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.
咱不能因为莎士比亚以前这么写过，就原封不动搬过来，一点儿不考虑时代变化了啊。男朋友刚杀死自己亲哥哥就马上跟人家上床了这是什么操作？男主角唱歌难听跳舞难看，谢谢他凉了，女主角跳舞也不怎么样。场景和美工设计非常非常棒，可惜了。
其实我不太能理解，斯皮尔伯格的公司剧本选择起码有几十个，怎么就选出这个来拍了。
爆米花爱情故事。周末吃完午饭看个温暖的小片子还是挺好的。
实在不懂本片翻拍的意义何在 即使是斯皮尔伯格 也并不说明任何电影都可以画龙点睛 作为百老汇有名的音乐剧 剧本和角色上是不会有问题的 但本片的歌曲编排像高中毕业晚会 与瑞安墨菲给LGBT定制的《毕业舞会》差不多水准 虽然在奥斯卡七项提名 但最终只让百老汇演员拿到最佳女配也是很大的讽刺
安妮特持续ptsd中，简直是灾难级的歌舞片。怎么这片子还能冲奥…别唱了！别唱了！吵死了！烦死了！难听死了！(捂耳朵)
斯皮尔伯格的功力宝刀未老，几处歌舞场景调度，剪辑拍摄都颇显功力。
爱好难 爱也好甜，感觉国内的“程路”可以做Jimmy的平替啊。
还行，但是总感觉怪怪的，很多剧情都让人感到黑人问号
若不是听出杜达梅尔的指挥也许坚持不到💃DeBose💃tonight很洗脑啊Lenny
不太可能发生的事情 杨靖外形的确很一般 catfish应该很恶心人吧 nina脸垮得叹气但身材很好
大导演斯皮尔伯格老马失蹄，执导了一部不那么让人喜欢的流行影片，和他之前的作品没法比。一部电影要有故事有演员，本片败在了演员身上，应该说选角导演要承担一半的责任。看着男猪脚Ansel Elgort，不由得想起了分歧者这部电影，竟然出了三个让人不喜欢的演员，也是绝了。另两个是大饼脸Shailene Woodley和Miles Teller，都是又不上镜又没有演技的，甚至暮光之城在它面前都算好看的电影了。不过还好，本片结尾还算令人舒适。
中规中矩的圣诞爱情喜剧片 就是这个颜值差距有点大 虽然说过很多次了 但是nina真的是比起之前垮得太快了 当然现在也是好看的
好久不见Nina Dobrev，真爱至上太作弊了哇
原本担心歌舞，没想到拉跨的是剧情和主角...配角们都不错
前半程满分，仿佛又见lalaland，后半程一溃千里... 大失所望再减一星
而深思人物之间的情感，与其说托尼与玛丽亚的爱情是主线，倒不如说他俩才是表象情感。更深的情感则是那几个男人的，这并非腐眼看人基，而是稍微思索几秒钟便能意识到这是顺性别（白人）直男为自己打造的“Men for men”的环境，同时也是一个枷锁。所以到最后奇诺的行为既“合理”也落了俗。
几乎每个镜头的调度运镜构图打光都值得拿出来学习，但叙事极为乏味，音乐舞蹈也没什么吸引力，分三次勉强看完，我的DNA里没这个。
我要看吐了…真的是毫无逻辑的剧情，什么邪恶亲哥恶毒嫂子，catfish又求婚，好几个演员演的像舞台剧。cheesy到全身汗毛倒立…
上午看新版，下午看原版，新版在布景方面做得很超现实，故事、歌曲、舞蹈等保留了许多原版的痕迹，但在叙述层面我认为远不如原版。Anita和原版的风格不大一样，之前单看America片段觉得演员表演不如原版生动活泼，但完整看完全片觉得这和新版更为独立的角色性格是匹配的。很喜欢新版对药店主人的改动，是影片一抹模糊的温柔底色。
歌舞剧蛮老套的，不过光影动作色彩都是非常教科书般的。种族主义是好莱坞拍摄永恒的主题
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