
The movie The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, directed by Garth Jennings in 2005, is based on Douglas Adams’s popular book series. Starring Martin Freeman, Sam Rockwell, Zooey Deschanel, and Alan Rickman, it began streaming on Peacock on April 1st. The story follows Arthur Dent, an average Englishman, and his alien companion Ford Prefect as they journey across the galaxy aboard the Heart of Gold. They’re on a quest to find the meaning of life after Earth is demolished by the Vogons to make way for a new hyperspace route. While the filmmakers hoped to create a series of movies, the film received mixed reviews (a 61% score on Rotten Tomatoes) and didn’t earn enough money at the box office ($100 million with a $50 million budget) to make that happen.