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.
儿子很喜欢，不知道会不会被打，我全程打游戏，两儿子很专注
纪念乔治第一次去电影院看电影，不错的电影，我们都很喜欢。
确实很适合小朋友看，散场以后还跟我反复回味电影里的可爱&可怕情节，最可怕的是我也喜欢看……
@缤谷广场 with小尧 老母亲带娃看动画片，破格打四星。作为一部儿童电影，还是不错的，逻辑呢则是不存在的。汪汪队的装备都巨牛逼啊，完全是来炫技的。
第一次带娃去电影院，演到高潮时，全场一片哭声（因为害怕），终于知道为啥电影要分级
音乐很棒 有骚当的good mood 对老年人来说唯一收获 儿子已经看烦了汪汪队 为了二人世界 硬要陪他看 他看完很开心 表示还想原地再看一遍 哈哈哈哈哈哈 新角色贝贝真的好烦 想看原声 配音卡死阵容太强 配音也还是湾湾的先入为主听的比较惯 大陆版名字翻译一如既往的不一样致
无聊。故事整不出来新意就不说了，动作戏还给我拉胯，这还有啥看头。情怀完全没煽起来的老三人组？毫无化学反应的新三人组？其实这些都还没啥，最让我无语的就是第二部里挖的那么大的一个坑，你给我这么填？恶心！
第一次看这个，还挺有意思，可能需要一些童心入体
画面朝玩具广告走，有点不爽，感觉是主业卖玩具的顺道拍了个电影
剧情对不到三岁的娃而言还是比较复杂的。娃看完表示再也不想看汪汪队立大功了，老母亲表示不理解。
非常棒 姑娘每天都看但再看这个电影并不会觉得腻 剧情虽然套路但是很紧凑细节满分 很惊喜 还把爸爸感动哭了😂
画面好精致，战车很帅，特别是那个水炮特效好有感觉
汪汪队：我们怎么租得起这么豪华的大楼？ 莱德队长：因为我们周边产品卖得好！
制作精良了好多hh虽然剧情挺平凡的但讲得还可以，给小朋友看还挺不错的。因为电影里毛绒绒狗狗直接五星！
成年人看也意外的很有意思，如果翻译上能稍微遵从一下TV版会更好，那一句句的“ahhhchi”真叫的让人出戏。
居然还挺好看的？？儿子看到阿奇脱队关到训狗所的时候居然流眼泪了……真是一个感情细腻丰富的男孩子
娃去电影院看的第一部电影，汪汪队忠实粉丝。
一个多小时的电影小朋友们也坐的下来，大人也没有觉得很无聊，说明剧情真的不错！
IMAX3D版，至少是挺实诚的爆米花大片，系列应有的元素依然不缺，还贡献了马耳他城市追逐这个极其过瘾的部分，惊悚元素相比第二部少了很多，往更多大场面的方向发展，只不过迅猛龙布鲁的戏份被严重削弱了，剧情整体上还算顺畅，老版主角的引入也不违和，这拨情怀贩卖还是非常不错的，但细究还是有不少槽点，尤其是蝗虫线填的太过草率，为了做小女孩角色的核心情节，其他人基本上没有人物塑造，高天尊依然笑点担当，个人感觉侏罗纪世界3这种电影是目前电影市场急需的爆米花大片，来电影院无脑娱乐一拨效果甚好。（7.5/10）
中间一段恐龙跑酷追主角团，看起来像侏罗纪版速度与激情。人类有坐骑，恐龙追不上，人类用腿儿跑，恐龙还是追不上。
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