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.
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3D效果好普通，用游戏引擎估计都会做的更好。常看常新的理由在于，这个片子初看肯定满头包，但多看几遍，就会发现有些关于社会普遍问题的思考在其中。还是有点意思的。
看完后，没有了当初心动的感觉，感觉想山寨，人物哪哪都对，就是没有了那层光泽，挺空的，还不如看连续剧
20220615::7.0
悬疑不悬疑 家庭不家庭 剧本太不严谨了吧
死亡笔记多年后的合体，但几乎没什么惊悚感，你永远可以相信饼哥的演技
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说明做错事第一时间承担责任，才是损失最小的。并非佳作，拍成一集世奇应该还可以，拍成电影就略显空洞无聊了，不过这阵容就说明要挂好多人😂，死神月加L加一十一……
连姆叔又一部中规中矩而又了无新意的定制片。
要不是冷饭我可能还能多给颗星。（是说我也没那么排斥功壳的3d的意思）以及电子世界确实容易被黑被攻击（不知道大佬们有解决的脑洞吗？
3.5整体还行，叙事有问题，但整体在近期的日本真人片里还算不错吧。全员psycho lol
网飞还是有钱。ig制作水准还有。重启之作的第一季的总篇集。为了第二季铺垫。做成了网大剧场版。但感觉重置了？质感好了一些啊。画面精致度有，但动捕的太不自然。故事流畅度出来了。还行吧。赛博朋克风！
就地埋了那个傻仔就没这个电影什么事了。岛很美，人也不错，节奏也不慢。
2045第一季总集篇，色彩有所提升，但删除了一些细节，其实都不推荐看这类ova
为兄弟两肋插刀？哦不不不，为了女人，插兄弟两刀，呵呵
连姆叔很多次了 这个套路 各种单枪匹马 各种救 只是这次去了墨西哥 女神贝鲁奇真的老了 美人迟暮
被海报骗过来，无脑爆米花剧情，画质感人，打斗场面跟闹着玩似的
故事比较老套，反转比较弱，都这么多年了藤原龙也还是演这种窝窝囊囊类型的家伙
人脑互联以挤坐一起表现。
4.猜到了结尾 L终于扳回一局 Death note里算是L先败了 （夜神月后败） 这里L胜了 可是正反角色却互换了
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