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.
导演/编剧/主演三合一，视效无敌，应该很懂情欲，毫不吝啬激情张力，盖尔加朵那场舞戏加上前面妹子一直热吻，感觉两个订婚都是因为被睡服了orz。这种事儿吧，各人幸福感实在是差别太大了
故事一：鼠人 故事二：葬礼守夜 故事三：《弗兰肯斯坦的军队》的机器人视角 故事四：吸血鬼
看之前我很疑惑，就照着原著拍，能有多难看，事实证明导演太有自己那些不着调的想法是真的会毁了一部电影。什么波洛的感情线，什么波洛变身小李飞刀（菜刀），还有那些歇斯底里的表演和垮掉的节奏，真的让人超级疑惑，可别告诉我还要拍第三部啊
那艘船的形状像棺材一样漂浮在河上，很震撼。
好家伙，观影前就猜测，新版应该会加点同性之情，种族问题啥的，竟然全中!基本成了这几年好莱坞翻拍的标配了。和上部一样，波罗再次展现了动作追逐戏，这次他还加了感情戏，而且是两段! 期待未来马普尔小姐有翻拍，老太太手持双枪，肉搏歹徒!
6.0/10 分。初看，蓝光。中规中矩吧。艾玛·麦基，《性爱自修室》，难怪这么眼熟。。。
“反正你们都知道谁是凶手，给你们看看风景吧”
真是眼瞎了。全程我都以为自己在看玛格罗比跟贾坤菲尼克斯。结果竟是两个完全不同的演员
与78年的经典相比，略低于及格线……其他配角的戏份和背景少，苦命鸳鸯的情感堆积则完全没有，演技就不提了，老版的Jackie才真是神经质，新版的就是奶大。加朵成了个摆设，我都怀疑她自己到底懂不懂想演得同情点还是嚣张点，好像工具人。开头的年轻波洛则完全与剧情无关。我以为会有新意的创造，结果只有女同和黑白恋这种无关痛痒的政冶题？总之是一部莫名其抄的翻抄版
想吐，不是因为画面血腥而是伪纪录片的拍摄手法画面不停地晃动，晃得我头晕眼花😵💫上一个有强烈“想吐”感觉的电影是娄烨的《冼村》，看完以后堪比晕车。可能晕车体质的人对晃动的画面比较敏感……第二个片段的机械人是唯一的看点，比较有意思
Kenneth Branagh和Annette Bening原来都已经这么老了
没读过原著，没看过原版，没被剧透。观感还可以，后期有猜到，不过还是不错的
为什么我不再重看大卫苏切特或者是彼得乌斯蒂诺夫版，要花钱来看肯尼思布拉纳这个水货。去看书吧，我永远是阿婆最忠实的信徒。
一个严肃的时代缩影，被改拍得像是儿戏，就像在金字塔上放风筝一样毫无意义
1978年的那一部更完善。很容易猜到凶手，这个世界上很多谋杀要么为情，要么为财，要么是满足恐怖连环杀人欲望的变态。
一直看导演把自己变成整个故事的核心，那么多卡司给他当配，就wtf……还有我觉得加朵就不太适合这个角色。
推理十分小儿科，埃及风景复原的十分差，看到白富美死了基本人人都知道就是她的凤凰男老公吧，整部电影唯一的优点就是黑人女士的歌声太优美了
1978年的那一部更完善。很容易猜到凶手，这个世界上很多谋杀要么为情，要么为财，要么是满足恐怖连环杀人欲望的变态。
这部电影的眼神都给神奇女侠和古埃及了，案件实在简单，没有任何惊喜，但比《东方列车》好看点。阿加莎的本格故事经典有余，悬念不足，其实适合拍连续剧。
不仅节奏稀烂，开场还加一段基本不相关的波洛的前史，还以为走错了厅。埃及风景像照相馆一样，matter painting做的不够真实。布克的死，完全是波洛给害的吧……
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