Excellent news for fans of The HitchHikers Guide to the Galaxy as Coming Soon point me the way of Planet Magrathea for some casting information on the movie.
Marvin the robot is to be voiced by the stunningly awesome Alan Rickman, that man’s voice alone can act better than a whole raft of Hollywood, and the voice of the Whale (Oh go read the book!) is to be given to one of the funniest UK comedians there is, Bill Bailey. Oh that man really is funny.
Check out the entry for 4th January 2005 – Two amazing voice castings confirmed!, you’ll note that Rickman’s contract had not yet been signed, but that was sometime ago and as you can now see from the extract of the IMDB cast list, he’s locked in:
Martin Freeman – Arthur Dent
Mos Def – Ford Prefect
Sam Rockwell – Zaphod Beeblebrox
Bill Nighy – Slartibartfast
Bill Bailey – Sperm Whale (voice)
John Malkovich – Humma Kavula
Alan Rickman – Marvin the Paranoid Android (voice)
That is one exciting cast list. Actually, I wonder if this isn’t the most anticipated movie for me this year, it might well be up with Star Wars for me.
