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.
三星半。影片绝大多数时间，参照洪常秀以往的创作习惯来讲都是松散的，人与人的相遇，形成闭环，却没有太多精神层面的交战，趣味性更多来自旁观者的反应。而到了影片最后，当你以为这是洪常秀与金敏喜秀恩爱的随便一拍之时，笔锋一转，美好与现实的尴尬处境融在了一起。正如他们所言，“浪费”只是外人自以为而已。
五星给这段自省和最后的敏后。
六星，年度十选。一场即兴的奇遇速写，宛如落地即化的春雪，洪一直在为影像做减法，为结构做加法，本着具体细微的态度拉进现实与虚构的距离，难以捉摸的细琐日常似乎注定要以百般的自我投涉收场。人物的话语各带自谦地吐露着意识的方向，有瑕疵的经验过往依附于关照客体的感动。简单的手语在重复演绎过后弥散着无声的高雅，餐厅外驻足凝视的小女孩释放着纯然的天性，而稍显仓促的电影企划则意外架起了现实与虚构的桥梁，在受疫情影响的影院内，一种沉浸式的纯粹表演溢出银幕，由处在摄影机前的金敏喜为影片镀上色彩。
22.6.9被如此正面的展示给惊到了，纯真和娇憨如此珍贵的时刻。正想标记，结果发现喜提7天，删了我不知道哪一年写的什么短评or广播。我在这一切都没有意义的机器下，不知道为何还在做着这些没有意义的事，感谢教我要更加铁石心肠。
节奏很舒服，不断遇见作家、导演、演员并展开对话，关于生活关于艺术。有种难言的真实感，比如总是两个人对话另一个人在旁观看，以及对话中的人物有司空见惯的尴尬，也有相见恨晚的投契。那小女孩在窗外的张望乃神来之笔。
还是洪常秀电影宇宙里那些熟悉的演员和元素：吃饭、聊天、诗人、导演、看电影。还有生活化的场景和尴尬的聊天（戏里的聊天竟然带上了口罩，也算一种时代的印记）。不拍戏的女演员和不写作的女作者相遇后的一体两面。情节简约，可感情是流动的。洪常秀把金敏喜拍的太美“目光所及的你总是那么温柔”。电影是虚构的，“我爱你”是真实的。
对洪作品不感冒，但他好爱她，最后几分钟镜头里的她堪称爱意溢出银幕。每个导演/文青都该跟洪学谈恋爱。
电影最后的温柔爱意恨不得泄洪一般奔涌出屏幕，太美了在那样亲密的镜头下金敏喜实在太美了！而在小吉不遗余力调动地鼓励下，我破天荒地没有睡着看完全片
没看过之前电影的我只能以无聊来评价，没有任何故事性
将重复和变奏上升到了新的高度，也彻底扬弃了直男的视角。
能说会道自尊心还挺重的小说家给金敏喜夫妇策划的狗粮vlog 演员和摄影全由夫妇俩自带
那些尬住的留白和笑着的化解，那些见面前的犹豫不决，见面后的进退失据，这一切不就是他电影的意义吗？不就是我们生活里的真实写照吗？
-，目光变得极柔和的女性电影，纯粹作为客体形象的金敏喜。
这部倒真有点让人摸不到了。不过不变的是漂浮在无主题上的爱自己和爱她。以及金敏喜好美，戴口罩也美！（记一部把晖子看得昏昏欲睡一个小时后终于忍不住必须停下看看花小雕搞笑视频来缓解氛围的电影 ；）
天哪，是...挺不错的。果然又有烟、酒、咖啡。金敏喜的出现让一切都lively。就感觉，洪常秀塑造了我很大一部分对韩国人的印象吧（但可能不是），对话非常亲和，性格也很不错，炒年糕什么的听着都很馋。整体舒适而自由。这回没有恋爱了，似乎就是日常的事情，小而舒适，摒弃了一切戏剧性，人物性格仍是很鲜明，细节都在。最后的影像片段感觉和金敏喜贴得好近（噢天哪）！
3.5。有些场景蛮意味深长的，比如聊创作焦虑的时候突然一个小女孩入画占据C位，比如金敏喜应该是不喜欢那部情意绵绵的短片……哦对了，短片里的那个我爱你的声音应该是导演本人吧？那就更有意思了……
全程过曝让你只能专注于人物，长时间凝视着寄居在空间里的人物状态的变化。这就是虚构情境下身体真实的生成变化。最后的极致浪漫把我看迷了眼。这是洪式炫耀，他竟然开始解释自己的片子了。
我看洪主要的原因：一些豆瓣迷影er太过疯狂和强烈的爱让我很快找到资源。
洪导再一部借characters之口表达自己想说的一切，这部更甚，从拍电影心路历程到生活观，再到大家围在一起对着金敏喜创作，明赞她的纯真，暗赞她是灵感之源…以及那个从未露面的金敏喜的丈夫…最后干脆直接凝视摄像机互道爱意，太不像个正经导演了！但是最后还是被满是爱意的镜头打动哭了！讨厌~( ´•︵•` )~
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