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.
冲着了解古屋去的，只能说，hentai的世界我不懂
金马影帝/后，演绎了情节严重不足的：婚姻困局。
并不差哦，万丈高楼不是祈祷和灵修修出来的，而是一砖一瓦用手盖出来的！对于婚姻这场修你想像看戏一样让导演给安排个选择，而不是靠自己去修证悟，那跟上市面上那些灵修课没什么区别——从他处索取，吃别人现成的，指望着通过灵修就能修好自己,让老公听话,让婚姻顺利美满，而老公就坐在对面却仍无话说，继续记仇深深怨恨…这跟逃避没什么区别。
禁忌恋精神分裂迫害妄想症大杂烩，学校礼堂自缢真够cult的。说实在的喜欢这片子的镜头，只是内容指代不明。【amazon生肉】
我觉得还不错啊，幻想真的很浪漫！故事弱了些，但是这个设定真不错。
啥问题都检查不出来 但是草莓医生一直说阿震还是有病 这医生简直就是有病。
三星，片中奇怪动物很新奇，剧情别具一风，就是有点单调，还可以更丰富一点
神经质电影，开头还唬人，往后越发低级。小焦演不知所谓的没营养角色，上台唱歌表现还不错。
一場觀眾的修行（合十），片名可以改成Increasing Length⋯功底是有的，因此開場看得有點期待，可是大走低，內容撐不了長片，陳湘琪或陳以文的表演再怎麼賣力與切中，似乎也無關緊要。
演得还行，但很无聊，看电影也是一场修行……
其实整体还不错，导演要是收敛点自己无趣的笑点，男主再换一个人，估计票房会很好的。
太逗了哈哈哈哈哈这年头狗都懂数理化，没想到有一天会被一只狗的智商碾压，最意外的居然是“林狗”演的
确实不够好，停留在白描。最喜欢丈夫要离开医院的瞬间又假借上厕所转身回病房将房门关上妻子在门外徘徊这场戏。
作为一个喜剧故事，点子和创意挺有意思的，感觉看起来挺新奇的，不过也会想起《你不是一个人》。故事还是不够饱满，后半程进入俗套模式，结局有亮点，哈哈。其实可以学《动物管理局》，正片虽然一般，但衍生的剧集在编剧上更精彩，这部剧也可以试试。
1. 参考《帝一之国》就知道，古屋兔丸的本子都是披着血腥惊悚外衣，本质中二的喜剧。这部其实也一样，可惜导演似乎有点太强调青春校园片的部分了。悬疑部分更是イマイチ。2. 除了主角其他选角都特别符合漫画原作，田中圭太甜了，演变态没有说服力啊，没有衣冠禽兽的反差（感觉就是个很单纯的小笨蛋，滤镜太严重了）。3. 但是为了古屋兔丸还是要加一星。故事的收束结构还是很成熟的。
你我，是否在修行？
三星，片中奇怪动物很新奇，剧情别具一风，就是有点单调，还可以更丰富一点
救命啊！！太尬了，那段说唱杀伤力可以媲美关晓彤的“你XX” 会引起不适感。
看得挺压抑的，这个如死寂版的中老年婚姻生活
2.5。影人本身比作品更精彩。時隔七年，錢翔還是執著於拍攝50+女性的生命、生活與困局（前作是打不開的門，本作是被鎖上的露台），只是這回更沉潛到婚姻的命題，更簡化為人物的一連串狀態。似乎和《迴光奏鳴曲》是同一個家的場景。極度靜謐的氛圍下被放大的細瑣環境音。導演提到把缽想像成嘆氣蠻有趣。有一些若有似無的sign，如鳥等。尾聲的浴缸戲似乎推不太到，還好有鬆手。攝影還是喜歡走景深。（211113）
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