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.
哈哈其实还蛮好看的，中途有段想快进，故事有点反转。
这是一部全是bug。还暗戳戳加了很多私心的烂片
翻拍翻拍再翻拍。远远不如最初的韩版《走到尽头》，甚至不如中国翻拍的《破·局》。。。
这编排的是个啥啊？而且俩女的既撞脸又近乎撞衫，时不时就让人看懵圈。。。
一个努力作死又不死的故事，一星也不想给，实在取消不了就当致敬女主身材，但她又不露，气人！
离谱吧！Netflix能有一点编剧的基本逻辑在吗like人遇到杀手要跑要报警这种基本逻辑
正常人会先从杀人犯那里逃走然后报警，不是当着面拆穿杀人犯杀了人当着面报警。这片女主还活着唯一的原因是导演想让她活。
我发现个规律：99%的美国电影，villain一定是英国人（或英澳口音）🌝
逻辑不通 但电影节奏控制的不错 这种烂片居然看完了
壳不错，但无核，调色极烂，摄影凑合，表演灾难，以上。
怎么说了，看了40来分钟，开始感觉像《宿醉》，又有点《遗弃》的味道，但是在看不下去了
【翻拍至国产《破局》韩版《走到尽头》】一名腐败的警察为掩盖事故而采取极端措施。不料，他却在之后收到神秘目击者的种种威胁，他的生活也随之失控。
为了拍电影而拍电影，制作粗糙，代入感不强。好像老人带新人的赶脚。
为什么评分这么低。
无脑看看还行，千万别想着去推理，警察简直太可笑了. . .
「寂寞的時候會想要寫一首歌給你，想你現在會不會也有一點孤寂。」
这部电影好老啊，不管是故事还是表现手法，用一个循环备胎的三角恋加一点点《大佛普拉斯》后兴起的地方拆办猫腻，看得出编导似乎想给电影加很多重内容上的保险，结果就是什么都想讲，什么都没讲好。影片的主线，性工作者对应职场女性的性剥削，以及背后表达的都市孤独情感，都非常陈词滥调，落点又止步于矫情。电影启用的男主，表演功底和魅力都相当有限，全片内容上唯一有看点的部分，反而是一个纯情皮条客怎么混迹上流社会，但台湾纯爱实在是把男人都降级为小奶狗，狼狗也变奶，有些浪费两名女主对电影的牺牲。
范少勋给我一种十年后依然在看十年前的校园疼痛文学的感觉，莫允雯always是有破碎面的精英，三个主角里面可能温贞菱的表现最好，贡献了98分钟里一大半有效内容
B 这是演的什么鬼……剧本本身应该还蛮好的
女主憋不住事啊，啥事都不能忍忍到警察局说吗？看开头就知道老公跟闺蜜有一腿，视频时明显表情不对，不过QueenB还挺适合这个角色
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