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.
差点被片名劝退系列，没想到成片这么自然坦荡。还是能看出制片粗糙的部分，但也正因此感受到了导演的大胆和选人慧眼：启用素人的风险并不在于专业素养的缺乏，而是人的秉性和阅历是否贴合情节。事实证明浸润过潮汕本土民俗和闭塞婚姻观环境的人，释放出来的情感和默契胜过一切所谓的演技教科书。作为一个从小成长于类似骑楼民居的岛民，拜神烧香流水席和祈福，还有片中母亲的人物形象，像极了以前每年寒假回老家，我娘人前亏我李草包，人后说我是李老师的样子。只有爱，会带来一地鸡毛的家，也能修复一地鸡毛的家，人性的卑微和美丽皆源于此。 P.S. 玩具船长的客语bgm是真好听又精准啊
像是潮汕的纪录片一般的质感，非常真实和有趣。这种以潮汕婚育观点为主题搬上荧幕的并不多见，算是以小见大、管中窥豹了。人物的感情线反而显得非常单薄和无趣，最终的欢喜大结局也没意思。
很喜欢最后一场的黑白啦……赌场段落像是座头市。可以拍成系列网大。剧情简单到爆。话说国内网大一般连一个像样的中老年配角都不安排吗，或者当个boss，不行当个受害人也算啊
通篇凌厉加小心翼翼，中国版盲侠，杀气与江湖，血腥味十足。这样搞武侠才有希望，一点点珍惜，一点点燃烧，一点点光芒万丈
总体来说，潮汕人去看的话，大概率是很满意的，因为里面有很多笑点是来自方言。外地的朋友呢，如果对潮汕文化有兴趣，也推荐一看。
一部标准的动作电影，放在网大里就成了拔尖，可见观众被粗制滥造的国产网大荼毒成啥样了……动作戏用心了
不得不夸一夸，乡土气息让人很舒服，全程没有表演的做作，浑然天成。最近真的是，太想了解关于南方的一切！
有些时候真实不需要太大的美化，真实反而会得到青睐，在商业化时代，人际的没落时代。
那么问题来了，既然这么简单的故事，既然装逼犯们这么瞧不上这部电影，那么它何以问鼎网大天花板，甚至放在电影院也肯定受大部分人欢迎，吊打70-80%同行不过分吧？那是不是说明我们市场上其他制作者，每天的工作，都在做屎？而这些装逼犯，天天都在吃屎？
堪称第二部 盲战 了。在网大里中等了
算是个潮汕电影 有点魁北克电影的味道。现代化深圳和非常传统的潮汕碰撞。有笑有泪的。时代走得好快。
中国版的《座头市》，2022年的5月看到谢苗的两部作品，杨秉佳的《目中无人》明显更好看，原因简单《目》纯粹地追逐动作和光影，努力还原武打电影最根本的精髓。
有些镜头很妙，可以看出导演和编剧是有自己想法的人，这不是一部洗钱的电影。但是女演员的表演又让人感觉是关系塞进来的。
很好很好的侠客电影，美术很好，场景很好，演员很好
想起来春节去看了一部难看的电影，没有去看这部，意难平……369拍的两部电影很贴近实际情况，确实还不错
怎么说呢，把那个从剑戟片到新武侠年代的东西几乎是原汁原味地翻出来，简直近乎于一种文化保全。表演略寒碜，但胜在干净利落，无论是节奏还是动作。
我不太理解，同为网络电影，无名狂才5分，目中无人却7分，两个电影故事水平相当，但在影像表现力上，无名狂完胜目中无人，目中无人比无名狂好在两点，一是武侠气质浓一些，二是动作场面好看很多，不过作为视觉系影迷，我还是喜欢无名狂多一些
一个快意恩仇的复仇故事，行云流水，刀光剑影。电影节奏明快，风格偏向写意，没有多余的台词和强调杀戮的爽感，紧张的鼓点、凄凉的哨音、抚慰的琴声，在剑戟片的基础上融入了中式的禅意。片名《目中无人》既霸气又揭示了“眼盲心不盲”的主题，捉刀人寻的是一个公道。我喜欢最后舞台剧般飞雪中报仇的设计，人生在世，波涛难定，清白难申，那是电影下给屏幕内外所有人的六月雪。
视听上皆有不足，只能给四星。
就冲剧照上那句话……“这世间不公道的事多了，管的过来吗？那就从她开始……”
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