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.
我又想起来了《李白》这首歌
想起新兵连的一个广东战友，很瘦弱，很拼命，家很穷，人很好。
套路不是问题，
完全可以预料的剧情和桥段，人设也不新鲜。但制作还是十分精彩，舞狮的段落很有诚意。冲着说乳化的那些骂名多加一星
挺好的国产动画，现实题材，不必都搞奇幻，也不必总要大而无当地去思考一些生与死的难题
独有两眼歪斜，张嘴露齿，却是我们自己本来的相貌。——鲁迅
人这一辈子 上山下山 有自己的路要走 感觉好久没看那么燃的电影了 以及乐夏真的做了一件好事 | 211228 华夏万幕国际影城长宁福缘湾店
从城市的夹缝间看见飞机从头顶飞过，就像看见阶层之间巨大的鸿沟；穿过楼宇缝隙的阳光被有心人捕捉，让饱经压抑的心灵得到释放和支撑；强调繁华与艰苦的对比，乡镇生活尤其真实，很少有国产片愿意去描绘一个建筑工人瞬间的快乐，对普通人的关怀真不是说说而已。舞狮过程脚踩鼓点一气呵成，狮头活灵活现的神态俨然主角的第二张脸。笑料与现实、象征含义与实物的分离导致的“飞不起来”，也许难以苛责为缺点，更像生活在这片土地上的创作者久经规训后刻在潜意识里难以迈过的坎，这种情况下，让狮头登上擎天柱，也许已经是另一种最优解。励志故事的结尾是，还有无数人在经受苦难，甚至没有燃烧自我的机会，所以才有主角依然去打工的彩蛋，更能理解杜甫说，安得广厦千万间，大庇天下寒士俱欢颜。
场景挺好，编剧不太行。举个小例子，在地铁送快递那一段，作为一个舞狮高手，他的快递是不应该掉的，应该像舞狮一样，稳稳接住，甚至跟成龙电影一样，救一个被高空抛下来的小孩都挺好，既让人物高光，也让女孩和他重遇自然很多。现在这种重遇简直是不可能发生的。
建模确实存在问题，但是剧本更有问题，充满了男性价值观。和国内的作品比，作品还是有亮点和长处值得称赞的。
《雄狮少年》是可以安利给成年人的浪漫动画，是敢突破一些桎梏和枷锁的，是想做出一些东西的，是有勇气舍弃一些东西的，瑕不掩瑜值得票价，可以看看。
粤味十足的国产原创佳作，已经被剧透还是深深感动，精气神魂皮兼备，可以看到岭南宗族社会文化在90年代末期阶层分化社会大流动时代中的变与不变，非常棒。这么好的作品要被拿来讨论那种无聊的话题简直亵渎，一句都不想讨论
比起“道山靓仔”阿娟阿猫阿狗的成长，更打动我的其实是“阿珍爱上了阿强”（并为此写了一篇长评）。
大广东地区人民们在电影院看到几度忍不住鼓掌，这样能唤起最朴素共情的电影也能黑？
最喜欢天台一节，融合舞蹈元素，跳到晨曦启明。“每一个不曾起舞的日子，都是对生命的辜负”
就最后的比赛有点看头。
最爱天台上的那段舞狮，雄狮在钢筋水泥中奋醒，向着现实发出咆哮。这段演出已经超越了舞狮这一主题，红日升起在逼仄的城市，人们都是在梦想与现实的夹缝间热闹而又平淡地生活。
在电影院泪如雨下，留守儿童、城市农民工、梦想与现实、朋友与青春、咸鱼中年人，个个都戳中心里的点。
可惜没有IMAX
舞狮如人生，都是上山下山。不一定都能赢，但一定不能认输。只要心中还有鼓点，你就永远是那头雄狮！只要还有梦想，你就永远是那个少年！
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