OK, one more link. A movie adaptation of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy has been in development hell for something like two decades. I believe the first director attached was John Landis (and what a monumental sack of crap that would have been). In recent years, Jay Roach, the man behind the Austin Powers movies, was slated to direct (see above re: monumental sack of crap and add even more crap). But now it appears to finally be moving forward, with actual British people in charge. I dunno much about the filmmakers except that they've made Fatboy Slim videos (hey, so has Spike Jonze), but the casting of the lead role is spot-on: Martin Freeman, Tim of The Office, will play Arthur Dent. More here.

(The above picture is from the not-so-good BBC TV version.)