Ben Edlund showed off a behind-the-scenes video featuring Peter Serafinowicz (who plays The Tick) and Griffin Newman (who plays as Arthur Dent) who divulged that the Aegis superhero agency from the original comics would be a big part of Season 2, along with hints that some superheroes from the original IP wil be involved.
“We’re bringing in new characters like a super villain bank robber,” Edlund told the Ballroom 20 crowd. “Also some characters who have appeared in the comic and cartoons will be added to the series — just expanding the world has been our goal,...
- 7/20/2018
- by Patrick Hipes and Amanda N'Duka
- Deadline Film + TV
Opens Friday
Arthur Dent fans need not panic.
After succeeding splendidly first as a BBC Radio series, then as a five-book "trilogy" and a subsequent TV series, Douglas Adams' beloved The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy has taken that tricky leap to the cinema with largely pleasing results.
While the long-awaited movie version has some trouble sustaining the blissfully ironic, witty irreverence that was the Adams sensibility, the fact that it hits the nail on the head to the extent it does should come as great relief to the legions of fans who had reason to be dubious following the author's death in 2001.
That Monty Python-esque target demographic, the one also responsible for making Spamalot a big, fat Broadway hit, should reward the Touchstone Pictures release with stellar though less than astronomical boxoffice, followed by some very smart DVD business.
Using Adams' own second draft as a blueprint, screenwriter Karey Kirkpatrick (Chicken Run) and innovative music video director Garth Jennings remain true to the highly distinct brand of sci-fi satire that would go on to influence the likes of Men in Black and Ghostbusters.
For those unfamiliar with the Babel Fish, Vogons and Pan Galactic Gargle Blasters that occupy the Hitchhiker galaxy, the movie actually begins back on Earth, where everyman Arthur Dent (perfectly cast everyman Martin Freeman, late of The Office) is fighting a losing war with a bulldozer that's about to raze his home.
Coincidentally planet Earth also happens to be minutes away from total annihilation in order to make way for a hyperspace freeway, and Dent, still wearing his pajamas, is rescued in the nick of time by his best friend Ford Prefect (Mos Def) who's really an alien who has just been posing as an out-of-work actor.
The two briefly stow away on a spacecraft belonging to the highly bureaucratic, bad-poetry-reading Vogons, before ending up on the Heart of Gold spaceship, which was stolen by the energetic but rather dim President of the Galaxy, Zaphod Beeblebrox (Sam Rockwell channeling George W. Bush, Bill Clinton and assorted rock stars).
Much to Dent's surprise, Beeblebrox is accompanied by comely astrophysicist Trillian (Zooey Deschanel), who went by the name of Trish McMillan back when he met her at a costume party.
And that's just for starters.
Also along for the metaphysical mash-up is Marvin, a chronically depressed robot (ideally voiced by Alan Rickman), rather crazed intergalactic missionary Humma Kavula (John Malkovich) and Magrathean planetary construction engineer Slartibartfast (Bill Nighy), who has overseen the building of a back-up planet Earth.
Jennings, creatively blending bits of CGI with old school FX and Jim Henson's Creature Shop, gets the tone down cold, but like a number of other novice feature directors who cut their teeth on videos, the inspired sequences don't always effectively link together to form a cohesive, involving whole.
Still, there is much to appreciate here, from the terrific casting (heard but not seen are Helen Mirren as the voice of the Deep Thought computer and Stephen Fry providing the amiably glib narration) to production designer Joel Collins' fanciful sets and especially the rousing musical number, "So Long & Thanks For All the Fish," performed by some very wise dolphins who manage to get out while the going's good.
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Buena Vista
Touchstone Pictures and Spyglass Entertainment present a Barber/Birnbaum prodn./A Hammer and Tongs prodn./An Everyman Pictures prodn.
