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.
2022年了，既然可以稳定做出这个画面质感的片子了，为啥不再抠抠剧本哎，这故事实在是太过俗套说教了……
好像是真的，又好像不是真的。这样的报仇最折磨人了吧。还是有点爽。
喜欢，情节和选角都可以，造型和场景还是很浓郁贴合的法式
女主圆圆润润的，有点福原爱的感觉。女人，就应该活出自己的样子。
时空交错还挺讨巧，作为创作者，要走一条新路真不容易。
7/10 出彩的视效，单薄直白的故事让这部《海兽猎人》似乎有点“华而不实”，电影从第50分钟开始走套路，怪物拟人化，化敌为友…直至结尾大团结，完全是照着模板拍的，不可否认片子完成度不错，但是这样的剧情，不知用在了多少部电影中，早看累了…
这是喜剧吧！笑死我了。最温柔的恐怖妻子了。情节虚实穿插，亦真亦假，全靠观众自行辨别了。责编也太没有小三自觉了，好像事不关己一样。如果一切都是虚构，那新谷教练可太尴尬了。我觉得佐和子还是曾经很爱俊夫的，爱之深，恨之切，所以才会想出一个如此杀人诛心的报复方式。
笑死我了，给不走寻常路的结局点赞，给女主的“温柔复仇”加个鸡腿！愿每个女孩都能自由自在地“驾驶我的车”，在越走越宽的人生之路上风驰电掣！
所以，你出轨了吗？所以，你原谅吗？所以，虚构 or 非虚构？太迟了。男人一副死猪不怕开水烫，又没被抓包出轨，这个时候当然说没有了。复仇，终了。我考虑一下。注意前后左右安全，松开手刹，换D档，轻踩油门。佐和子终于掌握了人生的方向盘。
结论就是 小三到底看上废柴哪一点 偏要垃圾堆里挑人 有些铺垫可能只说到一半点到为止 中间配乐有些精彩值得加分 脑洞和现实交汇 所以说 拿的确实是大女主剧本 从此和小奶狗HE
小女孩自带天赋，大红鲸本性温柔，海洋版驯龙高手实至名归
更多的是迎合了多数人对待出轨的另一半用同样出轨的方式施以报复的心理吧。漫画的设定还是巧妙的，除此之外，就只能说中规中矩了。不知为什么，本是很喜欢黑木华的，但这部电影里的黑木华却一点也喜欢不起来，大概是我从心底里厌恶对爱情不忠的人和事吧。
漫画家不伦之恋，婚外恋题材，既没天雷地火也没愁云惨雨，作品介入现实，有点小意思，但也仅仅是小意思，好在演员都不错，奈绪那个角色明明掺和其中，但看热闹不嫌事大那点很好玩，演出了角色的可爱，倒是黑木华跟老司机的火花没描绘出来，最后的“工具人”结局既是报复也是报恩，算得上有情有义。给柄本佑代笔的是幕后作者是鸟饲茜，她老公浅野一二〇也是漫画作者，联系到剧情不禁让人嘴角泛起坏笑。
这部电影，初见时只是觉得有趣，随着剧情发展，完全被一片和睦的氛围中暗含的各种不确定性所吸引。虽然不像欧美同类电影中激烈的争辩，细节之处尽显感情这种事物的跌宕起伏。
结尾也是处理的恰到好处
如果是要开启系列，那还有点期待。但如果只是一部，先不论驯龙高手那种程度，电影本身在海兽的表现上就已经较为拘谨了。
时空交错还挺讨巧，作为创作者，要走一条新路真不容易。
他渣不是你也渣的理由 看你们两个一起渣真的非常恶心啊啊啊啊……我一直觉得爽片带来的快感是生理意义上的 就简单的任务完成的那种快感 并不是这种心理意义上的折磨啊🙃
#波妞的动画片剧场 之92
影像本质就是一种欺骗观众的企图啊，非常棒的形式，内容本身便变得不重要了。
Copyright © 2015-2023 All Rights Reserved
