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.
无聊搞笑
继地心引力之后，桑姐第二次掉到水里然后重生！
皮特教獭兔怎么做全球最性感男人 虽然出场有点短
不错，还是挺搞笑的，就是这个彩蛋有啥含义吗？第二部？
Jack Trainer领盒饭的方式简直和《阅后即焚》、《黑金杀机》如出一辙啊，论配角惊艳的吸睛技巧…
5分
Tooooooo American 爆米花无脑喜剧嘛，确实图一乐，开心就好✌
又蠢又无聊，又一部预告就是全部看点的片……
6分。完全不知道在看啥。。。。整个故事除了皮特客串的部分就没精彩的地方了。。。看起来像是个探险片，但探险的内容其实并不多，基本就是男女主之间不断地碎碎念。。。完全不知道在说点啥。。。
太老套了 ，且俩人没有任何火花，浪费时间。
明明是很精彩的冒险喜剧，值得7分，牛姐老当益壮还是很有魅力
无聊的冒险、生硬的爱情、流水账的叙事、神经质的反派、一惊一乍的演技、隔靴搔痒的笑点，名副其实工业流水线拼凑出的敷衍之作，没有一处不老套的情节，没有一处不尴尬的画面，要动作没动作，要笑点没笑点，猎奇程度甚至比不上迪士尼的《丛林奇航》，只能靠布拉德·皮特的客串勉强支撑片刻。
completely clichéd adventure plot, mediated by actually funny repartees.
依然是过时笑点的堆砌，最大亮点可能是皮特的片段。
“我以为他是个小孩，结果他居然有胡子”哈哈哈哈哈丹尼尔怎么允许这台词的啊。
就当……纯喜剧。Emmm言情小说的桥段描述可以的;-) 钱老板的臀这么多年依然还是很王炸( ´▽｀)
好笑的部分确实是好笑，桑德布洛克本人真的很有喜感，男主也是自带喜感，特别出演布拉德皮特也是很会搞笑，但！整个片！就是一个90年代香港电影的结构+粗糙解谜游戏背景+超老套的爱情故事的……下饭剧。
也没有那些自媒体说的那么差啊 本身我是不太喜欢什么寻宝啦 丛林啦这样的东西 但是全篇看下来就是一个轻松的流水线作品 还有皮特耍帅
为什么能往老套剧本里塞那么多东西啊？布拉德皮特似乎很喜欢演这种逼格满满再瞬间挂掉的角色，那几段动作戏蛮好看的。笑点好低级，水蛭吸大腚。
我感觉我有八百年没看过钱宁主演的电影了，桑德拉·布洛克和布拉·德皮特都相较之前的僵硬中老年整容修复脸起色好了超多，连带丹尼尔·雷德克里夫，几位主演的状态都是出奇的不错，可惜这部养人的电影过于俗套了，传统的美式落难公路片夹杂着过时至少二十年的笑料与烂梗，最后的得分嘛，皮特痛快的死掉1星，钱宁和桑德拉的组合还可以1星，钱宁的屁股蛋子1星，啊那一下子蚂蟥水蛭让我想起了狂蟒之灾......
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