Credits:
Director: Garth Jennings
Screenwriters: Douglas Adams and Karey Kirkpatrick
Based on the book by Douglas Adams
Producers: Gary Barber, Roger Birnbaum, Nick Goldsmith, Jay Roach, Jonathan Glickman
Executive producers: Douglas Adams, Robbie Stamp, Derek Evans
Director of photography: Igor Jadue-Lillo
Production designer: Joel Collins
Editor: Niven Howie
Costume designer: Sammy Sheldon
Music: Joby Talbot
Cast:
Zaphod Beeblebrox: Sam Rockwell
Ford Prefect: Mos Def
Trish McMillan/Trillian: Zooey Deschanel
Arthur Dent: Martin Freeman
Slartibartfast: Bill Nighy
Marvin: Warwick Davis
Questular: Anna Chancellor
Voice of Marvin: Alan Rickman
Voice of Deep Thought: Helen Mirren
Narrator: Stephen Fry
Humma Kavula: John Malkovich
MPAA Rating: PG
Running time: 108 minutes...
Arthur Dent fans need not panic.
After succeeding splendidly first as a BBC Radio series, then as a five-book "trilogy" and a subsequent TV series, Douglas Adams' beloved The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy has taken that tricky leap to the cinema with largely pleasing results.
While the long-awaited movie version has some trouble sustaining the blissfully ironic, witty irreverence that was the Adams sensibility, the fact that it hits the nail on the head to the extent it does should come as great relief to the legions of fans who had reason to be dubious following the author's death in 2001.
That Monty Python-esque target demographic, the one also responsible for making Spamalot a big, fat Broadway hit, should reward the Touchstone Pictures release with stellar though less than astronomical boxoffice, followed by some very smart DVD business.
Using Adams' own second draft as a blueprint, screenwriter Karey Kirkpatrick (Chicken Run) and innovative music video director Garth Jennings remain true to the highly distinct brand of sci-fi satire that would go on to influence the likes of Men in Black and Ghostbusters.
For those unfamiliar with the Babel Fish, Vogons and Pan Galactic Gargle Blasters that occupy the Hitchhiker galaxy, the movie actually begins back on Earth, where everyman Arthur Dent (perfectly cast everyman Martin Freeman, late of The Office) is fighting a losing war with a bulldozer that's about to raze his home.
Coincidentally planet Earth also happens to be minutes away from total annihilation in order to make way for a hyperspace freeway, and Dent, still wearing his pajamas, is rescued in the nick of time by his best friend Ford Prefect (Mos Def) who's really an alien who has just been posing as an out-of-work actor.
The two briefly stow away on a spacecraft belonging to the highly bureaucratic, bad-poetry-reading Vogons, before ending up on the Heart of Gold spaceship, which was stolen by the energetic but rather dim President of the Galaxy, Zaphod Beeblebrox (Sam Rockwell channeling George W. Bush, Bill Clinton and assorted rock stars).
Much to Dent's surprise, Beeblebrox is accompanied by comely astrophysicist Trillian (Zooey Deschanel), who went by the name of Trish McMillan back when he met her at a costume party.
And that's just for starters.
Also along for the metaphysical mash-up is Marvin, a chronically depressed robot (ideally voiced by Alan Rickman), rather crazed intergalactic missionary Humma Kavula (John Malkovich) and Magrathean planetary construction engineer Slartibartfast (Bill Nighy), who has overseen the building of a back-up planet Earth.
Jennings, creatively blending bits of CGI with old school FX and Jim Henson's Creature Shop, gets the tone down cold, but like a number of other novice feature directors who cut their teeth on videos, the inspired sequences don't always effectively link together to form a cohesive, involving whole.
Still, there is much to appreciate here, from the terrific casting (heard but not seen are Helen Mirren as the voice of the Deep Thought computer and Stephen Fry providing the amiably glib narration) to production designer Joel Collins' fanciful sets and especially the rousing musical number, "So Long & Thanks For All the Fish," performed by some very wise dolphins who manage to get out while the going's good.
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Buena Vista
Touchstone Pictures and Spyglass Entertainment present a Barber/Birnbaum prodn./A Hammer and Tongs prodn./An Everyman Pictures prodn.
