Nice Tim offers Hitchhiker’s Guide
Douglas Adams's hapless everyman Arthur Dent will be played by The Office star Martin Freeman in the forthcoming movie adaptation of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
LA critics honour American Splendor
American Splendor, the film adaptation of Harvey Pekar's cult comic book, has won the best picture award from the LA Film Critics Association
‘Disappointing. Overblown. Anti-climactic. Bungled.’ (But, seriously… )
At long last, the journey has ended for Peter Jackson's audacious silver screen adaptation of Tolkien's epic trilogy. Here's a taste of what critics around the world are saying about The Return of the King
In brief: J-Lo is not good for my career, says Affleck
Plus: Billy Connolly joins Lemony Snicket adaptation, and Adam Sandler becomes an architect
Neil LaBute
The dramatist and director Neil LaBute spoke at the London film festival about his adaptation of his own play The Shape of Things, and the tricks actors use to get a close-up. Here's a full transcript
25th Hour
Spike Lee's latest didn't make much of a mark in the cinema but I think it's been undervalued: it's way better than some dubious Lee ventures of recent years, like He Got Game and Girl 6. It was tagged as Lee's response to 9/11, but the project was already in place as an adaptation by David Benioff of his book, and it was just tweaked a little, post-September 11, to have one scene set in a skyscraper overlooking Ground Zero.
Court napping
Hackman and Hoffman fail to lift the latest John Grisham adaptation, says John Patterson in his look at the week's new US movies.
In brief: Underworld sequel planned
Plus: The Rock to star in Spy Hunter adaptation, Val Kilmer drops out of Mann's Collateral, and League of Extraordinary Gentleman faces $100m law suit, and CZJ tells cosmetics firm; 'not in my name'
Depp and Del Toro plan more fear and loathing
The stars of 1998's Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Johnny Depp and Benicio Del Toro, are to collaborate on another Hunter S Thompson adaptation, The Rum Diary
Tales of the unexpected
Vets, cops, countryside. That's what viewers seem to want from TV drama. But the BBC is taking a chance on Chaucer with a series of The Canterbury Tales set in the present day. Will the stories work in 2003?
Earth mother
As he fights for funding, Terence Davies explains why he wants to film the classic novel Sunset Song.
In brief: Geri’s cameo in Fat Slags – the movie
Plus: Sean Connery drops out of Embers adaptation, Indie Oscars tag along with new date and Miramax to numb US butts with six-hour Italian epic