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.
3.5星，总觉得平淡了点。百合失败了啊……
看个情怀。加个女二新角色导致一堆bug，然后莫名其妙就退场了。。。
其实我是希望1到最后75出一部长动漫的，很喜欢这个题材
有我当年看第一季的感觉，真的好棒！哈哈还有个很好玩的事情，去年九月份说是要上映我还以为会在大陆上映，就决定找个女朋友一起看，结果到现在女朋友换了好多个了还是没在大陆上映啊哈哈哈。
甘加到甘古转变太生硬；甘古转变甘古拜太生硬；她一步步成为甘古拜的资本是男人给的，所以这不是一部完整的女权电影。
紫毛有点多余，不知道塑造这个人物干嘛，只是突出女主的不容易嘛
好幼的桐姥爷，不过SAO的配乐和打戏我都蛮爱的，戴耳机看是真的爽，这进击篇和TV有不同吗，最后亚总怎么还追上去了，趁暑假来补补进击篇的小说
不管怎么说 主动被动选择了这个职业总是悲哀的 最古老的职业 最深远的偏见
哎看这个很激动耶，从亚丝娜的视角讲解怎么进去游戏的，怎么和桐姥爷相遇的。虽然和sao的有点出入，我记得打第一层boss的时候好像和桐姥爷还没这么亲密。这一部完全就是粉丝向了，爱了爱了。
我觉得是很普通的叙事，很普通的情节。
打怪游戏，做成动漫，居然也挺不错的。其实仙剑如果做成CG动画，估计画面会更棒。。
高情商把这叫回顾，低情商把这叫做炒冷饭，确实没新剧情，炒了一遍老剧情，这样的剧场版不知道意义何在，还不如再看一遍第一季
我觉得制作是可以的，本来期待可以讲一下其他层的故事，主要还是把第一层的攻略又凉了一场，不过把亚丝娜的心路补充完整了。打到后面，感觉桐人老爷是个路人的感觉，hhhh
意犹未尽…但内容是一样的…就感觉又看了一遍…
一切又回到起点，当传奇还未成为传奇，大女主视角依然感动，对老粉故事略水，但制作不水，世界再次补完，最后的最后，依然超燃！很多时候，我们只是缺乏原谅背叛的勇气，孤独也只是对同行者太过挑剔吧……
为了让男主与女主相遇，强行让闺蜜背叛，还能再恶心吗？
亚丝娜做主角我是很满意的，但这给桐姥爷画得真挺难看的。最后三人switch我也觉得有点尬。
炒冷饭罢了，没达到我的预期。但是因为情怀给四星
ps:其实观影前更想看到的时亚丝娜独自加入骑士团发生的事
比想象中的好看得多，虽然还是有些恶趣味，但是很高兴米特没有死，没有为了救亚总而牺牲，打斗也很精彩，夫妻档还是很有意思哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈
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