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.
女船长很帅气，其他...剪辑也太乱，剧情太简单...
剧情一塌糊涂，节奏把握的差劲，不过打斗场面够看，有点侠客的感觉
加勒比海贼王，反派死的壮烈无比，那么问题来了，黄金香还是爱情香
算是合格的爆米花大片，韩版的《加勒比海盗》，脸谱化的人物设定，插科打诨，精彩的打斗，宏大场面，养眼美女，甜蜜爱情，大团圆结局。不用管结局是否合理，观影过程还是蛮开心的。
不打一星不足以表达我对导演以及编剧能力的愤怒
年度很少见的好电影，没有那么多的磨皮美颜，让人们更真实的感受到大漠孤烟的英雄气概
第一部内容只有一个印象了，就是在空中被吓傻的那只海鸥。
确实不好看哈哈还买了Netflix...光柱支线好笑哦...
看得出拍摄得很不容易，从经费、演员到幕后的工作人员都并不是在游刃有余地拍摄电影。但是却给我还原可以非常真实的江湖，是没有这么理想化的，没有侠肝义胆，诗情画意的江湖。有欲望、有贪婪、有虚伪各种各样属于真实的人的特点，在今天大环境艰难的情况下仍能看到这样的作品，真的非常不容易。在这里也不多夸电影里的武术镜头了，对比一下隔壁雪直接就高下立见了，大家都说江湖，可你家江湖和我家江湖确实差别挺大。
#吴世勋 秀彬这两个角色的意义是。。。？#
韩孝周好看，李光洙搞笑哈哈哈。寻宝，最后拿到了金子。
不正经就不正经，不需要一点装正经才是好不正经。韩孝周又黑又脏的飒海王比白白净净时更美，被她的剧照吸引来的。拳打加勒比，脚踢铁达尼，够疯够蠢的爽片挺适合我～
共赏别样江湖新武侠🎬
韩孝珠是韩国少有我可以不关心成片质量，只为了看这盛世美颜就能坚持看完各种烂剧烂电影的，哪怕《海盗》第一部的孙艺珍都不行。这个和第一部好像真没什么关系，甚至更烂，，这么好的题材和演员阵容，却跟闹着玩似的，看了一出过家家的爆米花，原来春节档也不只是中国才这样。其实看到演员表有李光洙就该心中有数了，真是综艺人设代入各种电影。
和第一部设定也太相似了吧.不说是海盗2的话,都得算抄袭
【2022.05.17】虽然对第一部的剧情不太记得了，不过印象之中是好看的一部电影，看了这部还以为第一部的主演就是他们，原来都换了一批人了，女主里面的形象还是非常耐看的！总体来说很不错，剧情不拖延，高潮迭起，场景特效也不错，好看的！
三月第一部竟然是纯商业爆米花电影，整个观影过程特别放送！感觉也没那么烂啊！这么热闹，放在贺岁档啥的，票房应该不会太差
如果可以把时长控制在90分钟，应该还不错，2个小时真的是乱而长
哎呦喂，没想到还有李光洙，李光洙的愿望竟然是要成为海贼王🤣🤣最后跟着企鹅找到了宝藏，绝绝子～
小吴，我命运般的小吴😭 来点优秀的剧本吧😭（韩国片演员演戏也没有很自然嘛…都是有好有坏嗯…
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