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.
儿童剧扯上政治就是驴唇不对马嘴 两边都不讨好2022.6.1儿童节第一次去影院看哆啦A梦狠狠的失望了
把抖机灵的地方都删掉，至少能缩短半小时呢，这种主题比较沉重的剧本，反而更类型化一些会好。电影内容和误杀没什么关系，改个名字吧。
很不错的看片体验 把人与人之间微妙的关系非常形象的展现了出来，看这种片就是需要这种快感，
市长如此亲民，宁可丑闻曝光成为阶下囚，也要帮另一个父亲演最后一出戏，新曼市的人民过的不会太差；
居然能全程直播哈哈哈哈如同儿戏，换我国处理，先清场，再断网
儿童剧偏偏要写政治戏份，导致儿童戏不好玩，政治戏又写不好太过无聊，作画只有飞船的几段能看，整体也不算优秀，小夫人设ooc信念又反复横跳，最终解决的方式居然靠机械降神的给放大缩小灯空降的补了一个有时间限制的设定，这是最近看过最难看的哆啦A梦剧场版了
误杀1没看，迫在眉梢老早以前看的忘差不多了也等于没看，误杀2对我来说，没有任何参考系，观影体验相当不错，整个片子的节奏一直很紧凑（除了闪回儿子得病过程那一段），情绪也一直很饱满，在处处看到丧偶式育儿的今天，突然重温了什么叫父爱如山，还是非常感动的，虽然萨丁带着所谓的心脏专家把小虫推进手术室的时候，就猜到其中一定有诈，但还是不影响整体观感。翻拍和与误杀1的比较，是本片评分低的原因，还有一个重要原因貌似就是因为它是陈思诚监制的，貌似有了陈思诚的印章，不管影片真实水平如何，至少就要掉一星。讨厌一个人，然后就罔顾事实讨厌与他有关的一切，这种行为，跟那些喜欢一个人就罔顾事实推崇与他有关的一切的脑残粉有什么不同呢？只是前者可能觉得自己比后者要显得高级，通过践踏一个高高在上的公众人物，而显得自己没那么普通。
剧情结构还行，表演很不好，情感太生硬，台词很朗读。
啥嘛娃意？？拍电影剧本都不需要过逻辑吗？槽多无口，强行灌鸡汤我吐了
观众没必要揪着改编这点不放，可以看到确实完成不错，和前作也有很多相连共通的地方
【276/166】电影整体看完给我的第一个感觉剧情和电影名字不配套（也许是我没理解到深层含义😂）虽然有些部分能知道接下来发生的是啥，但每一位演员的演技都是很到位的🐮很好滴把小人物的悲哀与大人物的“傲”展现在荧幕之上。虽然“有的孩子是孩子，有的孩子不是普通的孩子”，但这并不应该成为黑暗权势一手遮天的手段。毕竟有些林日朗似的家长可以为了自己的孩子做出一些自己都无法预估的事情。也许最难受的是那些“中间的”官员们，他们正如电影里说警局高层无奈滴说出的那句“越往高处走，能掌控的东西就越少”。事实可不就是这样嘛…………
这个没天赋又爱装逼的陈思诚，真的是我国电影界的毒瘤。除了魔改和乱入，就是一股脑的骗钱。
这种时候去看一部背景带着自由，上街，老大哥看着你的哆啦A梦，也是有点恍惚的感觉。2022北京5月疫情电影院恢复后的第一场电影。
ps 希望是我想多了 总觉得不是什么类别动画片都要隐喻都要意味深长才显得有水平的 人疲惫的时候就想无脑笑笑哭哭 谢谢
不要去看！不要去看！不要去看！😅 悬疑片能让我离席也真是绝了👎 导演水平太差！ 节奏稀巴烂 最受不了的是根本不是煽情 是掐我大腿非得让我哭🤮🤮 慢镜头配煽情音乐只能用一次啊导演 全片都在用简直就是看了个广告片啊～
别人翻拍是照葫芦画瓢，本片是照葫芦画出了个水葫芦
跟1一点关系都没有。
其实整体感觉还不错，但是有许多转折和逻辑不合理的地方，强行扭的那种，可惜了
情感铺垫不够自然，太多为了巧合而巧合的设计，肖央的表现稍微加分一点。
2.5 題外話 托王力宏的福 李治廷一出場 笑翻一片
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