The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy is coming back, this time in the form of a new television series on Hulu, according to Deadline.
- Hulu’s adaptation of Douglas Adams’ classic comedy sci-fi novels will come from showrunner Carlton Cuse and feature writer Jason Fuchs.
- The project will come from ABC Studios’ cable/streaming division, ABC Signature, where Cuse’s Genre Arts production company has an overall deal.
- The series will follow “the intergalactic adventures of Arthur Dent, a hapless Englishman, following the destruction of the Earth by the Vogons, a race of unpleasant and bureaucratic aliens.”
- Cuse and Fuchs will write the new series and serve as executive producers.
- Lindsey Springer, President of Genre Arts, will also be executive producing alongside Cuse and Fuchs.
- The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy originated as a comedy radio series before becoming a wildly popular series of novels, which has been translated into more than 30 languages.
- In 2005, Disney released a popular film based on the property, starring Martin Freeman as Arthur.
- No timeline has been set for The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy as of yet.
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- Hulu has released a series of images providing us with our first look at their upcoming new drama series Looking for Alaska.
- Seth MacFarlane’s The Orville is moving from Fox to Hulu for its third season. The switch was announced at San Diego Comic Con.
- During the Veronica Mars panel held at San Diego Comic-Con, it was announced that the fourth season of the beloved show was now streaming on Hulu — a week before its original release date.
- Hulu has some other new and returning series now streaming as well. Check out Alex’s review of the new series Four Weddings and a Funeral as well as Mack’s review of the second season of Light as a Feather.