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.
一间底特律的房子拍了两部戏惊悚片 最后的洗白是干嘛
剧情毫无亮点
编剧真是莫名其妙，从前一部封闭环境下的猫鼠游戏到这里的粗暴追杀剧情，不仅没了惊悚的气氛，更将其完全转变成了一部无聊的血腥犯罪片。将第一部的侵略主次调换，却又是一个人单纯的屠杀，降智操作就不再多说了，我很讨厌这种用一堆恶人去洗白另一个恶人的剧情，真的别再来下一部
“开车也是我，打架也是我，你算什么男朋友。”
瞎子老头的第二季悲惨生活。所以说最后挂掉了？我看了两遍彩蛋，手指也没动啊，小女孩这线真是败笔，不讨人喜欢
一间底特律的房子拍了两部戏惊悚片 最后的洗白是干嘛
7.3/10 如果你能接受从惊悚恐怖变成犯罪动作风格并且不带脑子观看的话，这部还是很合适的。
PS：另外我想知道故事到底发生在哪个地方，到底是完全没有警察和消防，还是都选择性失踪了。。。╮(╯▽╰)╭
第一部以恐惧为主 第二部肯定是动作为主，我猜第三部没猜错应该是宗教为主，第四部逐渐变得科幻起来。
共产主义战士就是战斗力强悍啊！分分钟把资本主义的牛鬼蛇神杀到无力反击，战力最高的反派也不到一半就领盒饭了！为啥秦国就不能每年都多来点这类电影？
看出了满满的温情，怪不得号称女版《大叔》，咋一看还有点《模范出租车》的影子。爽片
雖然沒有第一集中所呈現的封閉式殺人緊張氣氛，老頭聽聲分辨的超高能力。這次相對把空間擴大殺戮刺激氣氛有所降低，但人物情感卻多了幾分。第一集印象中是主角小偷們闖進他家裡，他才開始了殺戮的。這次主角主是老兵，他街上撿了女孩回家養(也算是陪伴吧)，女孩父母是毒販也不是什麼好東西，親父找小女孩目的為了把她的心臟轉移去老婆身上，好讓她繼續可以經營制毒。顯然第二部更能描寫人不犯我，我不犯人的心態。結尾的水面漣漪鏡頭是驚艷的，有些毒販也有良知的，退役老兵結尾算是真正得到了救贖吧？終於有所認知自己在底特律一路所作的也犯下了很多罪行。
瞎子老头的第二季悲惨生活。所以说最后挂掉了？我看了两遍彩蛋，手指也没动啊，小女孩这线真是败笔，不讨人喜欢
这集好血腥，求女狂魔继续可怜又可恨地上演孤胆盲侠一路杀杀杀！新一代嗜血萝莉不死Phinex浴火浴血诞生。剧情亲妈摊牌到手术前那幕简直黑暗童话👁👁👁
不及第一部给人的紧张感，最佳段落是水波感应，就有点普通。
更像动作惊悚片。保持了一定的可看性但没有什么必要的续作，第一部的优秀不意味着观众对这个IP或角色有依恋感。入室戏有一段长镜头显然是对前作的模仿（全片看完才意识到已经换了导演）。对盲老头一角补充了人物背景以“正当化”某些行为，但归根结底基本所有角色都是“反派”，只是看恶斗恶罢了。桥段上有在努力利用“盲”的概念展开（水纹、铃铛和雾气的情节），比较意外的是增加了狗的戏份和作用。
虎毒······ 这简直比古天乐还残忍 毕竟那部里只是兄弟关系
故事比1复杂化，导演很喜欢反常理。盲人袭击敌人的方式倒有几分禅意。
从《屏住呼吸》到“气喘吁吁”——破旧立新：场景大了，格局小了。
没有了道德约束，比第一部好看了，希望盲人老爷爷和叛徒小狗狗继续出系列
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