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.
电影工业出品的放在大银幕上供人观赏的zz片，没必要也没办法在深度上过于吹毛求疵。本片真正拉胯的是人物塑造，对于角色内心活动的发掘明显不及南山的部长们深入，有些可惜了老戏骨们的演技。
没想到讲政治的片子结尾可以这么温暖。
代入感太低 过于流水导致看起来跟闹着玩一样 基本不会出现死人和不可抗的意识 就算被牵着鼻子走的人们至少也应该怀疑一下吧 有些情节不能细想 过程都是顺顺利利的一笔带过没讲清楚 当然俩大男主的演技没得说
“光线越强，阴影就越暗。但我喜欢在灯光下看到你。” “我所有关于正义的想法，被我亲手打倒了。” 薛景求又可以预定今年百想影帝了。
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奈何我想多了 哎......
剧情可能有过于放大一个人的作用，不过还是讲出了政治背后的影子。节奏不是特别紧凑，也没有之前的南山部长那么扎实，整体一般
7.3/10 我们赢了，我们就是正义 多么讽刺啊
故事完整而紧凑，导演的运镜非常讲究，光线明暗教科书级别的调度。双男主的对手戏拳拳到肉，薛景求内敛而又有力的表演，李善均也并不逊色，韩国的政治片真是世界顶级水平。
價值觀不同,註定要分道揚鑣.
不记得之前是读到哪位智者的文字：“就算事件不是真实的，但由这事件引发的情感总是真实的。”即使政客们舞刀弄枪，戏弄着大部分的情感，但只要这些情感依然向着正义，那就仍然值得被拯救。
历史告诉我们，政治上，不是仅仅只有正义，理想主义者会灭亡的
卑鄙是卑鄙者的通行证，高尚是高尚者的墓志铭。只有当光芒不再那么耀眼时，影子才会变浅变淡，而到那个时候，最辉煌的时代已经过去。
当然可以把他替换为任何朝代，任何组织，任何两派斗法的传统故事中去，但总觉得这样就相当于表明我们这个世界没有任何进步，就还是谁赢谁牛逼。嘲笑理想和接受理想终为虚幻还是有区别的吧
高尚是高尚者的墓志铭。
当然不值满分，但无论如何也比《南山的部长们》高级吧。相对后者的打打杀杀，《造王者》更接近政治的核心，即使是很初级很幼稚的选举政治。
道不同，不相为谋啊。一个谋士出的主意主上都不认同，也不相信他，那俩人真的不合适
看完电影，刚好韩国大选结果也出来了，艺术与现实交相辉映，就挺光怪陆离的。还行吧，反正就别把政治想得太干净。如何战胜无下限的对手呢？能不能站着把钱挣了？这是一个困难的选择，还没想出答案。打分纯属个人喜好所致，好容易脱离现实看看电影，还是尔虞我诈不择手段胜者为王，想想就糟心。
和不汗党。
理想不敌现实，离开理想也许会活得乏味，离开现实连活都活不下去。
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