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.
211109？.故事人物尽是被玩烂了的套路模式，钱砸对之处唯女主造型和微距CG耳。
看到最后才发现这居然是活死人军团的前传，怪不得穿插了莫名其妙的丧尸片段，好喜欢黑客小姐姐。
为什么情节是假的但人物和动作拍的这么真实😂
5.0 和《活死人军团》一样的节奏问题，但作为一个新导演来说，导成和扎导平分秋色，我已经不知道该说什么好了。
闹着玩儿似的抢银行剧，编剧唯一的新意在于糅合瓦格纳歌剧和德国古老传说，没再挖墙脚钻下水道，也不像《纸钞屋》那样直接上高精尖重武器炸金库，技术地去开艺术品级别的保险箱了，顺道夹杂段酸酸甜甜三角恋。算得上制作精良商业片，顺道把巴黎、布拉格和圣莫里茨的实景炫一下，对比来，最后的地点加州又土又破。
娱乐性还行，风景可以，颜值可以，卖萌可以。感觉男2和开车的哥们完全工具人。。。
什么鬼，闹着玩一样剧情，动作设计又比较讲究
跟活死人军团一样的令人失望，明明一个精神小伙活生生变成了神经小伙
烂片的前传依然是烂片…开锁纯靠拧+手机公放音乐，开之前还一大堆废话+调情，仿佛在春游而不是在犯罪。各种人物描写浅薄又差劲（男主角已成为本年度我最厌恶电影角色），故事弱智又冗长（感情戏尴尬得不忍直视，冒着生命危险就是为了实现理想，然后顺便意思意思一下偷两小袋钱？？），情节靠编剧不经大脑随便瞎编，男女主这么乱来，按正常逻辑来说基本活不过电影开头五分钟，不过居然还有一群更智障的国际刑警来比烂…我只想给编剧寄刀片！
稍感冗长，但小幽默遍及全片，还是很耐看的一部苞米花电影。
有种女团团综要在节目里表演得关系很好的僵硬感，一些无所谓的日常、偶尔谈一谈心、吃点喜欢的东西，很真实但又很浮于表面的青少女生活，女仆咖啡店的前辈长得挺漂亮。
但是很多桥段，比如在构想计划时，已经开始行动这个桥段在《活死人军团》已经有了。
好垃圾的开锁前传，没get到什么有意思的，故事也就那样，也就开锁部分能看，很有点无聊
女主和被平民的英国二王妃好像
有点老片《娜娜》的感觉。女孩子杀人心理波澜不惊，像是家常便饭。我理解可能是想凸显反差，仔细想想非常恐怖。杀完人说累死了，写台词的是不是双鱼座的？
剩下我能吐槽的只有。。很多角色塑造都太单一了，除了男主，其他人都跟个卡通角色似的，性格只有一面，几乎没任何层次感，女主勉强算个例外。。然而塑造还是还太少啊。。要不也给搞个前传电影吧？
两个新人演员 明显特技班出身 这是亚洲版武指帮
主要是串起全剧的动机太过于没有说服力了，显得全剧都非常像小孩子过家家
基本就是看开头和结尾，中间没什么意思。结尾还以为女主要摆男主一道。最后僵尸军团的人出现。。。就是很无聊的一部电影
这个电影就是始终都记不住这个平庸到极致的名字，电影本身的记忆点都不足以支持我记住电影名字。太多这种类型的电影和同类型名字了…看的时候是一口气看完，影片故事情节一切都非常流畅，但是就是过段时间就忘记了的那种一时爽片而已。
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