Brain the size of a planet...

It's been announced that Alan Rickman will be voicing Marvin in the new film of HHGTTG and Bill Bailey will be providing the internal monologue for the sperm whale.

These are both good calls.

Neil Gaiman's first film

As a kind of warmup for MirrorMask and Death he's released "A Short Film About John Bolton" on DVD, and discusses it (among other things, including Richie Rich lawsuits and Richard Curtis's underpants) here.