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.
ps：老年人的性爱是真的恐怖！
性爱也可以是车祸，战争，艺术，兽欲，占有，控制，绑架，掌控，胁迫，谋杀。
磨坊电影的老饭新吃，经典元素一锅端（色情片摄制组、荒郊野岭杀人魔、宗教与电视媒介、池塘裸泳与鳄鱼等等），同时又讲了一些新时代下的主题，如色情电影与女性意识剥削与唤醒的双重关系，以及老年人的性心理。一些反高潮的处理也埋了巧思，像反派的意外死亡，跳吓段落的后置。不足之处是情节稍微简单粗暴了点，后半段视听表现很贫瘠。
题材蛮有意思，对变老的恐惧、性解放等等都很吸引人，电影院里也是时而尖叫连连，时而大笑连连，气氛十分欢乐活跃。不过可惜拍的有点太工整了点，每一次都能提前猜到惊吓点是不是要来了和要怎么来，人死的太容易了，这就让电影有点失去了惊喜。而结尾高潮也没设计好，高潮完全没有顶起来。
對同虐殺電影的修正意義,大於內容和取材的70年代背景,Ti West是深明類型方程式, 活取《活死人之夜》的鄉村大屋空間,和《閃靈》Jack 走入217號房對老年身軀恐懼,設置的驚喜需要觀眾對虐殺電影的熟識與共同認知才可發生,因此不難理解為何美國觀眾笑聲滿滿,可能發現導演一直與他們開各種in joke, 比如Jenna Ortega不演陰陽怪氣反而是保守善良,又比如電視上的宣教影像是刻意設疊的陷阱。沒有誇大殺人者能力,設置的機關中招機率土氣得令人失笑,更不用期待如《Don't Breathe》的老盲人如有超能人,那《X》可稱得上寫實型虐殺電影？看著老夫老妻發生傳教士式性行為並不可怕,而是你虐殺又好,性愛也好都無法取回青春的殘酷現實,電影中的黑間比2022年版《蝙蝠俠》黑得更有層次,更有理由。
不够带劲，而且这老年人床戏简直是精神污染。
6.5分。算是近年来越发束手束脚的好莱坞的一次不大不小的开放。倒是在这部电影里见到了我看电影到现在都没见过的人设。精虫上脑却又无法行房事的老年夫妻憋久了会怎么样，有点恶趣味。不过抛去这个设定，影片不说离托比·琥珀的《德州》有多远，就连自己本家A24的《遗传厄运》也够不着。固定机位有，头顶俯拍有，但是也就是如此了，套了A24皮的血浆电影猎奇电影。
独特的构图美学和惊艳的蒙太奇勾起了我解读暗线的欲望。但是故事太烂了。
故事简单，节奏缓慢，变态夫妇杀人与不能做爱的逻辑不太理解，杀人手法单一无新意，但算是个猎奇的故事。
身强力壮的帅哥美女们竟被一对步履蹒跚，行将就木的老夫妻给灭了。
太烂了，感觉看了该片当年那批拍snuff电影的导演都会跳出来说我也能拍。基本从形式到内容都很肤浅，70年代的法国extreme cinema早就融合女权主义和虐杀电影了，两个女主角杀光所有强奸犯的场景其实比雌雄大盗更具影史意义。X的出现也应证了一件事：我们的电影工业慢慢会拍不出类型片了，所有东西都是前人嚼碎的骨头。
血腥恐怖场面拍得比sexual scene牛逼多了
摄影师和导演最先领盒饭，因为他俩都没有“性”行为 … 哈！
难看，浪费时间。说是惊悚片吧，前面各种像公路片啥的，说是凹情怀吧，又很搞笑。然后对于老年人的描写我觉得也很超过，精神病是肯定的。
not just a fuck up horror picture but about getting older and desire of sex.
不如电锯来得爽快。你的哥现在的角色都这么爽的吗？
不知道想表达啥 讲ageism 又妖魔化老年人惊悚片都爱拿老年人的性做文章 （同故事的故事）彩蛋比正片好 建议安排
老年人性爱也没什么猎奇的，就是很普通的猎杀片
我全程Holly shit ， where is my God ????
⒊不过当结尾的时候，虽然警察照应了影片题材，可是总给人喜剧片的色彩，总之本片质量还可以，没有特别烂，只是有点恶心，然后金发美女可以，摄像师女友最漂亮，只是可惜没有太多戏份，女主身材可以，颜值一般！
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