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.
警官反派演技不够好，取子弹那块儿很明显。基于真实历史人物的改编，其实更像是如果比利小子活到了晚年会是怎样。现在老年版扮猪吃老虎类型的片子也越来越多了。西部片风格还是自己喜欢的。6.8
3.5，故事很简单，但是完成的非常高，大量的环境描写有别于传统的西部片
用刀明显更帅。处理尸体就是喂猪，太生猛了。
成本应该不高吧，在一户破落村舍完成叙事，简练而深远
拍得不错，但对现在的西部片真心无感，莫名其妙毫无准则，人物上一秒牛x得一发致命下一秒被重伤的敌人人打得踉踉跄跄逃命，明明之前反应迅速能瞬间反杀，最后却一定得受个几枪很装逼的杀对手。
场景还可以。没什么情节起伏，就两场枪战。儿子的叛逆成长。跳着看了看。
中规中矩的西部片，画面唯美，结局也意料之中
开枪之后，一切都无法挽回
3.5，画面，质感，服装都很对味，剧情有些忒简单，完全可以丰富一些
西部片就是血脉贲张，呼吸加快啊。
《老亨利》（2021）：
曾是传奇的父亲给我上了一堂西部课，告诉我要出去看看，牛仔的时代结束了。
坏人总是死于话多,还以为话痨匪徒头子有多大能耐玩猫捉老鼠游戏呢,n次浪费大好优势局面,结果第一枪就被干倒了,装逼失败啊,照例给西部题材加一星
7.5分。越看越肯定我是真爱西部片。边看又边感慨，大陆什么时候能用老亨利这样的男主拍电影？希望我能等到
久违的西部电影的味道。没什么比一个把汗水留在地里的干瘪老农更让人觉得窝囊，尤其他还眇着一只眼。但是在西部，每个老男人的过去都可能是传奇。美国电影喜欢拍这种惹不起的主题，源自他开拓时代的尚武延续。
从《比利小子》到《雌雄大盗》，各类西部片看了超100部，印象最深的依然是韦恩的红河路艰，依然是荡气回肠的快意恩仇，大漠生死，各向一边，世事苍凉。
超出预期，归隐的神枪游侠死于宵小之手，令人惋惜
[视]微血。比利小子后传，小场面，场景单一
四星，平静的杀人，平静的死，像极了多数人的一生。
Who I am ? I am nobody.
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