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.
看不懂，像噩梦，没有逻辑性，却可怕！没能坚持看完。
虽然没看懂，但是感觉很厉害的样子。所以我打四颗星。最后以为炸弹爆炸，结果是闹钟响了。噩梦结束了？
看睡着了。真不如去看史云梅耶的短片。简直比纪录片还无聊。两星给道具和美术，怎么说，感觉不适合电影这种载体来展现。
给三星，是因为这个电影真的不会再看第二遍
看不来，应该是道具之王。血腥，猎奇到顶点了。
牛逼闪闪，充满想象力，也运用了几乎一切可以搭配的不同材质的绘画雕塑装置等艺术风格 以及大胆地真人与动画与不同像素级别的特效影像结合，从头到尾就是人类命运寓言
非常过瘾，极度残酷。资本主义发展到极致就是地狱的样子。最后给自己灭掉，又回到自然状态。瘟疫乌鸦代表的上帝其实就是自然，宇宙，神。神才不在乎人类怎么想，一切不过是周而复始。
人类的历史从无到有再归为虚无，所有的一切都是“人类”的说法，有的时候觉得人类太过伟大，还没探索到的地方到底存在什么呢
我也是真困，分了三次才看完，中途迷瞪好几次
导演的这些素材要是能做成游戏就好了，拍成电影没有剧情依托反而显得有些无聊
一开始找你欣赏不了，很快渐进状态，越看越惊悚，非常上头！很有可能成为经典！
這是一部沒有人可以解說的電影
We don’t choose the times we live in. The only choice we have is how we respond. 德国纪实治愈系导演克里斯蒂安总能从冷峻题材里提炼出人性的温暖一面，非常喜欢结局的设定和You dream的片尾曲选择。试问：如果战前的领导人更勇敢更有智慧，历史是否会改写
扭曲过后的世界或许就是这样血腥荒诞……疯神并不是神，而是异化了的人类自己
杂乱昏暗的世界背景下充斥着各类畸形怪物，在大量定格模型的镜头下显得真实可怖，以一种先遣队探险式的路线走进下层布满惊恐无序压抑的环境中，看出了压榨掠夺和战争的反讽元素，但导演最终的核心没有能把握到。
和阿成一起看的，太重口味了！还好他一直开导我说那是道具。。。。。。
背景线大约是人类世界爆发核战争，导致各种生物变异，科技点也向朋克的方向发展。但是各种离奇场景更像是本片展现的重点
1.士兵被怪物抓走后被放置在一个台子上，帘后的观众对其被扒衣服的过程津津有味甚至叫好喝彩，也许影射了在这个娱乐至死的社会一切无意义的事物都可以被开掘成供人取乐的东西。
如果宇宙的终极规则是“熵”,即一切都会走向灭亡，片子中形形色色的畸形怪物和各种反常理的东西也就说得通了；在这里时间没有任何意义，宇宙和人类只是疯神打发时间的调剂。从令人作呕的场景来看这个“宇宙”已经存在很久很久了，似乎也已经开始走向混乱与无序，也许毁灭也只是时间的问题。
导演最后一行字幕坐实他脑中的片名其实是「张伯伦：被误解的英雄」
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