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.
韩国导演都是这么勇，不怕死的吗？换在天朝，早就让你闭嘴或牢底坐穿了
对我而言，故事有些老套，但是顺顺还是挺喜欢的。#20220227
虽然剧情是很容易猜到的老套路了，但是一场感官盛宴。动画制作层面真没的说，质感品质都好棒。视觉设计很精彩，审美在线，劲歌金曲都听得到。轻松观影，值得一看。
虽然比上一部略逊色，但依旧超爱，画面绚丽，又欢乐又感人，歌还是那么好听。开场就神采飞扬，最后半小时的舞台大秀美赞，象看了一场音乐会，最后片尾字幕配的动画也特别可爱。。。大爱胖胖猪们了，个个特别cute，超爱Gunter肥肥猪，心思最活络，总是特别活蹦乱跳兴高采烈加偶尔懵逼。小猪们上自助餐台大吃那段，太好玩了。最后摇滚狮王的歌很动人。。。狼老板选秀时cut的每首歌都想看全整，可恨的狼老板！
这片花了不少钱在音乐版权上吧……但是好多都是原声，连翻唱都变少了
剧情太散了，但因为第一部的感情基础在，最后的绝版演出还是觉得值了（舞美太好看了）。Ash在舞台上等到狮子的瞬间表情也太像汤包了。
是一部毫无挫折，硬凹冲突的电影。比起第一部来说云泥之别。我看到一半的时候都要看看进度条还够不够你转折冲突了。怀念第一部的大洪水剧情。
开篇进入主题有点慢 好喜欢Halsey和猞猁猫猫 又出现Johnny的弹唱 结尾又燃起来 双人唱金发何润东笑死我了 两首我霉 为什么一出现萌德的歌就想笑
故事太弱，冲突太小，第一部角色已经固化，惊喜少了很多，彻底沦为歌舞片。
有点无趣了，浮华过多，却没有一开始那种童真
一般通过韩国商业片，为了薛景求多加一星吧。他太好看了。我觉得是一种玄亮代餐，稍微理解了一些史同姐，君君臣臣的情感好像确实是男人眼里最接近爱情类似物的东西。
这部太拉斯维加斯了看得有点overwhelmed…bono压轴有点劝退哈哈。还有都放了大半首黄砖路了为啥不请演员唱呢！蛋蛋又不是没唱过！
全员拉郎配很草率，但是舞台秀真的很棒。穿越虫洞、快乐星球。
3.5/5 雖然文本仍舊經不起細節推敲（開唱就不用鋪陳心境轉換了），但比起《寵物當家2》、《神偷奶爸3》那些為拍而拍的續集，本片顯然有誠意許多，在持續用金曲取悅觀眾的心靈的推動下，續集仍舊是誠意十足，打造比首集更有野心的太空歌劇演唱會，將場景設在紙醉金迷的拉斯維加斯，用星際探索的主題將退休多年的老歌手請出來，這是不是很像好萊塢近年最愛玩的消費老影迷情懷呢？更扯的是我婆半年前與迪士尼的對嗆，本片竟然也有（而且還是我婆配音的橋段），這是後期才加上去的嗎？我不這麼認為XD，續集如果自我腦補的話，也充滿對當今好萊塢的生態觀察與諷刺，沒有超越首集，但也維持首集的水準，可惜賽斯麥克法蘭的角色沒有回歸續集，少了一隻傲慢的老鼠就是怪怪的，然後我婆這次配音戲份好多，聽的比首集滿足😌
72nd with Tao. ——2022.03.20 @新林楼
发现自己真的是韩国政治片的忠实拥趸，诸如《局内人》、《黎明到来的那一天》、《南山的部长们》…即使一开始对韩国政治不了解都能死磕，跟阅读一样，那个不舒适的坎过了，接下来就能好好地欣赏导演的用心制作！就如影评中有豆友提到的，本片在故事紧张感和惊悚程度都不如《南山》，但故事原型和表达的主题不同啊，所以有它自己的特色。当然，总体上感觉《南山》技高一筹，但我喜欢本片薛景求和李善均的演出，实名要求李善均演一个作家角色！然后不知为何感觉本片颇有文艺特质，与人文气息浓厚的《兹山鱼谱》有同样的好感。最后说说本片折射的主题，我用刚刚听完看理想韦伯的音频，试着去理解或结构这些政治实践，也籍着影片理解人民力量、政治理想主义和政治力量较量等在现实世界的体现，有意思！
Taron唱得真好！怎么又是富二代逐梦演艺圈（x）看完只想要那个设计图立体书wwwww这个剧本应该推荐给布莱恩梅（x）哎……好想去剧院看音乐剧啊！！！！
Instead of a compelling and touching story, it's more like what they try desperately to present—a show of glitz and glamour.
非常非常好看了，billboard 金曲大杂烩。狮子是U2主唱，考拉是麦康纳，豪猪是汤包，韦斯安德森也献声。全明星配音卡司。
剧情俗套，略拉跨。但是最后的舞台！！太绝了！！！
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