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.
不至于像amazons那样悲剧和压抑，但也多添几份写实化的笔墨。
这应该也算是我对新骑士的退坑作了
足够深刻 且不落俗套 没有直白到发指的剧情 没有简单干瘪的人物形象
那这样就造成了一个问题，从伦太郎老爹说出“你们是持有力量之人，我要消灭剑士”开始，这个故事的逻辑就歪了，你为什么不去抹消怪人？
omg我一开始居然没认出来凯特布兰切特。这个本子适合拍snl，不适合拍成电影，全程讽刺最后没有收尾就很悬浮，没有满足电影观众的观影习惯和预期。
每次看这种题材的影片，总是陷入对人类的痛恨情绪中，自欺欺人的和平相处大结局永远流露自以为是的傲慢。
画面的色调 特效和文戏的流畅度都远远超过tv的水准了… 超级希望就能多个5分钟左右 稍微丰富一下贤人和伦太郎的线就好了 但是整体看下来还是非常舒适的
I quite like the ending
被时长耽误了，其实想打4.5来着，如果篇幅能更长一点，故事与人物能展开说一说，剧情会更顺更好，运用的三人交叉叙事不算很乱，但个人感觉也没有很高明，三条故事线要想一想才能理清，整体与tv的偏子供向完全不一样，三重奏探讨了更深的问题，在英雄背后不止有被保护的人也有被伤害的人，整体风格更近于amazons，是个好故事，ed真是神了，在一切尘埃落定之后一首蓝调让人回想一下saber的放映真是苦乐参半，放映到十集左右还为saber在微博上和特摄小鬼吵一架，口碑扭转的现在真是欣慰
看着太不像来打了
圣刃最后一部剧集吧，看过的假面骑士剧场版文戏最多的一部，印象中最深刻的伦太郎父亲是真的帅，最后mv片尾曲三主角是真的帅。
李子新片借“陨石危机”勾勒疫情肆虐下的世界 ，视角完全聚焦于米国撕裂的两党政治，特别是川普时代，亚当麦凯对这位政治素人极尽嘲讽，好莱坞文化精英们不愧是民主党全美最忠实的拥众。不过不光米国，这些年全球右翼思潮蔓延，各族群间理性的沟通何其艰难，或许真的要到世界末日，我们才有彼此靠近的可能。
可三线交织的剧作讲述着的 却是“爱” 从家庭之爱、男女之爱到守护世界的大爱
伦太郎爹观念也太奇葩了，伦太郎那简直太好了，贤人那看不明白，托马那到还行，不过反派打不过反派去打正派，太吊胃口了，大结局还有一些坑没填，
超爱，虽然还是充满了美式的stereotype 和自嘲，但作为业余吃瓜爱好者，本片梗多到我大腿都要拍烂了，有种卧槽绝了的感觉。然后在这个动荡的时局下，也说不好现实更魔幻，还是片子更讽刺。结局挺好的，毁灭吧人类。ps•大魔王脸上是打针了么
终于找到一部比红色通缉令还糟糕的电影，连节奏都没有
不好看，太多假定性了，主角没给逼到那个份儿上，对于权力大成者（总统）来说也没有把手里的牌打出来，没什么可在乎的，也没什么可失去的，大家都是温吞着，凑活着。以至于看了就一个感觉：真着不起这急。Netflix的快钱正在腐蚀好莱坞的故事手艺。
就是最后的战斗略拖……请一定制作S3拜托 日常感叹这么精品的cartoon 为何不火
看的时候一度想哭！
整个故事没什么亮眼的地方，最有意思的还是最后的ed，几位塞壬都只说了亲人被卷入剑士的战斗中牺牲，却没说清楚是剑士与怪人打还是内斗（从伦太郎的话我推断是打怪人）
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