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.
愿意看的成年人，童年肯定看过郑渊洁的书，我就是其中那一个。毕竟是部儿童向的电影，还是蛮有趣的，尤其是那些大号道具，剧情来讲不算新鲜，但《童话大王》的确是个宝，里面还有很多等待挖掘的好故事。
难得难得，有对中国教育唯成绩论的批判，老少皆宜
看了后面的花絮，几个小人儿的历险还挺难拍的，三星鼓励一下。
罐头小人是皮皮鲁和鲁西西系列里我最爱的故事！并且在原著基础上稍有改编，情节更紧凑，环环相扣适合作为电影来呈现。鲁西西为了保护小人儿放弃考试，上尉为了保护鲁西西选择跳下去的时候，我看到了爱是相互牺牲。不止成绩是评定小孩子的标准，希望每个小孩子都能勇敢，正直，懂得爱！还有我最爱的小孩，如果时间可以倒流，我想打你家的电话告诉你，不用当聪明宝宝，要当快乐宝宝😭
非常非常陈旧的教育理念，能拍出来也不容易。
很一般吧，可能因为郑亚旗没上过小学不知道学校生活啥样，才把他爸的书拍成这样……时代也变了，看童话的孩子变成了家长，考试作弊的情节不合理，四年级还需要作弊的是不是智商有问题，只有数学没有别的科吗……一星给结尾上尉输血（还原原著）一星给鲁西西小演员（形象和演的不错，罐头小人本来就是鲁西西的，女主没问题）皮皮鲁的小演员头好大，一点都不灵啊，还有罐头小人应该是成年人吧……老鼠也不合理，歌唱家后来不是嫁给了贝塔吗。火灾时候学校没有灭火器，他们学校不是全市最好小学么，而且还需要学生自救，剧本不合理的地方太多了……小时候看郑渊洁的书有种他的书拍成电影就能拿奥斯卡的感觉，可惜现实打脸，不参加九年义务教育真的不行啊。以后还是让他女儿继承他的版权吧……
超出预期。总结：1.罐头小人为什么不认识狗？（其中一个还是博士）2.皮皮鲁既然考试那么“天才”（四年级学生会做五六年级的卷子），老师为什么就那么稀松平常地放过了他？3.老师这一角色太工具人了，可以再立体一点。4.上尉救人那一段有打到我。
前半段尊重原著进行，其实很有郑渊洁的味儿，怼老师怼校长怼教育制度，孩子们虽然演得不咋样但也不会出戏。但后半段导演兼编剧自己发挥就开始灾难了，对制度的批判不敢再深一层，就搞出一个绿茶小学生来背黑锅，这神转折可真恶心。所以啊，郑渊洁是时代的产物，更是只此一个的宝藏。两星半
一家三口看。焦哥觉得很老派，芬达看得很投入，但也很冷静，我被打老鼠弄感动了。厅内有个小男孩嚎啕大哭。
儿童电影，还不错。某些镜头小人还是蛮有绿幕感的，感觉小人用动画呈现会不会好点？
本来是不是即使没有个郑渊洁宇宙，也得有个魔方大厦？
童年时光啊！只是我小时候想象的罐头小人是成年人，不知道为什么。可能因为他们的名字吧。总体非常好，皮皮鲁再淘气点就更好了。扣一星给改编，忠于原著很难吗？
对于皮皮鲁来说，《罐头小人》得算是一部爽剧；对于鲁西西来说，就有点儿曲折了。最后的郑渊洁彩蛋让我和小熊都很激动。
穷爸爸思维在中国人心里根深蒂固。好好学习，念个好大学，找个好工作，拥有幸福的生活，这一切都只是幻觉。
童年的回忆，带女儿去看我小时候看过的童话书改编的电影！我女儿又哭又笑，拍的不错！
虽然最后也被上尉感动到。但火太假，每个人物都很僵化，孩子成人化，没有孩子应有的趣味性。儿童片也不能拍成木偶片啊，最后一升华就完事收工大吉。国产片什么时候能拍得自然，人物自然，事件自然，情感自然，就上一个档次了。此片最大的作用就是让我想起了我曾经看过喜欢过郑渊洁童话。仅此而已。
作为儿童电影，表现已经很不错了。
为了童年回忆加一星
儿童片最大的弊病就是在于糊弄成人，瞎讲故事，但郑渊洁的原著为剧本基底，再加上人物脸谱化的设定，不仅儿童，成人也能在其中感受到来自于现实社会的警戒，裙带关系的作用从对孩子的道德绑架变成了救治罐头小人的无奈之举，唯成绩论在生活和生死之间来回游走，孩子的世界和我们一样，不是非黑即白，这部作品所展示出的社会观，接近于现实却又与现实无关，留给孩子们的是魔方大厦的他们，留给我们的是魔方大厦我们永远不会到达，但因为它的存在，所以永远向往…
还不错，有点回到90年代初。小演员挺出彩的
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