Credits:
Director: Garth Jennings
Screenwriters: Douglas Adams and Karey Kirkpatrick
Based on the book by Douglas Adams
Producers: Gary Barber, Roger Birnbaum, Nick Goldsmith, Jay Roach, Jonathan Glickman
Executive producers: Douglas Adams, Robbie Stamp, Derek Evans
Director of photography: Igor Jadue-Lillo
Production designer: Joel Collins
Editor: Niven Howie
Costume designer: Sammy Sheldon
Music: Joby Talbot
Cast:
Zaphod Beeblebrox: Sam Rockwell
Ford Prefect: Mos Def
Trish McMillan/Trillian: Zooey Deschanel
Arthur Dent: Martin Freeman
Slartibartfast: Bill Nighy
Marvin: Warwick Davis
Questular: Anna Chancellor
Voice of Marvin: Alan Rickman
Voice of Deep Thought: Helen Mirren
Narrator: Stephen Fry
Humma Kavula: John Malkovich
MPAA Rating: PG
Running time: 108 minutes...
Opens Friday
Arthur Dent fans need not panic.
After succeeding splendidly first as a BBC Radio series, then as a five-book "trilogy" and a subsequent TV series, Douglas Adams' beloved The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy has taken that tricky leap to the cinema with largely pleasing results.
While the long-awaited movie version has some trouble sustaining the blissfully ironic, witty irreverence that was the Adams sensibility, the fact that it hits the nail on the head to the extent it does should come as great relief to the legions of fans who had reason to be dubious following the author's death in 2001.
That Monty Python-esque target demographic, the one also responsible for making Spamalot a big, fat Broadway hit, should reward the Touchstone Pictures release with stellar though less than astronomical boxoffice, followed by some very smart DVD business.
Using Adams' own second draft as a blueprint, screenwriter Karey Kirkpatrick (Chicken Run) and innovative music video director Garth Jennings remain true to the highly distinct brand of sci-fi satire that would go on to influence the likes of Men in Black and Ghostbusters.
For those unfamiliar with the Babel Fish, Vogons and Pan Galactic Gargle Blasters that occupy the Hitchhiker galaxy, the movie actually begins back on Earth, where everyman Arthur Dent (perfectly cast everyman Martin Freeman, late of The Office) is fighting a losing war with a bulldozer that's about to raze his home.
Coincidentally planet Earth also happens to be minutes away from total annihilation in order to make way for a hyperspace freeway, and Dent, still wearing his pajamas, is rescued in the nick of time by his best friend Ford Prefect (Mos Def) who's really an alien who has just been posing as an out-of-work actor.
The two briefly stow away on a spacecraft belonging to the highly bureaucratic, bad-poetry-reading Vogons, before ending up on the Heart of Gold spaceship, which was stolen by the energetic but rather dim President of the Galaxy, Zaphod Beeblebrox (Sam Rockwell channeling George W. Bush, Bill Clinton and assorted rock stars).
Much to Dent's surprise, Beeblebrox is accompanied by comely astrophysicist Trillian (Zooey Deschanel), who went by the name of Trish McMillan back when he met her at a costume party.
And that's just for starters.
Also along for the metaphysical mash-up is Marvin, a chronically depressed robot (ideally voiced by Alan Rickman), rather crazed intergalactic missionary Humma Kavula (John Malkovich) and Magrathean planetary construction engineer Slartibartfast (Bill Nighy), who has overseen the building of a back-up planet Earth.
Jennings, creatively blending bits of CGI with old school FX and Jim Henson's Creature Shop, gets the tone down cold, but like a number of other novice feature directors who cut their teeth on videos, the inspired sequences don't always effectively link together to form a cohesive, involving whole.
Still, there is much to appreciate here, from the terrific casting (heard but not seen are Helen Mirren as the voice of the Deep Thought computer and Stephen Fry providing the amiably glib narration) to production designer Joel Collins' fanciful sets and especially the rousing musical number, "So Long & Thanks For All the Fish," performed by some very wise dolphins who manage to get out while the going's good.
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Buena Vista
Touchstone Pictures and Spyglass Entertainment present a Barber/Birnbaum prodn./A Hammer and Tongs prodn./An Everyman Pictures prodn.
