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.
为什么这个男主就成了邱森万
你终将为自己而战
3.7！是我的菜！我就喜欢这种哈哈！要是拍成六集的剧就更好了，芬恩学习的过程可以一步步来。罗宾真的够意思我哭！妹妹太好了！被兄妹情感动到！全程居然被小鬼吓到了两次！！！我好怂！
《拐骗儿童自救手册》：用少年的记忆替代心路历程挺好的。但其他人物的存在和诡异行径似乎只是因为这是部恐怖类型片；同时，罪犯随便找个路人来演区别也不大
2022年第138部：低配版《小丑回魂》，但总体还不错，关于男孩的勇敢战胜恐惧的故事总是让人动容。
像是小男孩的成人礼，游戏里的😈，最后call me finn变自信
小孩都蛮好的，伊森霍克也不错。但故事有框架但核心不够有力，可以一看。
倒也没有很恐怖。。。小男主让我幻视好多人😂
鬼版前人栽树后人乘凉
青春友谊互助善良，换个角度看，这片子还挺温馨励志的，里面的孩子善良且聪颖，不愧是斯蒂芬金儿子的作品，和《小丑回魂》里面孩子们的团结一心一脉相承。缺点也很明显，缺少爆发点，故事比较平。
可以算是没有鬼的犯罪片，慢节奏电影，没有什么爆点剧情， 但在情感的渲染上挺不错，也是电影要表达的吧~
【和K观影】恐怖是真恐怖，感动是真感动，虽然除了主角之外的其他角色线挖掘得不够深，但是瑕不掩瑜。小演员们演技真好，台词也不突兀，robin说为我跑出去那段感动死。（这不比小丑回魂香？！
感觉有些失望，这反派也太没新意了，黑色电话这个点子是好的，其他就看不到太多优点了，不够紧张也不够刺激。
就是电影名字太直白了……
kids helping kids。但剧情设置太简陋，电话的来源、梦的来源、鬼魂的来源，这些统统都没说，全靠架空的设定盲目地推剧情。只有几处有jump scare，恐怖不算，只能算个惊悚片。反派形象塑造浅薄无力。
内核可以的，但这神神叨叨的叙事，实在难看。
兄妹俩的羁绊，男孩子们的勇气和智慧，不能够是R级片。是友谊和亲情的黑色宣传片。
3.7！是我的菜！我就喜欢这种哈哈！要是拍成六集的剧就更好了，芬恩学习的过程可以一步步来。罗宾真的够意思我哭！妹妹太好了！被兄妹情感动到！全程居然被小鬼吓到了两次！！！我好怂！
如果你有什么关于青少年成长问题的见解要发表，麻烦您整理一下然后简明扼要地发在导演（编剧）您的推特或者脸书上，而不是脑子一拍“诶我能不能搞个故事框架把我想表达的东西给套进去然后拍成电影”
这片子看得我还挺揪心的，一直担心最后哥哥从屋里出来那块是变成鬼了。还好还好。兄妹俩都很棒！
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