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.
年纪大了，感觉躲不开成为伊芙琳…还不是爱马仕的那种…哎
哭死我了 一份对家庭 亲情 暴力 仇恨 爱情 梦想的无价答卷
虽然本质还是东方人腐朽的家庭观，但是其中绚丽的浪漫主义实在太精彩。
从《爱情神话》到《瞬息全宇宙》，我再也不想看新人自编自导的电影了，以为自己是伍迪艾伦，妙趣横生？玩结构，玩概念？不过是一些刚开始发育的人给黄口小儿拍电影看罢了。
不好看，甚至觉得无聊，对移民题材无感，对超级英雄无感，那个丈夫一讲普通话就像个尖声细嗓的公公，实在是emmm
其实很多人喜欢到了chapter2就结束，因为人大多都爱虚无主义。这部电影给我的感觉像是看新世纪福音战士从序到终。孩子相信一切终将消逝，再到成年人对孩子偏执无私的爱，爱可以消解一切，这才是成长。就像是Morty掉进了时空裂缝了，Rick说不爱他的孙子孙女，但是还是把时间手环给了M。
明明确实没什么意义。
武志红会喜欢的片子：女妖与无欲男；共生即绞杀；全能自恋与彻底无助；妈妈请看着我；爱就是答案（以上均为武的文章小标题）。若我自己来说，孤独感、存在主义危机、毁灭和创造是一体两面，婴儿汲取母体相爱相杀是必然，要靠爱才能接得住毁灭欲，而只有拥有走的自由而又确认被爱着才有可能选择留下来，而爱是接纳对方而非对方的投影……英语没完全懂换德语二刷后我可以说我不喜欢大团圆结局希望停留在忍痛放手，价值观太中国了，“别叫我xx我是你妈”实在…只能说不仅控制欲会让人窒息，爱有时也会。即使有完美的原生家庭，人也会遇到别的太多问题，人也有权自我毁灭，而对抗死本能的生本能只能等人自己长出来。我还要和我的伴侣构建关系，我可不想和我妈相爱相杀16.05
“不管在哪个宇宙 我还是想跟你一起报税”awwwwww戳笑点了hhhh 喜欢石头的那段QAQ 很平静很zen （16号礼拜六夜晚的16个吻也很好
提前6个月宣布两块石头一宇宙是我年度最爱情节
love bagel，love two rocks，nothing matters，we are just stupid pieces of shit
这片让人感到电影作为entertainment的fun，打光、剪辑、亚文化趣味和多重宇宙是一回事，一种时间的霓虹，every moment all at once，电影就是这种共时性魔术，尽管在科学上是错的，神经元控制不了量子尺度，石头不说英语，我们不能超越rules，但亲爱的，在这种错误里有让人情感激荡的东西，那是对你是你的错觉，也是对我是我的幻觉，正是这种对连续性的认知缺陷，创造了所有那些高光与遗憾，像个黑贝果一样（或42一样），连接你和我。
炸裂了！感觉好多年没看过这么敢飙的电影了！而且还居然是讲华人女性人生处境的。虽然内核伟光正到让我感觉过分保守没新意吧（也因此无法五星），但呈现的方式好炫，太多元素居然可以如此流畅地杂糅在一起，尤其可贵的是从中可以看到香港电影黄金年代的灵魂。最后触动我的完全不是女性故事本身（得承认这个女性故事的讲法还是太局限了），而是这种文化符号的融合。比较巧的是刚好昨天看了《寻龙传说》并中途放弃了，与这部相比较，同样是融合，就明显还是这部做得更生动，不那么符号化。不过的确也有一点点惋惜，这个故事到底也没敢对人心深究，所以你很难说讲述的是一个够诚实的故事——所以也说不上勇敢，虽然表面看着故事在讲的是要敢于去爱。
I always dressed for success
此刻我们生活在杨紫琼是明星的宇宙里，这种与现实的互文已经足够好玩。但电影选取多重宇宙里或许是最不具特色的身份—母亲，将种种熟练的生活姿势化作中国武功招式，将一切意象家庭化。随时穿插于各个想象中，执行力极强地演绎想象，先行概念又基本建构于中华哲学观之中。每次jumping pad的设置都超嗨、够新奇，而“每一次拒绝与失望都将引入其无限宇宙中”。所以基本对决处于母亲与女儿之中，在此宇宙里，东西文化的碰撞极其适配，母女的伤痕与和解具象化为功夫喜剧。导演无处安放的脑洞，鸡飞狗跳，无厘头完美组合又自洽！杨紫琼slay全片！
每个角色关于"爱"的点都很感动
平行宇宙梗被用的新奇又温情 选角很贴 杨紫琼眼光真的不错 后面高潮阶段把口罩都哭透
没觉得很惊艳。极致的疯狂，催生出了极致混乱，应接不暇的场景变换，来不及思考，一旦你开始思考就觉得写这个多元宇宙的设定，非常荒唐，没有说服力，剧情也很勉强。但是影片种许多的创意还是不错，对很多电影片段的致敬，还有恶趣味的片段也挺有趣。杨紫琼的表演好，看着低劣版成龙的男主有些眼熟，看介绍才知道是《夺宝奇兵2》里的小男孩儿。太感慨了
最好的部分都在前十分钟里，之后垮得无可救药，把疯癫玩成俗套，无休无止地折磨观众的神经。但凡亚裔电影必有干涉一切的大家长，剑拔弩张的家庭关系，而编剧还挣扎在和解的泥淖里。
“I AM UR MOTHER!” ——杨紫琼英姿飒爽利落大气，变装秀魅力无敌，动作戏的运镜和剪辑相当cool，一些灵光闪闪的创意点子（&耻度元素）也让人耳目一新（会心一笑）；但是节奏上有点太“满”了，这个时长会产生些许目不暇接的视觉疲劳；另外海报好评。// PS. 鉴于此片强烈的无厘头风格，私以为台译<<妈的多重宇宙>>最为“信达雅”doge。
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