'The Hitchhikers Guide' Gets New Screenwriter

[Tuesday, September 17th, 2002]
Screenwriter Karey Kirkpatrick ("Chicken Run") has come onboard to co-adapt the screenplay of Douglas Adams' "The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy," reports Variety.

Adams originally penned feature adaptation prior to his death last May and will have a posthumous producing credit on the pic.

Jay Roach ("Austin Powers") is attached to direct and will produce with Spyglass Entertainment.

"Hitchhikers," which has previously been adapted into a novel, radio series, TV series and videogame, centers on Arthur Dent, who after discovering the Earth is meant to be flattened by a hyperspace freeway bypass, is whisked away by an undercover alien who is researching the "Hitchhikers Guide."

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