The good people over at comingsoon.net have recently
posted a wonderful Q&A article for The Hitchhiker's Guide to the
Galaxy.
Answers for Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
That is correct. Community members at comingsoon.net got a chance to ask
director Garth Jennings and producer Nick Goldsmith questions about the
anticipated release of Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. While the questions
supposedly came from simple community members, I have to admit that most
are well thought out and well answered. Check out a couple questions below:
Q: How does it feel that a
project like this, with so many fans, was your first actual movie? What
made you say yes?
Garth: Our first reaction was to reject the script before
it had even popped through the letter box. “They'll have ruined it!” we
said to each other. But they hadn't ruined it. In fact, the script was fantastic
and after some pacing about, we said yes. We aren't daunted by what the
fans think because we are fans ourselves – and so are the people we were
working with. We're all really proud of what we've done. The fact that it
is our first feature film meant that we probably worked even harder than
more established people to get the film ready to shoot.
Nick: The fact that our first film had so many fans already
attracted to it, at times can be incredibly daunting, because there is such
high expectation. But then you think about it from the point that you are
making a film, which already has an audience, and how lucky you are. How
could we not say yes?