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.
汤姆汉克斯的表演给影片注入了太多灵魂，以一人之力拉高了整个电影的层次。在久违地沐浴到阳光时、看到蝴蝶飞到手上时，他所表现出的那种由衷的喜悦完全地感染了我，是仿佛真的可以使人全身心地喜他所喜、悲他所悲。片子结构简单，一边很平淡一边又很浓烈，结束得好像也是这样。看完还是很有回味。
末世风景公路家庭情感片。。。观感体验不错，结尾前稍作稍拖沓。高清画质下，摄影很美。人类的下场最终会怎样不太清楚，但正如那句话说的，其实地球不太需要我们保护，因为我们能毁灭的只是自己。
老汤一人撑起一部戏了不起，一人一狗一机器全程没有尿点也很牛逼，就是设定有点扯淡，为了故事而故事，特别是AI都有了，还在听卡带和CD，还不能自己研发点二氧化碳生成淀粉之类的技术？
从芬奇穿上西装那一刻开始直至结束，影片完全走向升华，这不再仅仅是一部简单的灾难片而已了，它在向我们诉说爱的伟大，它在告诉我们一定不能放弃对所有美好事物的期待。ps：那张画有他们仨儿的大桥照片真是直接让我破防。
养狗人看了就是会很感动哇…虽然机器人的设定多少有些想当然了。
末日公路片，只有在误闯医院被追逐和回忆母女被射杀这两段有体现出末日里人性的凶残，其余时候都是温情脉脉的，温情到没感受到多少末日气息。
确实只适合拍成短片，末世题材太老套，了剧情上也没有特别大的亮点。可能是汉克斯太老了，跟《荒岛余生》差的不少。
以为是阿西莫夫式的，结果是雷布拉德伯里式。包含隐喻的温情诗篇。这是面，里子反而有点对标科马克麦卡锡的《路》，都是父子的末日公路之旅，午夜熄灯逃亡也极像。想我们家狗子。
虽然是个科幻设定，但内里折射出的是现代人的孤岛生存模式，包括死后宠物的处置这也是现实生活中会遭遇的问题，只不过电影里会有智能机器人去承接遗愿，听上去有些心酸又不至于全然无望，汉克斯演这种角色很是驾轻就熟，就是整个时长长了些，捡球和看金门大桥两段加分。
汤姆汉克斯总能接到高质量剧本，这部片子估计能进今年奥斯卡吧，多个奖项都可以提名。
#2021.123#今年电影好看的是真少…一人一狗一机器
设定很好，具备爆款的潜质，但也许是限于成本（毕竟更复杂的冲突和更曲折的情节需要更多的特效量和主演的时间），剧本显得过于简单了，除了中间芬奇袒露一生和愧疚的部分让人动容以外，其他时间都是波澜不惊和平平淡淡，多少有点浪费了这个好的创意。
看似很简单的故事，却又那么长。末日，一个老人、一个机器人和一条狗，荒凉、绝望。我很好奇为什么芬奇造出一个机器人只为了在自己死后能照顾一条狗，慢慢的我才发现，当世界一无所有只剩下可怕的荒漠和辐射的时候，能有一个活生生的生命，是多么奇迹的馈赠。孤独，孤独，还是孤独。当芬奇被火化后，杰夫和小狗也最终达成了和解，走完剩下的路，因为，他们只有他们了。我不知道未来是什么样子，但我无法忍受孤独，如果必定会是消亡，那请将温柔和希望延续。
汉克斯大叔卖萌扮瓦力，顽皮3PO修习扛大梁。有情物教无情人何为信任，最末之人授最初机器体验之道。汉克斯确实是个典型的原型演员，会不断重复自己的某个角色，这里的芬奇是《荒岛求生》的fedex快递员、是《诺亚》里的诺亚、《幸福终点站》里被困在jfk的无国籍难民……
末日公路片，设定不错，就是有点枯燥，末日生活不太有趣这样
斯皮尔伯格式充满童心的废土浪漫，科幻末日公路片，开头一人一狗，成长历练变化，结尾仍一人一狗。专门为狗狗罐头设计的零件简直惊喜到我！
故事行进至最后五分钟才是高潮和感人部分。一个机器人和一条狗的概念很新颖。被机器人感动到，被狗感动到（狗狗真会演戏）感动回归到本质依然是人的情感。所以，有一天世界末日，人类消亡，天空没留下痕迹，鸟却已飞过。如果我们全不在了，那些我们经历过的故事依然会被流传下去……汤姆汉克斯在里面再一次演出了人类最后的孤独。
世界末日到来了，我只能相信狗。🤖这是我见过演技最好的机器人。
这部的气质简直是月球+失明症漫记+2012。以及真的是加长版的爱死机诶，于是就像爱死机用表现力来掩盖剧本的问题一样，本片是用汤姆汉克斯（及狗狗）神一般的演技来掩盖了剧本的问题，但因为气质对味也因为Jeff虽然不合理但过于可爱，所以我还算是愿意接受这个故事的叭。（但还是想吐槽能搞出这种几乎能通过图灵测试的机器人了不去拯救一下世界吗大叔！
末日爆米花最是浪漫
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