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.
结局的动作戏还有点儿意思吧，前半部分比较无聊
每个人都在抱怨发疯，又无人正真去解决问题。和之前另一部网飞神剧《不要抬头》对政治的嘲讽之能有的一拼。剧中出现很多古早冒险电影里的惯用桥段，什么镜头怼脸拍尖叫特写，硬汉男用火焰枪打怪物，被打的怪物也会找妈妈的。全片笑点超多，值得推荐。
一些关于隔离的片段确实会另人感同身受，期待今日浦西解封。🙏
太难看了，怎么会这么难看……而且也不好笑，我呆坐两小时就为了看这……漂亮老婆都没法救这电影了
调侃新冠疫情以来的一些反智行为的电影。打个5分吧
5/10 挺好的但是也挺差的，整个电影好在它不是完全在走套路，虽然它有段子堆起来显得有些不一样，非常精美的镜头和特效和这种美式烂段子竟然异常和谐...但是除了这些其他都零零散散，故事也就起个辅助作用，段子大部分也没有很好笑，就真的很一般，讽刺了个寂寞。
以后还是要少看这种没什么剧情，两三个人就在两三个场景里的电影儿
不好看，又是上帝给了我力量！上帝让你吸毒的？
反伤也是有上限的！也就只有最后一段打斗值得看下。
好了好了，爹咪别秀了。
片尾类似彩蛋的转折，确实让观众在近两小时的昏迷后，眼前一亮，但是也不足以掩盖影片质量上的缺陷。
50/100 有有趣的部分 但是也有无聊到死的部分。创意不错 但是不足以拍2个小时 中间有段时间一直在2倍速。感觉拍成电视剧会更好。
剧情和反派的动机太一般又没有逻辑了。没有剧情甚至是最好的处理方法，太对不起这种作画了。如果能一直130分钟的打戏，满分都愿意给。
他们跳热舞的时候还挺逗的，一群老演员跳的还挺齐，哈哈哈哈曼达洛人你怎么了曼达洛人，你是因为3个月的拍摄期被延长到了7个月二错失波霸费特前几集吗！14天合集隔离有吃有喝竟然对外国人这么折磨吗。。。。真是太矫情了。。哈哈哈哈哈这片一阵一阵的好笑
It’s so bad it’s good
这是一部被疫情关疯了的导演和编剧制作一部关于一群被疫情关疯了的演员的故事……
荒诞片，最后开枪打掉手掌那一块还挺意外的。最后的结尾也有点意思。
好闷啊，好无聊啊。电影看了一半，还没发现哪里恐怖，无非就是普普通通的行动，再配个诡异的音乐。
构思了个不错的点子但最终没拍好，要是演员们全部用回自己真名并以此为扩展做笑点或许效果会好点？
疫情的特殊时代下夸张隔离生活的荒唐，从拍摄电影的幕后这个角度出发很有趣也很新颖，但是角色之间的割裂感，加上喜剧效果的极低使得看着让人不知所云。最好笑的笑点居然还是在一美头上。
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