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.
年近耳顺状态还不错的女主+钱老板的霸体+皮特的耍帅=2022年的chick flick
桑德拉阿姨这把年纪还在血拼影视业也是够了，前期期待值拉满，后期剧情雪崩式崩塌，迷失之城所谓的主线探险过于走马观花，所以评分低能预料到。
看出了点儿创造家庭关系修复小契机电影的味道，立意上挺用心的，但不好看
好无聊好无聊，本来以为至少冒险夺宝会有点意思，结果并没有，唯一出彩的地方是布拉德皮特出场的那十分钟，整个就是一个大失望。（花了大概十次才看完这么一部…
“你就像个人类木乃伊……”
典型爆米花电影，算中规中矩吧，起码男主的屁股也增添了亮点。
前半段真的很好笑，电影院里漂浮着快活的空气，爬山部分为分水岭之后即……感觉是另一部片了………彩蛋部分非常……不给力。亏我还一直坐到彩蛋时间！
除了PP戏，没什么亮点，查宁塔图姆演技好尬。
双美丛林大冒险，钱老板看皮特的仰慕眼神太可爱了。基本上就是Romancing the Stone的重制，13分左右的画面里甚至致敬了一下。
只能说桑婆这脸虽然也打了不少针，可是跟地心那时相比也没什么变化。这CP真的很没火花，倒是皮特和丹尼尔有点出彩，可是剧情实在老套，笑料也没有很精彩，大概睡了四分之一过去。
冒险，谈情，搞笑。没一样有拍好。。。。电影1/3后就变无聊
隔壁神秘海域6.3诶，这个不配吗，确实不够爆米花，结局也不够让人眼前一亮，甚至很平庸，但是喜剧效果好很多啊，桑德拉真的是天生喜剧的料，还不是那种故意搞笑，是真的好笑，然后故事呢就这样吧，动作戏只有皮特的一点，你把这个当作冒险喜剧看，就不会觉得难受了，定位错了
5分，喜剧冒险片，有惊无险，剧情也没有多少惊喜
我十分喜欢布洛克，一些故意卖蠢的地方还是挺搞笑的... ...然后就没了。片子太蠢了。快一个半小时了才展开了一个玩笑似的寻宝冒险，真的醉了。
看宣传片还有点期待，觉得是个反套路的喜剧动作片应该挺下饭的至少，结果略失望，故事很无趣，导演没啥业绩不知道为何能拍上这种大牌出演的片，哈利波特君全程尴尬不入戏，让人为他的发展捏把汗…
让人意想不到的杀手皮特，也让人意想不到的惨死枪下……骑着一辆小摩托去追装甲车，潜入水中，再次踏上陆地时，背后多了些小东西……
皮特的戏份最好笑蛤蛤蛤蛤蛤蛤....钱老板42岁的teenage（。一直感觉他还是龙虎少年队那个比，但是桑德拉布洛克有点敷衍了
好家伙，布拉德·皮特这酱油打的令我哑口无言、猝不及防，出口的老子《道德经》让我不道德的笑了。全片就是些无脑小幽默的堆砌产物，就很轻松。
前半其实还不错的，笑料真的蛮好笑，但后半剧本也太敷衍了.........brad pitt的戏份已经比我想象的多了，Channing Tatum这次表演是真的让我改观了，这个智障人设看得出他有用心琢磨。但Sandra Bullock那边比起宅女小说家气质更像熟女艳星......总之还可以，当消遣没毛病
😑最好看的部分都在预告片里了，并且在预告片中更有趣。奔着桑德拉去的，三颗星给四个主演……
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