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.
论怎样才能确保她每天都能吃到你送给别人的早餐？🤣
爱情线、兄弟线、亲情线、成长线，每条线都刻画得别扭又矫情，白瞎卡司了！电影看的生气，开年第一堵！
台灣青春校園電影一直可以的。总要相信有人爱着自己，也许万一或许大概有呢？
很美好，但是也很没有年代感，你说是新片，十年前老片，二十年前老片，都不为过…也许，任何年代的初恋，感觉都是一样的吧
还有那个🍙，你想吃什么隔天就会有什么
别的总是有哪里没到位
说真的 看不下去 这到底在讲什么啊 谁来告诉我 它在表达着什么
反而在迪卡上看到的原貼更直接更感動，他倆在貼上說這只是個普通的故事但倆人都很珍惜也很勇敢，真的好棒哦。
真的很好看这部剧！绝了耶！太绝了！大家快去看！真的很绝！剧情真的很有意思了！
有点矫情 有点幼稚 但也有点可爱 有点喜欢
跟全世界的 17 岁女孩一样，项微心想像过各种自己在未来的样子，而她身边的陶宥全、方琦然、张元硕也一样，故事开始时的他们，并没有想过这一年竟然会有这么多
Only Fools Rush In，显然韩寒已不再是年少的他，针砭时弊的话语不以文字的方式满腔愤怒喷薄而出，取而代之的是埋藏这部电影里的暗线：留守的小镇青年，另有家庭的父亲，网贷时代的欠债，身份证代表的阶级，以及永远他们都不会打开的211大门。城市化的残酷无情，被迫离开家乡的人们，现实主义题材不会是这部电影的主题，叙事前后的割裂，只能以各种堆砌的段子和音乐烘托推动情节发展。唯一的女性角色虽然刻板僵硬，寥寥草草的台词里一句“那你和你妈对接去吧”，倒也彰显出女性主见的魅力。好在家乡仍然是可以做梦的地方，亦如我们脱下虚假的面具死去，回到肆意生长的最初。“梦里不知身是客，一晌贪欢”。
韩寒还是那个韩寒，就像高二午后的那个下午，阳光从后窗倾泻而来。那时候还不知道未来为何物。但韩寒说过，都是值得去试一试的。
很适合下饭的青春剧。人设都很可爱。一点也不狗血。喜欢的场景：女主表演结束回到家跟妈妈一起吃饭，妈妈说还是很喜欢那个人的时候；张元硕表白失败在宿舍沮丧时被舍友踹柜门表白，说完可是我没有喜欢你，意识到说这话的心情跑过去把舍友一把抱住的时候。但是最后一幕我觉得男主直接上去亲吻女主有点仓促收尾的感觉，因为前面一直都是慢节奏的，光是表白就已经很用了大量的时间……
漂泊的人心有所依，在《四海》感受温暖相遇。
电影风格和宣发里的差别太大 骨子里的文艺风格比上部作品明显多了。这部作品不太合衬阖家欢乐的节日。但让人觉得韩寒骨子那股劲没变。
原来吃了一年的早饭是这个啊
这很韩寒 人生不如意 十之八九 故事不必都圆满 生活里 没有什么是不会来的
哎 故事散乱 主旨不明确 最后剧情还狗血
“吃了那男孩一整年的早餐”，这个主线在电影里的呈现感觉少了点什么......在日常生活中听起来很浪漫，但电影里体现不太出来......
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