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.
前半看的像是MV合集，有点想睡，后面剧情转折出来才稍微有点意思。能感受到编剧和导演想传达的意思，但感觉着实有点慢热，不过整体，尤其是后半还是有点喜欢的，3🌟吧
就是说 拍得有点像学生作业 不过听北村匠海谈RAD好神奇 这个色调让我想起成田凌的新电影 一直在想那部电影用了aliens那首歌 然后…没想到竟是这里女主的闹铃[晕] 还挺喜欢男二的 男主的好朋友 真不错 深感先找个工作再跳槽将成时代常态 不过 想成是新的人生的话 没准可以接受 青春和一点职场主题可以 感情线不喜欢 实在没必要那么晚反转
TIFF2021 #8: 没有《新秩序》那么what the f***，但也挺what the f***的
挺喜欢这种节奏的电影，循环递进层层深入，但这电影质量本身就差了。
Tim Roth已经在Michel Franco的镜头下死了两次了
为了完成预设的情节反转，如此浪费时间真的是大可不必，米歇尔·弗兰克莫不如把狗血路线走到底，显然比这有趣太多。蒂姆·罗斯、夏洛特·甘斯布的优秀，是那种深陷粪坑也能绽放骄傲姿态的向阳而生。
看不懂我真的看不懂
但此时，一个刺客的到来，引发了警察局的全面的混乱...
血溅十三号警署感，尼哥女有点碍眼，演得太差，格里罗和巴特勒双雄对峙时间太短
混乱犯罪贫穷的街区和沙滩无法消除有钱有闲的虚无。
厄运还是阴谋，仁者见仁，智者见智。恐怖的不是妖魔鬼怪，而是人心的阴暗，为女主鸣不平，细思极恐的结局值两星
如果在背对着朝阳奔跑的时候结束，如果在蔚蓝的海边能多待几分钟该多好。这之后的时间都只是不堪而又退屈的经历，却又几乎是必然要经历的垃圾时间吧。
泰迪得罪了狠人，几波杀手轮番杀到。走投无路之下他故意袭警打算去警察局里避避风头，没想到各路杀手嚣张得硬闯了警察局。
很一般，看出韩剧的即视感，知道男主唉就是玩儿还是看着没多大感觉。tim roth都祛不掉角色的油腻
2022/7/28/虎头蛇尾，小成本制作，沙漠警署小空间枪战。
# 78 Venezia # 最爱的导演从不会令人失望！ 依然是各种突如其来的反转，依然是不可有任何剧透的佳作，依然是看到结尾才会恍然大悟惊叹整个剧本的闭环，心甘情愿一直被弗兰科M，只可惜观影时赶上体力和精神最差的状态，需要二刷和三刷
整体感受并不深，城市风光片谈不上，家庭伦理片更不行，不到一个半小时的观影，感觉时间都被偷走了。
很难说谁更悲惨，结局讽刺（第一次看到男人鼻子这么像钩、眼像鹰——太容易出戏了）
哎，最后这个反转。。。可能我们看到的就是最好的可能
当有人把“nothing”呈现在你面前，那种虚无感好像就不那么罪恶了。
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