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.
面对愚昧，神们自己也缄口不言。（对不起，上价值了）（今年最开心喜剧）
耐飞独家发行的电影至今为止的NO.1。留得下来的杰作。
3.5，2022第一部，荒诞讽刺，如果世界要毁灭了，我选择跑去海边。
有意思的是，角色都多少表现出了演员本人在现实中令人厌恶或反感的一面（大表姐、小李子、大魔王、梅姨、A妹……看看这星光璀璨的演员名单），反讽就这么变成了自嘲，诚然搞笑，但姿态安全到讨巧。期待拉丝疯蹄儿拍个《躁狂症》。
1、嗯，讽刺严肃问题娱乐化、美丽国的zz闹剧。不过还是不如拜伦科恩贱。
荒诞又真实。这就是我最担心的情况，科学家被政客和商人孤立和边缘化，最后普通民众被洗脑。
剩下接近一千个老东西在新的星球生存几率测算过吗？
其实让人印象最深刻的是剪辑，真的胆子挺大的
喜剧灾难片，但人性才是灾难的根本，虽然荒诞却无比真实，节奏略慢，需要耐折性子往下看。
挺讽刺的，我意外觉得挺好看的，虽然有点抑制所有cast的发挥
又一部“COVID-Inspired”的电影，远胜过去年的“Death to 2020”，对人类的思考、合作能力的极大嘲讽，也对美国政治、撕裂的美国的社会极尽嘲讽之能事，人们大概可以从这样一部荒诞、闹剧但又饱含批判意识的作品里get a glimpse into a possible future：两年的大流行提供了太多素材，在气候问题面前，全球合作因各国无法弥合的分歧举步维艰......很难否认该片不是给人类的inevitable doom做了一个虽然简化但不乏预言性的描绘。梗太多（尤其是川普梗），几乎从头笑到尾，但看到片中最后那一幅幅绝望、动乱、宗教仪式、爱、美丽的地球生灵、森林、海洋.......画面的快速更迭，不禁泪流。
年年 did it earlier and better :)
零嘴揩油，网络迷因，选举彩头，火箭英雄，利润至上，资本作秀，恐慌暴动，人民分裂，温馨躺平，太空移民，Jonah Hill 成最终赢家……将气候变暖置换成彗星撞地球的寓言，可以
像是 2021 年的《蠢蛋进化论》，可惜许多人希望它能再含蓄一点。彗星可以指代疫情或气候崩坏，但也可能就是彗星，也可能是纳米武器和 runaway AI，发生几率可维基 Global catastrophic risk 以及搜索 x-risks 和 s-risks 等关键词。怕只怕有的场景比地球的直接毁灭能带来的痛苦更多。
在即将喜迎居家50天的好日子里看，万千滋味很上头
女演员的对手戏太少了……Cate和Meryl只同在一场还完全没有对手戏。这片倒是能过Bechdel Test，但Bechdel的标准其实很低。
剩下接近一千个老东西在新的星球生存几率测算过吗？
符合时宜的荒诞讽刺剧，说真话的人才疯了，套路太熟悉一切都很无奈。
很疯，但是还挺有趣的，毕竟觉得在美剧《Veep》后不太常看到政治讽刺类的。以及，我真的以为大表姐好久没看到了以后，她又扮演了如此重要的角色然后演得挺好
# 3.5 碎裂的大陆和上面的建筑物被抛向太空，华尔街的金牛雕塑也被抛向深空，装着总统和资本家的逃生方舟从旁边飞过，飞向宇宙深处。两万年后，他们到达了一颗植被茂密的绿色星球，在降落时又有几艘逃生舱坠毁，随着逃生舱里的冷冻舱缓缓打开，介绍他们名字和职位的字幕在一个个老头面前出现，从公司老总到银行行长，政府高官。这艘2000人的逃生方舟里面基本都是老头老太太，而且大都是白人，只有很少的年轻人和少数族裔。等他们下了飞船后，腰上纹身的美国女总统很快就被当地的动物咬死吃掉了，然后一群当地的生物围了上来，资本家最后喊了一句 “只要不动，它们就不会伤害我们” 。
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