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.
HIIFF#4 这次体验最深刻的一场了 回去再写写感受 刘泽导演加油！
特别好和特别不好的地方都很突出，所以观影中时而入戏很深，时而又突然抽离…关于生活的种种现实问题展现得很真实，却没有刻意放大，点到即止。女儿感情戏有的部分略尬，但父母的几场戏太受触动了，已经到了需要认真思考这个问题的年纪了啊…
不解为何选用表演过度”科班”味儿的女主，一张口就穿越到亲情调解类节目，画风和老演员完全不在一个次元内。导演把太多功夫都花在剧本织毛衣和无用的超现实转场上了，医院走廊、学校等单场景的调度也格外笨拙，以至于对老年阿兹海默、叶落归根这类悲切而有分量的话题，根本挖不出什么内容。
【2020年10月13日-「第四届平遥国际电影展-从山西出发Made-in-Shanxi」-小城之春厅-全球首映】
3.5平遥这届观众这么严格这么挑剔吗？有很多瑕疵，也有很多不足，但能看出来导演的真诚，也能看出来导演想突破这类题材限制
小畑健的角色原案咋变这么丑了，女主这一身又乱又花的衣服，真是土又村，男主就整个常规日漫男主脸，看过就忘，配角倒是都挺奇怪的，但审美上也没有愉悦感。当年DN连配角都个个有辨识度又帅气，也不花里胡哨，这部就真的拉
叠buff大失败……另外男主配音也太差了吧
日版大鱼海棠。泽野弘之兜底的跑酷之旅。看完想再看一遍萤火之森。
画面挺美的，剧情就一般，画面给三星。日本动漫+末世（好勉强）+海的女儿+跑酷，怎么看到一半感觉男女主有种真飞鸟和史黛拉的感觉。。。。我本来以为这有点科幻的感觉，可是这个设定真的太勉强了啊。。
作画和配乐很了不得，跑酷戏份值得一看，其他的只能用节奏稀烂来形容。
理想中的少年原型啊
一颗星给画面，一颗星给对宇宙和人类分分合合的思考。
全片基本上就剩下一个背景设定了，故事老套平淡的基本上可以忽略了，可惜制作了。
老年痴呆，家庭内部，女性困局。细腻，传统，陈旧。走进电影院不会觉得难看，但不是为了工作需要我是不会走进电影院看它的。
画面，作画，分镜，配乐都是顶级的。就是剧情挺抽象的，分割开每个段落其实都还不错，但是连贯在一起就让人觉得意义不明，脚本优秀一点的话其实是能封神的。
我是看得蠻享受，雖然是毫無新意的故事，但不是女孩為愛犧牲，而是A遇見B，A不再是A，B也不再是B，本質就是愛情故事，山無棱，天地合那種。
三星半，比好多看着文艺范儿十足但莫名其妙的片子好多了。起码很踏实认真地讲了一个故事，塑造出几个很鲜活的形象。影片是关于阿兹海默症的（不止于此），前面半小时比较中规中矩，像一个传统的家庭亲情影片，略显老套。不过剧情很扎实，演员非常到位，令人感到真切可信！后半段开始加入进幻想的场景，让影片一下丰富灵动起来——快到结尾的地府一瞥和女主站在满是水洼的旧房子里，意象出人意料且值得玩味。影片对死亡的认识理解还可以做得更深，不过已经是让人可以唏嘘回味的作品了。
阿兹海默，普通家庭面对疾病。但有些艺术手法看不懂
家庭伦理电视剧感，现实部分很糟糕。龙标真是个迷，“他进入我的身体越深，我想分手的念头就越淡”这种台词在外国电影也没见过啊，搁这写黄文呢。反倒是结尾超现实部分有惊喜，死后世界，导演不能拍恐怖片可惜了。@声色场所『青年近衛軍：華語青年導演處女作展映論壇』
跑酷情节几乎是唯一的亮点 故事已经不足以用俗套来形容了 我的评价是 可以不看
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