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.
感觉埃德加赖特的才情消耗的差不多了，果然不能只在电影中寻访电影的想象
冲着Anya来看这部片，看完粉上了Thomasin……
还挺喜欢，故事略微老套了一点，但是Mckenzie妹子挺亮眼的。
多少人应该是冲着女王来看这片的吧
o……kay？/ half as interesting as it is beautiful
无比丝滑酣畅的视听盛宴，看着真是享受。霓虹、镜像与幻觉的元素，电影语言炫目又高级。纸醉金迷下的腐坏，一场绮丽的恶梦。复古配乐也好好听。
镜子与影子，猎奇大于疼痛，类型语言花里胡哨，作者标志也很模糊。
观感很好，安雅泰勒的造型是真的惊艳，女主角本身也很不错
作为看铅黄片长大的人，这个片有非常丰满的铅黄要素，但缺少最关键的那个——似宗教的神秘氛围，扎根在欧洲人文的阴翳，突出一个引人入胜。当然时代需要创新，但作为赖特粉，渐入佳境后的展开让我感觉在看Doctor who。配乐也很致敬，但远没有goblin的电子乐在你的背后吹拂阵阵阴风的爽快感。最喜欢真凶最后上楼梯那段的特效，满脑子都是未麻的部屋
全球新晉實力+流量小花安雅的加盟是我看這部影片最大的原因，所以發現有「神秘博士」和山姆·克拉弗林助陣的確也是不小的驚喜。現實和過去畫面的交替，姑娘對於過去那個復古時代的留戀，本以為會是另一場動人的「午夜倫敦」，誰料到最後半小時是狗尾續貂，原來以為的歌舞劇到最後竟成了鉛黃片的典型。
this hits too close to home 女主甚至一开始的卧室上就挂着我每天上班都要走过的路 无法客观评分 比预期低还是还是挺好 但是的确该爱导的很多东西没有展现出来 不知道是摸鱼了还是在干什么
3.5 借当代小镇青年的都市vintage怀旧乡愁的壳讲了一个男性视角下的女性题材故事，意思就是复古和女性主义都没有处理好，导致了前半段和后半段叙事的割裂，不论是60s的SOHO/男性凝视/女性互助/小镇和城市的互动都显得十分悬置，尤其是最后的和解和男性忏悔，不还是以男性气质去形容女性吗……不过伦敦处处有鬼魂还是很有意思
Rather disappointing. The whole thing is wrapped up in such elaborate lavishness and meticulous homage that one could hardly find a single shred of spontaneous fun. Edgar Wright is so steeped in film history by this point that he seems to have already lost his own originality.
我知道这个不是推理片，但60年代那么多命案都查不到她头上？逻辑上太说不过去了吧。女主全程毫无胜算也看得人很难受。
挺可惜的 很多不错的元素 被惊恐尖叫女孩被到处追赶的老套故事框架浪费掉了 全程注意力离不开Thomasin精致的鼻子 当然还有一出来就自带主角星光 她不红谁红的Anya (这部竟是Dame Diana Rigg的最后遗作)
我知道这个不是推理片，但60年代那么多命案都查不到她头上？逻辑上太说不过去了吧。女主全程毫无胜算也看得人很难受。
大一新生外租1B1B即使不带VR也是过分，甲鱼的年代风情和菲利普开始渣之前确实大于全片，然而开始嗑药满街跑就有点傻，最后自述包袱又双叒烧黑胶只能说平庸无聊没劲
前面镜像附身部分拍得很赞，后面女主神经质的表演让人厌烦。
视听的大胆和创新放在今年可以说是鹤立鸡群，各种镜像构图精妙转场配上复古音乐。剧本头重脚轻，高开低走，导致最终观感没能再上一层。
《隐形人》之后最好的女性主义类型片。受害者变成加害者，和曾经的加害者在日和夜里轮番加害当代女性，既是寓言，也是现实。文本意义上，这部片比《隐形人》走得更远。
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