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.
56/100。#Venice#情节上呈现出的话题度、画面上传达出的动人感以及演员的颜值各个方面都无可指摘，但是感觉导演真的太刻意了，由此引发了节奏上的混乱。本来没必要着重强调的人物铺垫拼了命地展开，后面主人公之间终于发掘真实自我的重点内容却又觉得不够，看完只觉得“这些深柜和异装癖的戏真的好多啊”。 @2021-09-08 01:49:05 @2021-12-23 01:33:08
7.6 最后的转变应该再着墨一下，两人如果最后能在一起就好了，但是想想也不太可能。角色刻画这次挺细腻了。
周末和fly一起看。景色很美，女主有一座私人小岛。狼和狮子的故事就像童话。故事情节一般般。
前半段無聊，後半段幼稚。動物電影拍成這樣真少見，劇情太離譜
男一是巴西版张孝全吧？两人在舞池里漫舞拥吻那一段太美了 @2022-01-18
没懂结尾。是我逃不出传统爱情故事的固有套路？
比男主眼力更快的是这拼命赶剧情的叙事节奏，恨不得“嗖嗖”两小时给你讲两百年故事。
夸张点说，有一半是由王传君的旁白构建的，引人入胜、娓娓道来。
沒有刻意逢迎的好心分手結局；暫借過體溫，繼續上路
喜欢动物和自然风光，这部电影给全了！很温暖的故事，跌宕起伏的情节也挺抓人的…
求求导演别再拍了 难看哭了 一份不能再多了 为什么没有负分
很棒的国产片，全组没有一个演员的表演有大毛病，李婷婷突破表演，只是有一个地方动作不太正常，很好看
想起小时候用美女照片骗了网恋对象，知道真相后他就消失了，总之呢骗人是不大好。
一名警察在经过内部调查后被停职，他在全国各地游荡，寻找自己的网恋对象。
男主莫名的魅力。粗矿又细腻，但是网恋骗感情在我脑子里挥之不去。
男主角的情感历程经历了从委屈、愤懑到理解、包容，这样的一个历程。尽管人们之间的价值观，世界观甚至生活观都可能不一样，但是这个社会要做的就是相互之间的理解和包容，我想这也是本片的主要意义所在。但我觉得这个结尾的选择是一个败笔，从科学角度上来说，这其实是解释不通的。
Total Eclipse of the Heart
两个孤寂的人儿相遇 有过真爱便足矣 我也许可以留下来做消防员 男主身材和那啥太棒了吧 我为自己不能做零而感到遗憾
6.5/10，喜欢这个故事的情调（非电影评论）
我真的会流泪。。（字面意思）虽然最后 看见 有种 被欺骗的感觉
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