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.
两部电影只让我记住了德国小哥马提亚斯施维赫夫。
army? 就5个人叫什么army?开头的解锁比赛我还以为会是训练选拔，然后有一批批的人去偷各种各样的东西，结果，就这?片名很大气，但一亮相才5个，为了和Army of the Dead联系起来就硬凑。
离谱他妈给离谱开门 离谱到家了 这句送给匆匆的结尾
故事挺老套 已经忘了扎导的后作讲了什么故事 开锁的清洁还算合格 整个团队戏也有点水时长的嫌疑 属于有点自作多情自我感动的故事 爱情戏缺少细节支撑和处理 犯罪的情节却有些小儿科 不过还是比扎导的版本要合格很多 中间很多情节也有严重的拷贝倾向
竟然还和army of the dead联动了起来
好久没有看这样的爽片了，结尾略有拉胯，总体还是不错的，四星推荐！！
劇情簡單，精彩度欠佳。不過畢竟是我小馬哥自導自演，恭喜成為國際大導！
刚看完，来傻豆一看，评分这么低，不应该啊，你们太吝啬了。
只要一个听诊器就能开的保险箱，看不出哪里牛逼了。。。更别说傻不啦叽的反派了
这个电影就是始终都记不住这个平庸到极致的名字，电影本身的记忆点都不足以支持我记住电影名字。太多这种类型的电影和同类型名字了…看的时候是一口气看完，影片故事情节一切都非常流畅，但是就是过段时间就忘记了的那种一时爽片而已。
应该会有续篇的，从结尾来看，导演是一个不错的演员
一前一后的打戏我非常满意，这个可以做成系列电影啊～
主要是串起全剧的动机太过于没有说服力了，显得全剧都非常像小孩子过家家
这俩妹子哪辣了？觉得应该叫太妹刺客才对
犯罪动作片。史诗级故事开头，却被一个无名小卒化为无形，似乎我理解了他的癫狂和狂喜，男演员演得非常好。但是再神奇梦幻的过程和经历也只有男主自己才能体会感悟，之于观者只是千篇一律的听音开锁
为什么情节是假的但人物和动作拍的这么真实😂
除了欧洲的街区和风景，女主是那个谁，男主有点好看外。剧情什么鬼啦。（做饭打扫卫生间隙看完了。
大多数居然是家庭纷争式的内讧。都啥啊。
比起女主，我倒是更喜欢女二那种独特的俏皮，整个故事行云流水，又不失紧张感，非常棒！
无聊看看可以，处处透露着小成本三个字。但是锁匠的表演还可以。剧情嘛，聊胜于无。说是前传，但说老实话没有那几个切换的话，不是没有联系，至少也是毫无瓜葛了。
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