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.
其实题材不错啊，但不知为什么被我国演员拍出来这么一言难尽。
啊这...我以为是和漫画相关的...原来只是用了漫画中可以和那些东西讲话的设定噢
林更新只出现在片尾彩蛋
段子硬挠痒痒肉，本来就是个设定一路绕着治病转特没劲
为什么豆瓣不能打零星，这真的，何止是很差啊，我感到自己的智商被狠狠侮辱了，快跑吧兄弟们。我也是被室友抓来看的，没得选，如果可以重来我甚至希望自己不要出来团建....洗洗我的眼睛，给我一个没有这段痛苦记忆的脑子。完全就是交作业一样的商业活动，不值得花人生的一个多小时来看这种小学生蹲厕所视频。
很少看完一部电影那么气，直接是烂片，那我也就没啥期待，搞得阵容那么强大，拍出来这么烂，没情节没冲突没有共情的电影？女主什么烂人？劫匪的一句话说出我心里话呀，你不是什么受害者，你只是交易。所有人生路都是你自己选择的啊，最后演的好像心理压力那么大的，鬼才信。看完只想骂绿茶婊。
6分。如果这片子是30分钟内的短片，那这个设计还是挺不错的，可惜本作有90分钟。。。。整个片子太过冗长了，三个主演之间的火花以及所谓的戏剧性撑不起这么久的时间，导致看到最后的高潮却已经没有了原本的兴奋感，真的是可惜了。
居然大家都不喜欢？我怎么觉得超好的电影，虽然劫匪一直不把人绑起来有点急人。妻子对自己的评价那一段，劫匪的I don’t give a fuck,特别是丈夫嘲笑所有人的那句I exist, so therefore, you own me,也许这世界每一个人都会觉得自己的存在才是世界的真理，但只有富人可以做到并且拿去恶心人。以及，房子太好看了。
感觉非常伍迪艾伦？三位名角演技了得，可是中途开始疲软到最后。。。这究竟是剧本故事本身的问题还是节奏的问题呢。2022/3/24大森家
适合假期看，很欢乐，看完一笑没有负担的电影～
是男性导演的意淫吧，把黄色笑料当幽默，恶心
剧情实在是太尬了
期望太高了哎，看完好失望，有点无聊算啦为了Lily，园丁好惨是个热爱生活的人。都怪这老公自己作，直接让他拿钱走人啥事都没有了
奇幻的外表包裹这舔狗似的爱情，尴尬的喜剧效果。实在看不出，出彩的地方。我看影片干脆叫，一个小偷的奇幻自我救赎之旅。
林更新只出现在片尾彩蛋
真毫无波澜
这么轻松的设定，不好吗？在网大里，属于制作上成了。就给这么低的分？所有轻松笑点都不突兀，看惯了东北二人转式搞笑，这种难道不好吗？整个影片都很顺畅，明明够及格线了啊～为什么还不到5分？
看的时候我就在脑补自己要是有了这么能力怎么办，肯定会很可怕吧。而且说出去谁也不相信还被当成精神病肯定很崩溃，共情男主了。
狗狗和马桶好逗
有意思。不仅编剧没脑子，导演也没什么脑子。高捷老师和其他演员的表演根本不在一个档次，什么情节都杂糅进去，看的很累人啊。整个片子毫无逻辑，台词东拼西凑硬上价值。
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