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.
没有武，没有侠的日本浪人风格片。剧情咋这么像水浒林冲
命运都是幻像，一切早已发生。
编外刀客，被拖欠俸禄，妻女受饿；
不太行，没有目中无人好看，武打确实也好，但剧情有点狗血。
我个人一直很喜欢武侠片，这部片是我自从《师父》之后，看到的最正宗的武侠片了，武打戏设计的很精彩，唯一美中不足的是故事上总感觉少点东西，看完之后没有回味感。但是瑕不掩瑜，喜欢武侠片的小伙伴还是很值得一看的
有徐浩峰拍的<<倭寇的痕迹>>的味道，不错
故事很空洞。布景有东邪西毒、双旗镇刀客的赶脚。
有点《关中刀客》的感觉（这里不剧透）。
好看中时而带着不好看的电影，感觉故事还挺好的，但是讲出来的方式可能有点怪，意料之外这个片不是很难看。
導演啊你这是想拍什么啊？灰头土面的落泊英雄嗎?他那兩下子就看出是臨时惡補的，那些打鬥動作就是六七十年代那種亂鬥型武打，一劍砍过來男主一側身跟著一拳，小螻囉就倒下了，基本上沒招式沒變化~～劇情更是一陀屎，只見那男主婆婆媽媽了８０％的時間，到最后大爆發就那点事? 總結就是浪費資源的電影。導演請去看一下这方面的經典再努力吧~繍春刀雖然烂但也比此屎片強十倍~～
很不错的剑术片，动作设计继承了《倭寇的踪迹》的优点，硬桥硬马，刀术扎实。在动作设计上摈弃了乡岗武打片华而不实、吊威亚的俗套，让人眼前一亮！ps：反派千人斩很有特色，也很有原则——你放过我一次，我放过你一次；不喜欢以多打少，喜欢单挑，雇主违反了这个原则也得捅，着实有个性！
标准西部片，没有西部味。决斗这么严肃的是事，以这么戏谑的方式解决。西部片亡矣
绣春刀精神续作，网大有这样的动作场面很少见，有几处兵刃交加的动作戏非常好，干净利落。可惜故事太单薄了，人设直接搬了绣春刀，故事线掰了林冲故事线的皮，感情戏鸡肋了点。
动作设计有新意，镜头设计也有可取之处，虽然故事确实是拉胯了，但也不至于连个及格分也没有吧……
绣春刀精神续作，网大有这样的动作场面很少见，有几处兵刃交加的动作戏非常好，干净利落。可惜故事太单薄了，人设直接搬了绣春刀，故事线掰了林冲故事线的皮，感情戏鸡肋了点。
6.5分/难得的武侠片，导演应该受到了徐浩峰的影响。武术指导加分不少，但镜头感不好，打斗时没有特别多的镜头语言。剧情中期之前还蛮舒服的，可后面就崩盘了，但可以感觉到导演是有理想的，可惜火候还不够。再多拍两部，有机会上大荧幕。
试图用王家卫的手法，讲一个山寨版水浒传的故事。
我觉得画风，运镜，配乐演技都还不错，很有大片的感觉。武打的话刚开场和坟头的决斗不错，最后那场打的有点乱。人物的行为逻辑比较拧巴，最明显的就是陆谦，来来回回不知道再搞啥，使得剧情不是那么令人信服。不过还是要挺下导演，希望下一部能补足短板，好看的武侠片不多啊。
千里不留行，名字挺大气的，显然不符合剧情。
不喜欢西部片的,就不要来凑热闹了! 这年头,还有这样的西部片看,超知足了! 音乐不错,就是感官刺激! 可偏偏就有些装b户, 非要扯什么剧情!
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