Credits:
Director: Garth Jennings
Screenwriters: Douglas Adams and Karey Kirkpatrick
Based on the book by Douglas Adams
Producers: Gary Barber, Roger Birnbaum, Nick Goldsmith, Jay Roach, Jonathan Glickman
Executive producers: Douglas Adams, Robbie Stamp, Derek Evans
Director of photography: Igor Jadue-Lillo
Production designer: Joel Collins
Editor: Niven Howie
Costume designer: Sammy Sheldon
Music: Joby Talbot
Cast:
Zaphod Beeblebrox: Sam Rockwell
Ford Prefect: Mos Def
Trish McMillan/Trillian: Zooey Deschanel
Arthur Dent: Martin Freeman
Slartibartfast: Bill Nighy
Marvin: Warwick Davis
Questular: Anna Chancellor
Voice of Marvin: Alan Rickman
Voice of Deep Thought: Helen Mirren
Narrator: Stephen Fry
Humma Kavula: John Malkovich
MPAA Rating: PG
Running time: 108 minutes...
Arthur Dent fans need not panic.
After succeeding splendidly first as a BBC Radio series, then as a five-book "trilogy" and a subsequent TV series, Douglas Adams' beloved The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy has taken that tricky leap to the cinema with largely pleasing results.
While the long-awaited movie version has some trouble sustaining the blissfully ironic, witty irreverence that was the Adams sensibility, the fact that it hits the nail on the head to the extent it does should come as great relief to the legions of fans who had reason to be dubious following the author's death in 2001.
That Monty Python-esque target demographic, the one also responsible for making Spamalot a big, fat Broadway hit, should reward the Touchstone Pictures release with stellar though less than astronomical boxoffice, followed by some very smart DVD business.
Using Adams' own second draft as a blueprint, screenwriter Karey Kirkpatrick (Chicken Run) and innovative music video director Garth Jennings remain true to the highly distinct brand of sci-fi satire that would go on to influence the likes of Men in Black and Ghostbusters.
For those unfamiliar with the Babel Fish, Vogons and Pan Galactic Gargle Blasters that occupy the Hitchhiker galaxy, the movie actually begins back on Earth, where everyman Arthur Dent (perfectly cast everyman Martin Freeman, late of The Office) is fighting a losing war with a bulldozer that's about to raze his home.
Coincidentally planet Earth also happens to be minutes away from total annihilation in order to make way for a hyperspace freeway, and Dent, still wearing his pajamas, is rescued in the nick of time by his best friend Ford Prefect (Mos Def) who's really an alien who has just been posing as an out-of-work actor.
The two briefly stow away on a spacecraft belonging to the highly bureaucratic, bad-poetry-reading Vogons, before ending up on the Heart of Gold spaceship, which was stolen by the energetic but rather dim President of the Galaxy, Zaphod Beeblebrox (Sam Rockwell channeling George W. Bush, Bill Clinton and assorted rock stars).
Much to Dent's surprise, Beeblebrox is accompanied by comely astrophysicist Trillian (Zooey Deschanel), who went by the name of Trish McMillan back when he met her at a costume party.
And that's just for starters.
Also along for the metaphysical mash-up is Marvin, a chronically depressed robot (ideally voiced by Alan Rickman), rather crazed intergalactic missionary Humma Kavula (John Malkovich) and Magrathean planetary construction engineer Slartibartfast (Bill Nighy), who has overseen the building of a back-up planet Earth.
Jennings, creatively blending bits of CGI with old school FX and Jim Henson's Creature Shop, gets the tone down cold, but like a number of other novice feature directors who cut their teeth on videos, the inspired sequences don't always effectively link together to form a cohesive, involving whole.
Still, there is much to appreciate here, from the terrific casting (heard but not seen are Helen Mirren as the voice of the Deep Thought computer and Stephen Fry providing the amiably glib narration) to production designer Joel Collins' fanciful sets and especially the rousing musical number, "So Long & Thanks For All the Fish," performed by some very wise dolphins who manage to get out while the going's good.
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Buena Vista
Touchstone Pictures and Spyglass Entertainment present a Barber/Birnbaum prodn./A Hammer and Tongs prodn./An Everyman Pictures prodn.
