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.
丝丝演得真的好好，整部电影最遗憾的地方也是小说最让我遗憾的地方…（最后回忆那个地方真的没用且令人误解
实在无法共情，感觉大家多少沾点，女二好惨，明明很简单就能交代清楚的事情非要一遍一遍的放，三个小时对于这个电影来说太长了，明明一个半小时就能讲完的故事
广濑铃太出色了，自带忧郁的气质，有股伤感和倔强的劲儿，愈加成熟自然，情感的转变演得丝丝入扣，新生代里不可或缺的好演员
最后还以为女主天河死了呢，结果没死，后面的剧情就莫名其妙的，这个女的真是让人无语…
太长了。。。。小孩子不懂，做学生时不懂，成年了还是不懂。。普法之路漫长啊。。不能行人道之事不代表不是炼铜好吗。。反正就，主题不太能接受，女主知道道歉就不澄清男主我更不懂。。
原本是冲着流星的床戏去看的，没想到有点出乎我意料的好。
妹妹好乖巧，是个吃货又省心。那个女队长比李钟硕好看多了。不知怎的，韩国影视总是喜欢提到中国，这别扭的样跟他们说的普通话一样差劲。姐姐和妹妹合体找妈妈，等着看第三部了。这部很像过渡，剧情太水了，超能力人太多，看多了就变普通了。
观影建议：不要看原作小说，看完再看电影会很失望。三星全给丝丝。
松坂瘦脱相到面无血色确实是适合这种就差一口气的角色
好难评 松坂桃李最后掉的那几滴泪惊为天人 大家演技都好厉害 就是拍的有点让人记不住
等了4年的《魔女》第二部，有些小失望。导演说”完全没有必要为了看第二部去补看第一部“，确实，因为故事是讲妹妹的，与第一部讲姐姐的主角都换了。如果说第一部的姐姐还可视为人类，动作虽强，但还是可以被理解接受的；到了第二部的妹妹，简直比超人还强，能把自身动作和仅凭意念把身外之物的速度提升到难以想象的境界（好吧，影片没说把速度提升到超越光速，所以还是没违反科学理论的），这哪里还是人类，明明成神了嘛！
李相日的电影总是在最后30分钟才开始爆发。两个人之间的爱就这么热烈吗，15年过去了，还是一种“非你不可”的感觉（松坂桃李15年后容貌没有变化，导演不细心哦）。明明广濑铃更有机会开口解释，帮阿文洗清冤屈，可她就是不。而且多部末华子的戏份好少啊，都没什么发挥空间，这个角色真的需要多部末华子这种咖位的演员来演吗。
看完真的很難不心疼村長…雖然很老土但是這種雙向救贖我還是蠻吃的…（雖然我覺得我不會再看第二遍了）我覺得還蠻意境的hhh結尾擦番茄醬那段隱忍感好好…以及結尾那段比我第一次看到村長的pg還要震驚
除了横滨流星打女人以外没什么好看的。希望丝丝以后能再多露一点
镜头叙事很美（横滨流星演家暴男蛮有感觉的🥵
希望浮出水面的时候，能和你看见同一轮月亮。
以创作而言，从李相日自己的《恶人》到《禁室培欲》，关于共情斯德哥尔摩症侯群的合法性，来反衬“正常”生活更泯灭人性已经不算新鲜的主题了，因而此次的两个半小时里李相日明显塞入了过多的讨论内容，同时看到愤世嫉俗、原生家庭苦难、苦恋抓马，甜甜恋爱。事实证明，近几年“流行”的长篇电影绝非适合每个导演，李相日就暴露了他的煽情、矫情属性。表达主题的失焦看似最后都“合理”收尾在男主的疾病上，但这一处理，加上片尾的闪回段落，又是在普世价值边缘作死的任性，稍微理解偏差，就会滑向在为恋T洗白，而男主疾病本身，不但有着隐含的Y具崇拜“合理性”，且还落入了“真正的好男人就是去势的男人”这一刻板印象，猎奇有余，对于理解人物却是在强说愁了。《怒》的短片拼盘点到为止就恰到好处，要让李相日出好作品，还是得限制他的时长。
前面情绪拿捏得挺好的，外面俩人相认后不太对头。擦嘴真就跟多余，是要提供两个人能在一起的可能性吗，大可不必。村长的脸好像鬼脸就很吓人，丝丝小演员真的很合适，流星不要再接掉粉角色，吃不消。
很多个镜头我都想剪掉，可能最后成片会更好。
我还挺喜欢这种破碎感，心疼阿文，也太惨了点。流星在试图转型了，但略用力过猛。
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