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.
忘记喝孟婆汤的下场。
多条线并进，剪辑手法还挺有意思，但是揭秘整个大厦的背后黑手就是那个被她爸失手杀死的多重人格小女孩之后，就感觉有点点索然无味。男主从头到尾都在循环，也是挺惨，这个结局让我想起了《两个月亮》。
感觉就一开局给你圈出凶手（结婚出轨）的故事
2星半，除了黑乎乎之外，感觉没啥新鲜的，要是在电影院不亮的灯光下看，估计早睡着了。水平一般般
看到某个片段的时候脑子里突然冒出的一句话：黑暗中摇曳的一抹微弱的火光有的时候比浓重的黑暗更有恐怖感
真有点看不下去，好在 最后女主那段还是很恐怖的 加一星
结尾但凡处理好了，分还可以更高~故事还可以，就是有点烂尾…结局太仓促太理想化…这个片子告诉我们一个道理，那就是做人不能太善良，做人不能太规矩，有时候非常手段，该用就得用…要么投个好胎，不然死不瞑目…
不管怎么说，三池的这种荒诞无稽，鬼马神叨，还是很抓人的，谁的心里没有天真烂漫的那一面呢
才5.3，你们听方中信的最后一段话了么？难道不就是这样么？
太暗很多場景會顯得很模糊，倒敘手法，原來男主都是那個死掉的人。
从开头男主惊醒后一滴汗都没有时，就已经确定这是烂片无疑了。拍这种时空交错的片子最忌除了逻辑混乱以外，就是乏善可陈了。
剧情很一般，但大家的演技很不一般，除了陈家乐～
制作精良，剧情紧凑，唯一可以的就是剧情太一般了，都是以前的老套路，没什么兴奋点
这就很蠢，男主角既然能在大门上写下阻止死者出门的封印，代表男主角的灵能很强大了，但纵观整部电影，这个沙雕连个火球术都没丢出来，弱爆了，而且还不停的昏倒。。。。
痛失港味！！这片子看了一会就看不进去了，感觉配音不贴脸 剧情也乱糟糟
乏善可陈。为啥标签会出现伪纪录片？是那三个傻逼套路大学生嘛？
这沙雕电影竟然还有第三部，真的很搞笑，鼹鼠x蝴蝶的兄弟情贼棒，蝴蝶真缉毒先锋
还不错了，也算是港片的一种未来努力方向，把司法体系特点发挥一下。
终于final了，真心祝福toma，颜艺得皮都松了，以后好好做个帅哥吧
从13年看到了22年，另一种意义上的好玩。不推荐跟家长一起看。
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