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.
那个老公真是又蠢又窝囊，最后一幕还没反应过来，像个傻子似的在那杵着，摊上这么个玩意真是够呛！
世界主流的题材，女性独居应该还是中国最安全。。。
女性在经历一些事的时候不要觉得她在胡思乱想、空穴来风。这个电影不是告诉人们男性多可怕，不要对号入座了，而是在女性独自经历这一切的时候，没有人选择相信她，最后她只能自证，她在努力向旁人证明的时候，周围人的态度几乎让她陷入了自我怀疑，这才是女性所经历着的。选择倾听、选择信任，才能避免悲剧的发生。
节奏太慢，但是女主美。最后的枪击早早埋下了伏笔。
没想到的是，答案早就在最开始就揭晓，女主一直是对的，为什么就是不相信一个正常人的判断？
非常现实的剧情……最后还是靠自己才杀死凶手
挺好看，女主好看，喜欢她的每一套衣服，该把她老公一起嘣了
这个模式是天真无辜的人来到新环境，被其中邪恶罪犯一步步侵害，最终成功复仇。人物内心对陌生环境的不适感与对恶魔的恐惧交叉融合，不过其女性主义表达非常立场先行，这当然有现实可能性基础，但险恶环境（男权社会其中的性犯罪和歧视）是预设出来的，巧合过多暴露人物工具人化，而男性戏份很像社交网络热点下评论，都是固化观念。优点是偷窥—被偷窥目光交汇关系，以及两个谋杀过程的 watcher，麦卡梦露是听觉层面的，最后小女孩是视觉层面的，她们成为观众的化身，融入场面调度中。
为了让剧情合理，特意安排了女主去到外国生活！这女主说坚持吧，她也坚持了，说她艮吧，她也挺艮！她都能带男友去调超市监控，就不能去调电影院监控？反正一天没啥事就不能去对面楼下角落蹲两天看看能不能等到那个变态？要手机干啥，拍点照片留作证据不行吗？偏要走那种明知道是鬼片还硬要晚上独自行动的剧本，这多少是有点彪吧？3星其实是给整体，还是不错的，这个变态演的不错，挺瘆人！
片子本身一般。片里的男的不是加害者就是有意或者无意的纵容者，而受害者都是女性。从故事设定来说，女主来到罗马尼亚，语言不通，电影实际的处理是当片中人物说罗马尼亚语时，是没有字幕的，说英语时才有，观众就像女主角一样，完全不知道他们在说什么，带入性很强，本片指向性过于明显，它追求的可能不是艺术上的成就。
套路电影，大概猜到一点结局了，气氛烘托得还是很好的，看完我赶紧把窗帘拉了下来
若不是最后的无头女尸，整部迟缓的节奏都能当做剧情片来看，女主有这么好的演技还是回纽约发展吧
不应该低于8分 相当优秀的恐怖惊悚片 气氛到位
除了结尾的割喉大BUG，想不出给它低分的原因。女主的颜，语言不通陌生环境新婚关系的设定太妙了，整部片阴郁寒冷的构图把紧张的气氛架构起来，还展示了导演不错的审美，推荐。
半夜看了睡不着。男主那嘴巴，一看就不是善茬。
现在的这种所谓的恐怖片其实只要20分钟就能把故事讲完了，平平无奇。
把女性特有的“一惊一乍”悬惊感拍出来了，就很好。然后，死活想不起来男反在“权游”里演的是谁了……
挺好看，编剧营造了一种，他是坏人，他是好人，他是坏人，他是好人，他真的是坏人，逐渐剥开，由远及近，由假及真。
三星半。最后结尾的留白是全片的高潮。他死没死，他信没信，她在想什么？ 全片故事很好，可是不够饱满，细节的支撑力不够，只有这个变态演技最佳！
监视男该打脸了！
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