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.
情节气氛几乎为零，废话又多，简直是浪费时间。
#22#03中国人不骗中国人，Candyman不杀Blackman。有此大将，三十年了居然还没统一亚美利加，连芝加哥一个拆迁弄堂都整不明白。想象力还是保守了
细看画面，数次察觉镜头向面孔推近或打特写，又看见镜头拉远框柱社区——这是图像深植文本的痕迹：它呈现那些发出诉求的人，还描绘带着社会遗症的环境。影像处理像文本一样呼唤，故事中这片区域供给叙事力量，而先后出现的面孔就是苦痛的直接参照，当然不必躲藏，因为不光残杀是血淋淋的，受过苦痛的男主和糖果人本人也是血淋淋的。
我想看童谣恐怖片，你给我整黑人政治正确。杀人者被杀者都坏的莫名其妙，大声喊五下糖果人可以召唤黑魔法杀手。皮影戏少许亮点。入围2021最受期待恐怖片是这个德行。
摊开来讲的黑人政治恐怖电影，设定跟配乐都挺不错，剧情差了点，结局像是我刚铺垫完就结束了？
故事讲述者过于迫切地想去让观众知道自己的观点，殊不知适得其反，故事俗套苍白，像是卡在喉咙里的枣核吐不出来也咽不下去，极其难受。最后的高潮稍有惊艳，却短而仓促。片尾“皮影戏”反而是全片最好看的内容：所有黑人皆如牢笼里的蜜蜂，看似狠毒，却影响微弱，即使团结一致也缺少蜂王，掀不起多少波澜。tips：受伤了最好早点儿去医院。
倒错的设计真棒，引出一段暗黑往事，蜂鸣不止，怨念不散
我最喜欢糖果人故事的一点就在于它根植于社区的群体意识，新作“beehive”的阐发让这个民俗传说更上一层楼。我觉得大家在评价这种触及“先进”议题的作品时，太过关心它阐述的社会问题是否理智，但其实抛开所有都不看，这也是一部非常优秀的虐杀/精神崩溃电影。
本来就对ip很失望，现在还搞，简直没有任何好感了。
不过这种通过艺术式极端情绪表达，在这部电影中情绪过于平淡而突出的过分油腻而怪诞，仇恨强度和逻辑远不及《天鹅绒圆锯》。其中把亚裔弄走也不能改变神经刀刀的无差别仇杀的评价，切割的非常差。
三分钟一个黑命贵知识点呼你脸上实在是受不了。尼哥现在和那些青春疼痛女主没啥区别了，生而为尼，我很抱歉，真就全世界都要杀我系列
2:男主的手刚溃烂时我猜测他可能最后会变成糖果人，结果还真是。
“我是墙上的字迹；我是街上散发着的血腥味；我是回荡在巷子里的嗡嗡声。他们说，我让无辜者血流成河。但你一点也不无辜，但他们会说你是无辜的，这就是问题所在。”
真的很浪费，Candyman这类故事最大的潜力在于5这个次数，你永远不知道最后一声会由谁在什么时候喊出来。未知，突然，精确。
在观影的过程中，我以为这部电影在翻拍白夜行。但是慢慢的，我发现他其实只是想告诉你跨越阶级的爱情存在的机率微乎其微。一切更多自是一厢情愿的意淫而已。电影的质感很不错，可是剧情感觉不连贯，更像是灵光一现的感觉，而且电影最后那个男女主在阳台的片段应该算是幻想吧，不然太突兀了。
只要这种不公一天不消失，糖果人就一直存在。
怎么回事，恐怖片这么中间还要夹杂一段说教，然后又忽然开始乱杀起来，感觉像看了几部片子
哈？哈？哈？！基本的故事都讲不好，还搞这么多“明”喻。可惜了好看的女主和不错的配乐。
D+ / 太急切地想要靠近乔丹·皮尔式的黑人政治隐喻恐怖类型片，但对于剧本的创意还欠打磨，反倒是隐喻过于急切，四人中亚裔感觉到危险率先跑掉的情节本身就是没有什么逻辑的生硬隐喻，更何况本来就是老版糖果人的续作。镜子的运用、摄像机视点的选择有有意思的地方，但太少。
艺术的呈现，现实的影射，情绪的宣泄…没有比恐怖片更好的载体了。影片有多暴戾，现实恰恰多无力，看影评里说到影院中“Candyman”的呼喊声此起彼伏，效果堪比喜剧便可见一斑。
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