Hollow Man is a 2000 American German science fiction thriller movie directed by Paul Verhoeven and inspired by the 1897 novel "The Invisible Man" by H. G. Wells. It stars Kevin Bacon, Elisabeth Shue, Josh Brolin, Kim Dickens, William Devane, Joey Slotnick and was distributed by Columbia Pictures. It was nominated for an Academy Award in 2001 and was followed up by "Hollow Man 2" in 2005.