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.
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多给一颗星是反驳一下有些人过于敏感的神经。全片看下来没啥毛病，一贯的漫威风格，作为一个超级英雄的开篇电影交代的略拖沓了一点。最后双龙大战是有点囧。觉得乳滑的，你们怎么不去抵制摘金奇缘
拍的挺好的一部电影，从头到尾没看出来哪里辱华，文化自信喊了那么多年不至于让一部爆米花电影就破防了吧
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雷德利斯科特还表示大多数超级英雄电影都是被特效救了一命，而且就连制作特效的人都会觉得很无聊。」
和黑豹的gang/community culture类似，漫威拍亚裔超级英雄就全都是family business，可谓是兼顾了身份政治的糖与毒药。对香港荷里活功夫片以及李小龙（be water）的回顾更多是一种对亚裔文化黄金期的怀旧，任何从大陆中心的角度去解读“中华”文化的尝试都很危险。但经过重新包装后，过去曾赋权过少数族群的进步文化符号又变成了一种新的枷锁—如同十环=父权的意向一样紧紧禁锢住了新的文化生成的可能性。
奥拉菲娜演的挺好的，之前某些媒体太恶意丑化了。片头唐人街取景好像蒙村，门牌号都一模一样，整部片子算是好莱坞流水线作品，但真没有感到恶意，后半部分和功夫熊猫3很神似，哈哈哈，还是值得推荐的。
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东西方结合来看这个片子，还行。梁朝伟比刘思慕更出彩，最喜欢村庄里世外桃源的景象，自然风光和奇珍异兽，一派欣欣向荣，最后神龙也是很惊喜。
里面萌萌的神物，是不是就是传说中的大屁股脸！同事们作为marvel粉丝看的都比我早。至于我倒是很高兴第一次有机会说出这个理由，“我从来没在大银幕上见过亚洲/中国的超级英雄，当然要去看看”。我觉得很好看的娱乐片，制作方不是中国人，也不是拍中国文化的起源，另外没必要把之前的超英片抬多高，大家不都是娱乐吗？我说主演长得像那谁，物理大哥觉得牵强，问我“那你觉得我像梁朝伟不”。｜不足的是，尚气到了妈妈的家乡，怎么忽然就下决心要弑父，很是突兀啊。不过说到底好莱坞也不会拍杀爹的吗，感觉这种冲突太西方了。希望这个电影能在中国上映啊！
我觉得还不错！竹林打斗戏如低配《卧虎藏龙》，打斗戏也拳拳到肉，梁朝伟《一代宗师》打下的底子看得出还有。高脚架上打斗的看得出致敬成龙的影子。其他山海经的生物和中国龙的细节和完整度看得出特效拉满。比起《花木兰》的西方意淫，《尚气》显得有诚意多了。
竟然有一天能在漫威里看到正统的中国功夫，看到中国龙、麒麟、九尾狐、帝江等充满中国文化元素的上古生物，和一个黑头发黄皮肤的英雄，本身就是一种错愕和激动。剧情缺陷是有，非实景的拍摄也不够精致，但是真的很想知道如果这部能够走进国门影院，该是什么样的景色。
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