Green Wing and Free Agents star Stephen Mangan is to play the lead role in BBC4's adaptation of the late Douglas Adams Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency.
Mangan will be joined by Darren Boyd as his sidekick Richard MacDuff and Cold Feet and Friends actor Helen Baxendale, as MacDuff's girlfriend Susan.
Adapted by the Bafta-winning writer Howard Overman – who is also behind Misfits, Vexed and Merlin – Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency follows the exploits of Adams's chaotic character as he uses his unusual methods to solve crimes.
Mangan said: "I've been a fan of Douglas Adams ever since the Hitchhiker's radio series which I used to record as a child and listen to over and over again in my bedroom. It's such a thrill to now be playing one of his brilliant characters.
"Dirk is a chaotic, anarchic force of nature with a totally unique take on the world. He is described as 'lazy, untidy, dismissive and unreliable'. I've absolutely no idea why they thought I'd be right for the role."
The Dirk Gently books have formed the basis of a play and a BBC Radio 4 series but have never before been filmed for TV.
Adams's agent, Ed Victor, said: "For all the years I represented the late, great Douglas Adams, the most substantial frustration for both of us was that we couldn't get films made either of Hitchhiker or Dirk.
"Douglas once said, memorably, that 'getting a film made in Hollywood was like trying to cook a steak by having a bunch of people come into the room and breathe on it'. Well, we did eventually get a film made in Hollywood of Hitchhiker and, tragically, Douglas didn't live to see it. Nor will he see this adaptation of Dirk – but it's worth bearing in mind that Douglas always thought Dirk would make a better film than Hitchhiker and I feel sure that this new TV drama with a terrific script by Howard Overman will prove his point."
Shooting begins this week in Bristol on the 60-minute drama, which is being made by ITV Studios in association with the Welded Tandem Picture Company.
The Dirk Gently production is to be directed by Damon Thomas – who also directed BBC4 drama The First Men in the Moon – and will air early next year.
其实立意不错，就是感觉回家的路也过于轻松了吧
about CIA dirty job... That's ok.
如果周六下午不在家看一些烂片，那人生毫无意义
【C+】荒原废土的质感营造得不错，摄影和表演都可圈可点，但是剧情推进十分乏力，人物间的互动也不够精彩。
剧情设定很讨喜，人性的挣扎很是亮眼，结局落了俗套。
男主在侮辱观众智商。飞机里躲的好好的不行吗？爬到前面是几个意思？生怕别人不知道你？
你要说往写实走，确实不够，那么酷炫呢，就更没有了
更适合拍成剧集。
感觉什么都没有，没高潮，好像刚开始就结束了
动作还算及格，音效到位配乐气氛不错，一定要音响。
你当国家是信仰，国家当你是条狗。
还不错 简单又不简单 视觉风格有辨识度 当然不管是好是坏 故事有些平但是剧情走向没有办法 人物和人物关系之类的不必追求 题材和空间已经决定了上限 台词和诉求不必追求 本来也就是图一乐
当他掰下一块金子而选择继续留守的时候，到底是贪婪还是忠诚？
有没有可能那坨金子已经被无数的人发现了，但是它至始至终一直在那里。
怎么也没看出来主演竟然是《歌舞青春》的男主Zac Efron，青春小鲜肉现在也走硬派糙汉路线了。整部影片一种末世感，苍凉荒漠、坠机残骸、狼群环伺、孤独行者、人迹稀疏，男主在路途中发现巨大天然金块，自己决定留守，让司机去寻找专业设备来掘金。不成想，人心恶如狼，司机置男主于死地欲独吞金块，谁知螳螂捕蝉，黄雀在后。男主为了得不到的财富反送了自己的性命，一念天堂，一念地狱啊。
最后的枪战戏太简陋了吧，杰克鲍尔让人失望。
冷色调，摄影是优势，一种末日荒凉感围绕，但成本又太小了，故事格局也不大，内容量也无法支撑90分钟，所以节奏就只能拖沓，导致废戏堆叠，看一半大概知道结尾会怎么推进，弱肉强食的荒凉之地，凭善心是要吃大亏，贪婪之欲又会直接葬送生命，不深刻却也有触目惊心的时刻，伺机窥探的狼群，暗地观察的伙伴，兽性和人性在那一刻并无二致，因果轮回冥冥之中也早已有了安排。★★
生动地诠释了什么叫做“人为财死鸟为食亡”。在巨大的利益诱惑面前，人是什么事都可能做得出来啊。
故事带入顺理成章，中间拖沓似乎看守了一个月之久。精简成短片效果也许好很多！
简直不敢相信男主是zac afron啊啊啊 低成本电影 考验人性
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