Credits:
Director: Garth Jennings
Screenwriters: Douglas Adams and Karey Kirkpatrick
Based on the book by Douglas Adams
Producers: Gary Barber, Roger Birnbaum, Nick Goldsmith, Jay Roach, Jonathan Glickman
Executive producers: Douglas Adams, Robbie Stamp, Derek Evans
Director of photography: Igor Jadue-Lillo
Production designer: Joel Collins
Editor: Niven Howie
Costume designer: Sammy Sheldon
Music: Joby Talbot
Cast:
Zaphod Beeblebrox: Sam Rockwell
Ford Prefect: Mos Def
Trish McMillan/Trillian: Zooey Deschanel
Arthur Dent: Martin Freeman
Slartibartfast: Bill Nighy
Marvin: Warwick Davis
Questular: Anna Chancellor
Voice of Marvin: Alan Rickman
Voice of Deep Thought: Helen Mirren
Narrator: Stephen Fry
Humma Kavula: John Malkovich
MPAA Rating: PG
Running time: 108 minutes...
- 5/23/2005
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
British funnyman Martin Freeman has devastated fans by announcing his plans to quit comedy for good. The star shot to fame in hit British TV comedy The Office, and has garnered international acclaim as Arthur Dent in amusing new sci-fi movie The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. But despite his success in the genre, Freeman insists he's desperate for a serious role to help him lose his funnyman reputation. He explains, "One can only hope for a part as a paedophile child killer to break out of it. So it's now just a question of moving away from comedy and going for something a bit straighter. "Although I love comedy, my background isn't in comedy. I don't want to do novelty comedies for too long. But it's just going to look like I'm trying to validate myself if I play something like a child killer. "That would be like, "Look, I can do this as well mum." So the part would have to be carefully chosen."...
- 5/3/2005
- WENN
It's sure to be a foot race for a fan base this weekend at the movies. Both new wide releases -- Buena Vista Pictures' The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and Sony Pictures' XXX: State of the Union -- are looking to draw young males, and the winner will be decided by whichever group of fans shows up in greater numbers and how wide that core fan base expands. Suspense is sure to build because industry insiders are hoping these two broad-based pictures will provide the necessary shot in the arm that the recently beleaguered boxoffice needs. The Walt Disney Co.'s Touchstone Pictures might have the upper hand with the first film adaptation of Douglas Adams' uber-popular book The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Originally done in 1978 as a BBC radio show about a group of interplanetary travelers and later turned into the widely successful novel and a TV series, the cult satire has a loyal and devoted following. Whether that fan base translates into moviegoers remains to be seen, but sources say tracking puts the film in the mid-$20 million range. The film version is based on a screenplay originally written by Adams. After the author died unexpectedly in 2001, the script was rewritten by Karey Kirkpatrick (Chicken Run, James and the Giant Peach.) Directing the film is Garth Jennings, who along with Nick Goldsmith make up the British commercial and video production and directing team of Hammer & Tongs. Hitchhiker marks Jennings' feature film debut. Spyglass Entertainment is co-producing the PG-rated film. The sci-fi adventure stars Martin Freeman as Arthur Dent, with Mos Def filling the role of Ford Prefect. Also featured are Bill Nighy, Zooey Deschanel, Alan Rickman, Sam Rockwell and John Malkovich. Hitchhiker is sure to play huge on college campuses, but its weekend gross is likely to be more dependent on positive reviews than the other wide opener in the market. The film bows in 3,133 theaters. Sony will open Revolution Studios' XXX: State of the Union on 3,480 screens. A continuation of 2002's high-octane spy actioner XXX, which earned $141 million after opening to $44.5 million, the sequel features neither the original film's star nor its original director. Vin Diesel declined to reprise his role as Xander Cage, an extreme sports athlete-turned-secret agent. And Rob Cohen, who bowed out of directing the sequel, took an executive producing role. Neal Moritz and his Original Film production company produced the movie for Revolution.
- 4/28/2005
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
British heart-throb Hugh Grant was late author Douglas Adams's first choice to play Arthur Dent in the long-awaited movie adaptation of his best- selling novel The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy. Adams penned the screenplay for a big screen version of his 1979 book before his sudden death of a heart attack in 2001. Last month filming began in London, with The Office star Martin Freeman playing Dent, rapper Mos Def as Ford Prefect and Bill Nighy as Slartibartfast. Nighy says of Freeman's casting in the role Adams wished for Grant, "They're both first class. Adams probably thought having Hugh on board would have got the film made."...
- 5/5/2004
- WENN
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