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.
这部全是熟面孔 就是剧本有点…
比较紧凑 拍成电视剧可能会更好 改了原作一些内容 并且着重是在优子毕业之后的剧情 没看过原著的就看电影可能会有些晕；还是可以的，就是太紧凑 奔着十元当妈看的（今年四月也确实当上了哈哈）
哭死我了 一个好的制片方+一群好演员，真是可以让剧本都多余了起来。
我们时常会在社会新闻中，看到继父母和继子女们的人间伦理惨剧，却不晓得如果双方都能沐浴在爱河中应该是什么样的景象，我想着部带着夸张和有些drama的电影，给予了一个想象和回应。人人都应在爱中幸福生活。
剧情虽然悬浮 但其中的真情真的很感动 为永野芽郁的哭戏加一颗星
“只要保持笑容 就会有大把的幸运从天而降”
有点怪的故事，没有繁殖癌的理想社会，咩真的成为了所有人的女儿
3.5分。这种属于我明知道你是个不合逻辑的烂片但我还是看哭了的范畴。其实叙事方法还是挺巧妙的，很多镜头拍的也不错，但全员烂好人真滴很离谱。
凯伦吉兰总是挺着个大肚子，都快笑死我了。本体从坚持杀死克隆体到决定和克隆体一起逃跑只经历了一次鸡汤讲座，太草率了。喝克隆体递过来的水也挺蠢的。
剧情实在太奇怪了，我能明白是想展现哪怕没有血缘关系但优子的“爸爸妈妈”们对她都有非常纯粹的爱。但是剧情实在过于童话，完全感受不到真实感。虽说妈妈是石原里美找到任何一个男朋友都不奇怪，但对带来的孩子都能这么好，还有父亲就因为一面之词所以就放弃了自己的亲身女儿这一点让我觉得非常不能接受。但咩酱实在是太美丽了，里面那种时常笑中带泪的样子太适合她了。
剧情逻辑实在太过于不切实际了，以至于情感上完全无法共情，还有这强烈的电视剧感是怎么回事。
一星给田中圭和永野芽郁的对手戏，一星给石原里美和永野芽郁。电影里人物的行为动机只是被“告诉”了观众却没有合理的“解释”，为了温情而温情，为了爱而爱，像是一个没有影子的世界。其核心的逻辑是女性找到了合适的男性才能幸福，母亲是这样，女儿也是，被作为接力棒而传递，从一个父亲到另一个父亲到另一个父亲再到丈夫。忽然“泪点”一炸，银幕内外的人都开始哭，只剩下银幕上的冈田健史和银幕外的我二脸懵逼大眼瞪小眼。
3.7 【反復】不错，很抓观影者。全场哭的稀里哗啦，从毕业典礼那边开始动容。（好看真的好看，妆容和服装设计真的好看，当然也仿佛没有跳出那几位本人的“人设/设定”）
印象中原著小说里妈妈好像活到了女儿结婚…改编之后咩酱和十元只有一个同框镜头了，是因为十元不想直接承认演了二十多岁女优的妈吗（bushi
樱樱啊，优子啊，请一定一定要幸福下去。要一直笑着，就会有好运降临哦。
20220525 虽然剧情让人很想吐槽，但是演员实在太养眼了。永野芽郁哭起来真是太让人心疼了。每个人都圣母到不行大概只有海那边才会有这样的设定吧
哭咩确实很美，但也不能尽用哭咩的镜头往上顶啊。。。三星给咩
这就是童话吧，母女两遇到的都是好人。不过还是觉得梨花太扯了，怎么能从人家亲爹那里把女儿抢走。。。
看到一半才领悟故事线。没想到最后面的部分才是感人的地方。原本以为十元只是个不想养小孩的懒惰妈妈，结果最后完全被感动到。
怎么会有这么窒息的故事…全员好人，但是真没办法接受这样所谓的情感“接力”…得亏是咩酱和十元这种元气女演员来演的，要不真的太苦情了…哭死
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