The Hitcher is a 2007 horror thriller film starring Sean Bean, Sophia Bush, and Zachary Knighton. It is a remake of the 1986 film of the same name starring Rutger Hauer, Jennifer Jason Leigh, and C. Thomas Howell. The Hitcher was directed by Dave Meyers and produced by Michael Bay's production company Platinum Dunes. This is the next feature film which Sean Bean collaborated with Michael Bay after Bay's 2005 film, The Island.
The film was released on January 19, 2007, in the USA and on June 1, 2007, in the UK.