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.
还不错的武侠片，虽然故事很简单
你不给我个公道，我就给你个公道。平民防抗强权拥有天然的正义，所有一切都在类型片框架内，好处是没有拖泥带水，处理得很干净，韵味和动作设计如果内更精进空间。
很有武侠感并且不同于香港传统武侠 虽然很多地方有日本武士片的感觉但也无可厚非 情节很简单但拍出了新意 动作设计不错音乐也不错口哨让人想起西部荒原古筝和大鼓则是中国传统乐器 当然最主要的还是主演谢苗的表演够出彩
极简的故事，内容是平庸的。但是动作尚可，粗劣的特效不如没有，效仿《琅琊榜》的处理过于频繁。
小成本纯粹武侠动作片，狗血故事不拖泥带水，动作戏干脆但是没什么新意，画面干净好看有点意思。
知道自己要什么，你未必能得到。知道自己不要什么，你至少不会失去。
故事开了二倍速的感觉，推进的极快，人物交代相当简单，只能说是顺利讲完了一个故事，远远没到精彩的程度，欠修饰。另外配乐挺好听的但是感觉和本片不是很搭，吉他的音色太抢了
优点：动作不错。
谢苗换成张晋就好了。。。【做梦呢】
服道化不错。但是最让我感到惊喜的是一众演员很敬业很用心，导演对情节的把控，还有摄影对场面的调度，很多场景真是太棒了，一帧帧画面都可以当做壁纸了，无比完美，还是个网络大电影。
虽说是致敬座头市，但剧本还是挺糙的，倒是不难看，难得有部武术设计在线的片子
电影的氛围营造很好，中式《赏金猎人》外传。故事简单，风格写意，无论服化亦或武打设计都很用心，场面调度与摄影都带着浓浓的「江湖气」，那种快意恩仇的洒脱。谢苗亦是褪去记忆中的少年稚气多了几分沧桑，有点《座头市》意思了。（美中不足的是画面质感与色调处理可再雕琢一下，不然可三星）
我在这个地方生活这么多年，才知道这是一个没有王法的地方。
不过这个“盲侠”的IP，感觉做成系列剧很不错啊，每一集（季）一个故事，以类似说书人的视角娓娓道来，一个侠义之士的传奇。
观影二十多年了，我怎么会看这种电影？导演想表达什么？
大概是看过的国内最好的一部网大。基本上是复刻了座头市的套路了，部分画面拍的真好。
事了拂衣去，深藏功与名。 杀一个人要偿命，杀一万个就不用了。
事了拂衣去，深藏身与名。
有点绣春刀那味儿，谢苗长的越来越不像王宵了，嘬腮严重。
一星半；网上吹得再天花乱坠，本片也不过是一部歪嘴龙王式的中二武侠网大，尤其是将军派人取消婚约时的戏，简直就是歪嘴龙王广告一模一样，人设和美术非常接近日本武士片，主角活脱脱一个座头市+张涵予。唯一可以吹的是运镜比较有电影意识，摄影上还玩了几处花活
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