The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Movie Cast, Plot and Everything to Know

Plot

Earthman Arthur Dent is having a very bad day. His house is about to be bulldozed, he discovers that his best friend is an alien--and to top things off, Planet Earth is about to be demolished to make way for a hyperspace bypass. Arthur's only chance for survival: hitch a ride on a passing spacecraft. For the novice space traveler, the greatest adventure in the universe begins when the world ends. Arthur sets out on a journey in which he finds that nothing is as it seems: he learns that a towel is just the most useful thing in the universe, finds the meaning of life, and discovers that everything he needs to know can be found in one book: "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy".

Action Adventure Drama Fantasy Sci-Fi

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  Martin Freeman

  Miller’s Girl , Queen of Bones

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  Mos Def

  Next Day Air, Be Kind, Rewind

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  Zooey Deschanel

  Merv, Elf

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  Bill Nighy

  Shelter, About Time

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  Sam Rockwell

  Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die, The Bad Guys 2

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  Warwick Davis

  Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I

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  Alan Rickman

  Alice in Wonderland, Lee Daniels' The Butler

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  Bill Bailey

  Dragonkeeper, The Big Bad Fox & Other Tales

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  John Malkovich

  Fantastic Four: The First Steps, Red

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  Steve Pemberton

  Better Man, Match Point

Who is making The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy – Crew List

A look at The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy behind-the-scenes crew and production team. The film's director Garth Jennings last helmed Sing 2 and Sing.

Director

Garth Jennings

Screenwriters

Douglas Adams
Karey Kirkpatrick
Garth Jennings

Producers

Todd Arnow
Gary Barber
Roger Birnbaum
Jonathan Glickman
Jay Roach

Production – What we know about the The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

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Key Facts

• Sam Rockwell will play Zaphod, the two-headed president of the galaxy. Mos Def plays Ford Prefect, an alien disguising himself as an out-of-work actor who sets out on an intergalactic journey with his best friend, mild-mannered earthling Arthur Dent (Morgan Freeman). The duo hitch a ride through space with Sam Rockwell's Zaphod, the beautiful and brilliant scientist Trillion (Zooey Deschanel) and a depressed robot while on a quest to discover the meaning of life.

Movie Filming Timeline: Production Status Updates

Dec 2004

Completed

Changed The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy movie production status. The movie is ready for release.

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