3. The Cast Are Bigger Stars Now
A lot has happened since 2005. Sam Rockwell has become the king of independent cinema. Zooey Deschanel has starred in some of the biggest comedy hits of the decade, and taken up starring in a popular sitcom. Mos Def has done... uh, not a whole lot. And Martin Freeman scored the role of John Watson in BBC's Sherlock, which gets over 10 million views per episode. Oh, and he also played the lead in a little film called The Hobbit. You may have heard of it. It earned over $1 billion at the box office. Eight years ago they were minor stars, and now they're among the most in-demand actors in their various fields (aside from Mos Def, but he's primarily a musician anyway). Not only that, all these actors have spoken fondly of their experience with H2G2 and have repeatedly said they'd love to do a sequel. Huge stars, wanting in on the sequel... sounds like a good box office guarantee to me.
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