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.
演员不错，镜头画面也不错，就是不咋好看，始终也没有一个高潮。
多一星给范伟的演技。
就喜欢看范老师扮猪吃老虎，其他还要啥自行车啊。
沃卓斯基姐妹的创造力终究还是不如沃卓斯基兄弟
有好看的地方，可圈可点
感觉影片的基调被分割成了好几个部分，怀旧部不说，主基调，流行部不知道是不是偶然撞上的元宇宙，然后嘲讽部借此吐槽金主华纳，广告部联动长发JW彩虹S8……搞的像cowboy bebop总集篇，但是放得不怎么开，或者打个比方，如果前作是东邪西毒，这个至少要拍成东成西就的效果。neo和trinity的人设搞的像Hancock和Mary，还不如直接请个真·意志·smith和塞隆姐·并不是吐司机来演；另，期待续集Catrix大卖哈哈哈
电影已经死了，游戏也过时了，我们需要更多 cat videos。
我觉得结尾炸火车那是编导的败笔：别说那一圈雷管炸药不可能炸掉一整列的火车了，老洪怎敢保证敌人的子弹不会打到绑在身上的炸弹上呢？另外，张涵予能不能演这类角色时总演成同一个人？
看之前都没想到这么搞笑hhhh以为就是个狗尾续貂，没想到导演很好的内涵了华纳，真的好敢吐槽啊xs 成功的用这部烂作品让大家恰了饭还阻止了其他的续集产生（也许吧）挺好的啊，成功完成了甲方给的任务。说实在的华纳想赚这个IP的钱还不如搞个重映呢。 想看猫客帝国！
我觉得挺逗的，这回the one是trinity了，她胖揍老公，甩下儿子，飞着回归，有没有看出什么导演变性后的隐喻？哈哈哈😂
我终于知道莉莉为啥不想执导了。这啥玩应？WHAT A MESS（捂脸）。生动诠释了什么叫狗尾续貂，哦不说狗尾都是侮辱狗。开头还好，越到后越支离破碎，感觉是拍着拍着不想拍了。各种尬炒冷饭，镜头晃瞎眼，动作戏一塌糊涂。剧情上也毫无深度可言，就完完全全爆米花化了，WTF. 多一颗星给我家基努里维斯。
张涵予会不会披上硬汉的外衣就脱不下来了，每次饰演的都是差不多的人物形象，表情也都差不多，有点审美疲劳了。周也也是没什么存在感，护士的职业也没什么太大的意义，就是刚好张涵予受伤倒在她回家的路上，被她捡回家疗伤了。印象深刻的反倒是最后他们集体入党，宣誓的时候在玻璃上画出的党徽。
为什么可以把一个这么惊心动魄的故事拍得如此冗长？注重氛围而丢失了节奏，想走深刻却调错了口味。张涵予的人物可信度太低，硬汉动作戏的出场并未给他加分，反而给人一种千篇一律的乏味感。范伟的角色力图做出忍辱负重的狠劲儿，但是信息滞后只能让人失去兴趣。简而言之，对于摄影、美术和导演技巧来说，这部院线电影可以称得上是良心，但是就剧作而言，与其说是差，倒不如说没找到自己的位置。
正派人物多不知何人，反派瞎忙碌不知做甚；
「以前的艺术、电影、书都要更好，那时候还有所谓原创。」不难解释莉莉的缺席，所幸拉娜用部分的创作自由，打破第四面墙，让女性觉醒，完成那身份转变的飞翔。
这三颗星分别给黑客帝国 1、2、3 。拉娜和莉莉都不再是沃卓斯基兄弟了。
剧情甚至弱到了前半个小时都几乎没有信息量的地步了……
神叨叨的彩蛋与大量故作高深、打破第三面墙高谈时代、媒体、哲学与剧情建构的“制作者发言/抱怨”，令影片的观感更加撕裂与痛苦。
范伟丢了个手雷，炸死了一个汉奸，和一个无辜的车夫？
铁道游击队的故事耳熟能详，新版的电影表现力很强。
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