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.
敢拍能拍就是好电影了？自问自答、频频反转，就是好编剧了？原来这就是流量密码啊
讲述了一个现实，当人们被情绪裹挟，失去理智的思考。
如果没有电影的最后1小时，我相信绝大多数观众都是那些被媒体牵着鼻子走的人，这部电影的高分点大概就在于1点40分之后的转折
民众的声音太好引导了
全天下男人都会犯的错男女换话，各生欢喜后跳一人的探戈也不稀罕你的画；
剧情是很不错的，后半部分的翻转，挺让人意外的。但印度式的全程bgm和慢动作，硬要表现出正义凛然的画面 实在太腻了。后面一直再快进，近3个小时的电影完全可以缩短到一个半小时。政治的黑暗，所有人都是棋子罢了，正义，几乎不存在
没想到反转之后还有反转，立意很好，反应了印度的种姓制度，女性地位，学术滥用，当然，最重要的还有政治。敢拍，敢发声，敢质疑制度就是很好的进步，很好很好。
对于一部题材如此大尺度的电影，你不得不感慨，虽然印度穷乱，但是印度的电影却一直在往新的高度挑战。
正义，究竟是有多么多么难才能覆盖地球？这部电影的深度，已经穿透了地心，直接穿到了每个看过它的人心中，每一个善良的人心中！层级的差异化把舆论，法律，警察等等都赤裸裸展示在了台面上，赤裸得令人发指。千言万语，情认真去看，这部电影今年奥斯卡拿不到我直播洗头！PS.这印度的正义的律师一个比一个帅，一个比一个牛逼。 或许这部电影揭开了人类社会的本质，永远都是对立的两方——宿敌在战斗，人类社会本身就是一场“体制的屠杀”。
想革命必须经历流血，随着鲜血溅出，必有救赎。
看一半被剧透后真就索然无味了。电影本身不错反转足够，氛围也强。时长过长了
阿三又一次拍出了我们拍不了也拍不出的电影，如无意外，应该可以提前预订个人年度观影十佳了。
前一个半小时不懂为啥8.6，后一个半小时这8.6打的值👏🏻
感觉导演在努力营造出一种“格调”出来，不是那种假模假式的装腔作势，而是一群人融入自己的生活后展现出的一种舒适状态，但问题是整个圈层立在了精致有闲的小资阶级之上，导致整体显得有些失真。
阿三又一次拍出了我们拍不了也拍不出的电影，如无意外，应该可以提前预订个人年度观影十佳了。
我的天老爷啊，直到最后一刻仍在反转，真的震撼，真的感动，老师实在太太太太太温柔而强大了，我真的会因为失去她而感到伤心的……ps：看完之后深刻反省自己，因为在律师出来之前，我也被误导了，站队了警察，但很快真相被揭穿，我又对警察感到愤怒。然而直到最后一刻，我才意识到，操纵情绪是如此简单的事情，让子弹飞一会，不要让情绪控制自己…
前面反转2次真的很好看啦，后面结尾是在埋伏笔？有2？上升高度大可不必，太像韩剧了。
厉害极了，112分钟实打实地熬过去，却好像一句话没有说。到底是什么样的时代容得下一群人如此自我陶醉，如视无物地活在梦里？日新月异，每不到半年街道便要再被从头到脚美化一回的上海，到底能留得住多少濒死的记忆，又能供多少人游戏般起居和做梦？只怕电影拍的既非上海，也非人情，更不是文艺，只不过是幸运地站在中产尖端的人群如何自我消解、恬不知耻的意识形态罢了。
从这个电影也可以看出来，各国都是天下乌鸦，一般黑 ，哪里都差不多
编导对日常的关注让生活气息满溢，纯沪语实为最大亮点，这些深深浅浅的故事发生在五湖口音交错的弄堂或中英文夹杂的咖啡厅里如此自然，这座城市既有欣赏费里尼的品位（开场海报就点题），也不乏烟火生息的俗世感，怀着心底遥梦的念想继续相信“神话”。
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