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.
三分给配乐和为数不多的枪战场面。一部西部片，表演浮夸也就算了，偏偏台词非常啰嗦，搞得像舞台剧一样。
{★★★☆} 相当风格化的黑人西部片，因为太风格化不禁使人疑惑为什么黑人和西部片没有更早点跨界，也因为太风格化导致故事在细节上脱钩、不可信、甚至滑稽。但看西部片如果不是为了研究它的风格那是为了什么？Ray Charles靠边站，这里自有嘻哈撑场--还有一个被粉刷成全白的white town，你猜镇上住着什么人。论其极端与精彩，自然不比昆汀的火力全开，但亚军也有它的重量。
音乐非常黑人非常好听，节奏拖沓涣散，打斗场面有点假。
好莱坞影视工业的发达，无往不利，高高在上习惯了，捞金捞成了惯性，看着钱多人傻的大陆好灌汤灌迷药，逮住一个IP就赶紧捞，往死里捞，一部成功了，续集弱也赶紧拍赶紧上映赶紧捞，这部差了就再来认真做一把，成功一把后再来烂片捞一把，然后之然后，就这样捞成一部部系列出来，最后还冠名成了经典。5.4/1.87万 【IMDb6.3/6万 北美票房1.97亿30.77万美元，全球票房4.24亿90.77万美元】
导演还是安心当演员吧，完全不会讲故事，节奏和分镜乱七八糟，转场只会交叉溶解
【C】呃呃，已经看不懂这种电影要分类在哪里了，体验更像是看了炒CP的同人文。逻辑完全不重要，推演也完全不重要，只要围绕着共生体主角疯狂发糖就行。正片看下来最喜欢丹这名角色，这也算是超英电影的经典配置了。一部不是特别合格的爆米花，导演在教堂那段的打斗演出看得出有许多想法，从敲钟来切换正反打节奏亦或是巧用彩色玻璃来完整光影构图，但是最后的成品还是有点膈应，对于整个空间场景的使用也非常“奢侈”与无意义，还是回归之前的问题，逻辑，转折莫名其妙的打斗一样味如嚼蜡。
53/100。首先承认导演拥有一定的对于画面的准确掌控力，许多碎片都带给观众一种这似乎并非是一部单纯的黑人意淫大戏。然而在具体的故事上还是带给人了这样的感受，其实且不提那些毫无必要的“黑人凝视白人”的情节，光是两股势力之首在最后呈现出的这种看似宿命实则狗血的设置就足够让人大呼救命了。我能够接受你毫无章法的枪战爆炸，我能够理解你试图表达出的那些情感，我甚至都可以把自己放在黑人的位置上来看待你们的政治正确，可是你最后来这么一出是做什么？白左看了都要大喊一声脑子有毛病。最后，勒凯斯·斯坦菲尔德真是黑人男明星颜值扛把子级别的存在。Ps.黑人在音乐上的天份，真是无人能及的。 @2021-11-04 23:56:19
这俩人是怎么就相爱了，男主写歌的能力也就那样吧（怪不得落选Berklee），俩人二三四月份天天就往床上一躺吗。对比before sunrise，台词情节太流水线了，情窦初开的心动一点儿都没拍出来。所以拍这片儿的意义到底是啥，看完以后甚至情绪都能不起一丝波澜。
迟到的LFF开幕片Mark。颠覆性的黑人卡司牛仔西部片，结尾居然反转成狗血家庭伦理剧我也是醉了。配乐上佳，观影体验是剧情都在围绕着音乐。
本来也没指望漫威杀人不见血的动作戏能有什么惊喜，关键是第一部时觉得还算有趣的共生互动梗也变得索然无味了，那真就没啥可看的了。
自打奥巴上了台
女主真漂亮 男主这样的golden boy我还真认识一个哈哈 很trigger
看片长就知道敷衍，没想到这么敷衍，太难看了，要么就打得有理有据，要么就爱得你侬我侬，现在搞得跟剧本大纲似的。
84分钟超长Talia Ryder MV心满意足☺️ 三只Talia! And the way she says OK every time, so casual and Talia-ish lol
不过整个基本全黑的西部牛仔片
黑人版西部传说。
片头太邵氏了，配乐剪辑和色调，差点以为狄龙要出来了
talia ryder下凡演的青春片又是没有跳出公式的老生常谈，男主和她没有cp感，看到后面我已经完全不在乎他们要不要分手。
前半部分还可以，但到了玛丽要单枪匹马去敌方打探消息那里剧情就开始崩了。另外，男主角鼻子大的都出戏了好吗……
这样一部可看性严重不足的片子索尼不可能看不出来，猜测可能是由于各种原因剧本做出了很多修改和妥协，最终导致情节大幅简化，正片时长只有80分钟左右，足见片子本身内容有多贫乏。虽然毒液的单口相声是不错但也禁不住这敷衍了事的故事啊，和第一部比起来相差太多，本来很有潜力拍成R级Cult大作的片子被索尼搞成人畜无害的三流少儿科幻片也就算了，剧本也透着严重欠缺打磨的感觉，最大的问题是反派塑造极其失败，虽然搬出了经典角色屠杀但丝毫没有能让观众记住的亮点，最后只剩下一个用来被毒液一顿暴揍的红色沥青怪。更不用说和最后的彩蛋比起来，正片内容就越发显得极其敷衍了。
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