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.
根据同名音乐剧改编的，还是真实故事：16岁杰米想去做一名变装皇后；电影挺欢乐的，里面有一段关于英国八九十年代变装皇后历史的，就很酷儿新浪潮的感觉；但是电影有点少了音乐剧的叛逆和妖的特质，有点没张开的感觉。另，有的男孩真的是好看/美丽，所以杰米最后穿的白裙子，是真好看。
12小时一次的魂穿设定不错，这拍法也解决脸盲的障碍，一开始悬疑感蛮好的，动作戏飙车去啥的还行，但是那么快就和女主表明这操作也是绝，中间部分就乏了，bug太多了，乞丐大叔倒是蛮出彩的。其实故事就是黑帮的故事
题材设定有点意思，12小时会夺舍一个人的身体，然后循线索找到开端。大部分逻辑都通，且剪辑也比较顺畅，科幻类型里又一种新颖的套路。就是剧情推进稍有点快，除了主角，其它人物没有立住。三星～
——他们为什么都拼了命的救你？
@ Prime hmm 我有几年没有follow新音乐剧了，听过原卡的专辑，但是没太多印象。这个剧情真的蛮cliché的，看了开头都能猜到后面会发生什么的节奏…Sheffield的口音有些有趣。看评论，删了好些歌啊。同类型题材的，我喜欢Kinky Boots多一点。这两年好些改电影的音乐剧，等着看周末的DEH吧。
以为是个正派主角和反派boss斗智斗勇的故事，结果搞最后是个爱情片？如果选择不同配角来完全诠释主角应该会更出彩，搞面部切换真的是拉低了层次，不过也算更好地照顾到了受众面吧
日，今年动作片第一！基本没硬伤！这不就是《心里美》恐怖惊悚血腥动作版本！爱死了！
没想到搞来搞去最后是个爱情片，没有说爱情片不好的意思，但这种一顿操作猛如虎定睛一看原地杵的操作，实在有点……
6.0/10，能把有趣的题材拍得这么无趣也是一种本事。
冲他是我最喜欢的音乐剧之一先给5星，质量后面再说
按照故事线来看不应该设置主演
结果最后啥都不是的三流动作片，有几段打戏应该还是加速的。关键也没加速成魔女那个效果啊。不抱期待打发时间可看，个人2.7⭐
挺好看的音乐剧（印象），没什么很深刻的东西，但是太可爱了……
好喜欢这个音乐剧……影视版是顺着cruella的artie找到的，这也太对味儿了
（32）2022年4月16日看完。前期悬疑感有了，但是片子过半好像还没给观众透露太多什么有用的信息，然后最后就直接给答案。然后可能我没集中精神，感觉太点快有点乱，角色跟角色身份都差点没分清楚。设定还行。
Fifi La True > Mimi Me
主演是《犯罪都市》里面的反派，动作戏拍的还不错。
看过John版的舞台剧 其他的差距真的太大
设定新鲜，每12小时从一个身体内醒来。但一个技巧用太多次，有点乱。
故事灵魂转移的设定一开始感觉还挺酷的，可后边说到是因为新型毒品的效果，（这哪里是毒品，这是高科技生化武器）剧情回到了政府特工组织内部腐败，坑害自己人，男主一次次的魂移就是为了拯救女友的老套路故事上了，就少了开头营造的神秘感，格局越来越小，剩下的就是打打杀杀的动作戏了，中规中矩，没有了特点。PS男主女友的短发造型挺好看
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