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.
这么多著名电影演员的电影肯定要看啦！而且也是很好看很好看！
肉食者或许鄙，但一定是最先考虑自己的，所以在现在的秩序下，要么遵守然后抢到一些，要么就是默默的成为灰烬，希望那种殃及所有人的问题晚点到来，让我们爬到一个比较高的位置，可以先献祭低级的人来换取神宠。
有血有肉的剑士褪下武装 挥动因“罪”而愈发沉重的剑
omg我一开始居然没认出来凯特布兰切特。这个本子适合拍snl，不适合拍成电影，全程讽刺最后没有收尾就很悬浮，没有满足电影观众的观影习惯和预期。
到不了真四星的水平，十分制的话，7分左右吧。
吹哨人悲惨终局，老博士先捧杀再棒杀，政治玩家操弄民意，公众传媒愚弄大众，普罗大众娱乐至死。悲乎，我大亚美利坚国民。实际上他们也就笑笑，凡是还得看灯塔，套路+反套路，最终一起玩完，喜闻乐见，好像一次社会实验，为的是观众嘴角弧度的收敛。
？反派的逻辑好奇怪
时代催生的剧本。早几年的编剧估计都想不到有一天会写这么个故事出来吧，穿越到几年前上映，估计会被骂得狗血淋头，等到现实比喜剧还荒诞的时候，终于这种电影的诞生了。其实就算现在看，还是觉得故事站不住脚，但看到新冠带走八十万人还不当回事的你美，剧本的问题就……whatever。好在真正的现实不像荷里活大片一样美国即世界，现实的世界还是有希望的。
答：对不起，需要拆房子，需要承受损失，一切保持原状，高呼几声爱就行了。
2022.1.9 因为豆瓣8.7的高分来看 看完很失望 反正对我这种没看过这个系列的人肯定是不友好的 首先这片子没有起因 直接开始讲述 导致我前1/4部分看得云里雾里的 后面才看懂 但还是不知道为啥女主会和那个小巨魔互换身体啊？其实是很简单的故事 互换了身体 妈妈照顾小巨魔 女主享受了几天大力 快活的日子 但也想变回去 找了个被关在很多铃铛里的山丘之王 帮助他找回眼睛逃了出来 以为要开战 其实是一个巨大的巨魔在他们城市底下 所以你为什么要呆在地下。。为了保护他们就从来没有起来过 乌鱼子了
镜头语言挺不错的，滤镜也很舒服，就是讲的太赶了，可能也是迫于时长原因，整体还是一部不错的外传，9/10
还是太短了 很多地方觉得太生草了 可能会后期回看一遍再改评分
比起看特摄更像在看日剧，提出骑士战斗保护到人也会造成少数人伤亡的观点很有意思，但遗憾没深挖，全片主要还是放在爱上，虽然有点微妙但总体不错
Netflix的片子就总是让人觉得“差一点”
最后，hilda真是好温暖的童话。
發現小李子講話聲音特別像tbbt裡的Leonard。我的一個朋友說，他希望以後做科學家，因為不用說謊。結果在這片裡科學問題也變成了政治問題。世界末日，我也選擇和家人待在一起。
bitter sweet
川普都下台了还在鞭尸，也不反省反省：自诩进步的美利坚精英们，这个世道怎么就被「改造」成这副德性了？
But still，PEACE！... :)
但是，世界很复杂，陌生人不总是好人，正因为他们充斥的爱与恨很强烈，他们有时候也很危险。所以在了解一个人之前，我们得竖起墙。了解一个人后，我们才能打开心门。
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