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.
属于我看多少遍都看不懂的那种类型的电影~但是4:3x黑白 还是挺好的
完全的炫技之作，这种比NTLive更电影话的形式完全看观众观念，无论喜欢或讨厌两极如何看待，都不耽误主创们过把瘾。入围什么奖不要认真地追求结果，只是学院在告诉世界自己的假开放假包容。稍有意义的问题也许是～～少数裔演员饰演麦克白能接受，白雪公主为什么不呢？
将莎翁的剧作用电影镜头语言呈现出来，摄影非常棒。莎翁的剧作思想之深刻令人叹服
老师连着两次课都提了这部电影，我os：那我去看看吧
女巫的设计 好绝啊5555 /“如果我在这件事之前一小时死去 我可以说活过一段幸福的时间”
演员们的演技令我叹为观止。
【8】一个被迷信吞噬后遭受良心谴责和复仇报应的故事，这辈子第一次看莎剧改编的电影，感受很神奇，忙着感叹画面的干净漂亮，也适应了半天这种相当风格化的再演绎，算是把心理挣扎拍得淋漓尽致，没什么大毛病，教科书级精致。
B/74｜刺杀国王、献祭预言、皇后发疯几场戏惊艳绝伦，音效和视觉效果结合相宜，强对比的打光和几何简约式的布景仿佛上世纪初德国表现主义的复兴。各位戏骨贡献了完美的表演，除了“达力”实在让我有点出戏。但是有一说一，这种布景带来的劣势和优势同样明显，空间受限带来的是画幅景别的重复使用，视觉造就的力量在半个小时后之后就消失殆尽，最想看的类似《蜘蛛巢城》里的移动森林则直接用纷飞的落叶一笔带过。A24尽整这些花活儿，多了也就不新鲜了。#LondonCurzonSoho#
1:1，纯黑白，影帝影后，莎士比亚…比起电影更像是一场两小时的舞台剧，只不过呈现方式是大导演的视角…
Life is but a walking shadow
最出彩的是王后，最复杂的是那个奴隶似的传话官，但“麦克白”本身似乎还少了一点。
开头的舞台剧风格不适应，后面越看越精彩，整体的艺术效果不错。只是这片子跟“科恩”二字完全不搭
英语级别低者不友好，我就是。
看的第二版Macbeth 为了看daniel craig版的百老汇版做准备
纽约电影节开幕片，见到了Joel Coen, Denzel Washington, Frances McDormand。坦白说台词几乎一句都没听懂，莎士比亚般的对白实在考验听力，而且这场好晚好晚，开头有点昏昏欲睡。喜欢打光和摄影，结尾的设计。这部真的没有太多“科恩”的感觉。
摄影，光影运用，表演，均是顶级，但整合在一起却并没有那么合理。
本片前面看到的全都在影史早做到过的范围之内 但最后一镜的技术就远超前人条件了 真tm屌
极简的布景与美到极致的摄影，倒是很好的呈现了舞台效果！让这部戏剧味更浓。而简化的剧情也使故事更紧凑 演绎得也很优秀
无数次把鼠标拖到视频顶部查看文件名，确认我不是在看National Theatre Live
4.现代种族价值的改编，黑人的加入，多了点政治正确。
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