Happy fun shiny news

[kellinator]

For all the Douglas Adams and Alan Rickman fans out there, I have news...

According to sources reporting from other sources at rickman_daily, Alan Rickman is to be the voice of Marvin the Paranoid Android.

Commence squee!ing now!

(I still want to see him as Crowley from Good Omens, though...)

Comments

[weaktwos.livejournal.com]

Yesssss, he would be a great Crowley.

[mgrasso.livejournal.com]

That is dynamite casting. As worried as I am about the movie, I've liked the Marvin designs I've seen. Although the Brothers Chaps should sue! Marvin looks like Strong Sad! :)

[groove-haircut.livejournal.com]

Rickman will be excellent, but the true brilliance in casting was Mos Def as Ford Prefect. Though casting Rickman does mean it's another Def/Rickman outing, and the last one was great, so maybe they were just being superstitious.

[kellinator.livejournal.com]

I feel like I'm going to have to turn in my geek badge for this... who's Mos Def?

[shawnj.livejournal.com]

Mos Def (Part of BlackStar, very underrated actor)

[raptorgirl.livejournal.com]

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!

[buzz.livejournal.com]

Alan Rickman as Crowley and Ian Holm as Aziraphale. Aaaaaaaawwwwww yeah.

[bheansidhe.livejournal.com]

Ian Holm? Really? Although now that I think about it I can't come up with an alternative.

[buzz.livejournal.com]

I think of how he played the priest in "The Fifth Element" only take out a good part of the bumbling. Plus I have a feeling he'd have really good chemistry with Alan Rickman.

[dslartoo.livejournal.com]

I want to know why they didn't get Stephen Moore to do it, dammit....but if we are to be Moore-less, Rickman will do well in a pinch.

cheers,
Phil

The Metatron says....

[jerel.livejournal.com]

I approve. Wholeheartedly.

Jerel says: woooooo! ::prays that it's true::

[missrachael.livejournal.com]

squeeing commenced.

[trigeekgirl.livejournal.com]

SQUEEEEEE!

I could listen to that man read the phone book.

[lux-aurumque.livejournal.com]

Weirrrrd. So, Warwick Davis is the Android's body and Alan Rickman is doing the voicing? That seems strange. If I were Warwick Davis I'd never stand for it! Even if it is Alan Rickman. *sigh*

[captain-bob.livejournal.com]

Reeeeaaaaallllly?

[kobrin.livejournal.com]

Awesome! :D

Though I'm not completely sold on him playing Crowley. I'm sure he'd do an amazing job, but he just doesn't fit the mental image that I had of the character. How about Gary Oldman?

[wintersweet.livejournal.com]

Sa-weet!

[flewellyn.livejournal.com]

Alan Rickman doth rock in any case.

[kellinator.livejournal.com]

It's not animated -- it's live-action! Warwick Davis is going to be the one in the Marvin costume.

[katbutt1966.livejournal.com]

That's even better!

[kellinator.livejournal.com]

Mos Def is playing Ford Prefect!

[katbutt1966.livejournal.com]

Who the hell's Mos Def?

When I was in college, we had an all-night book reading relay to raise money for "insert your favorite charity here" (can't remember)...anyway, we read the first 3 books of the Hitchhiker's trilogy (the 4th book of the trilogy wasn't yet published), outloud, non-stop, for 15 hours. Great fun!

[kellinator.livejournal.com]

I didn't know who he was either. He's a rapper who's apparently also a very talented actor. I think there's some info on him in the other comments on this entry. A lot of people are excited about him.

"I think you ought to know..."

[maximum-verb.livejournal.com]

I am eagerly awaiting the Hitchhiker's movie (I hope they don't destroy it).