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.
荷兰弟的人设还是避不开「蜘蛛侠」，不过其特有的「满不在乎」的动作英雄气质似乎可以期待未来的「少年007」？故事本身包括特效在一个小时之后就显疲态，据说是游戏改编似乎也见怪不怪了。
剧情约等于没有剧情，但是对游戏的场景还原做得还是挺好的，这片最大的问题是，男主在游戏里就是一个中年大叔啊，为什么一定要坚持给荷兰弟演，从一开始就错了。
我可能是有问题了，我又一次在电影院里不可抑制地睡着了。//那个短评里说你弟有Sean Cody感觉的！快去给自己买个鸡腿！
吃鸡海域的黄金宝藏总动员。过家家般的弱智与扯淡，各种违反物理常识，牛顿的棺材真就盖不住了!好害怕班德拉斯随时掏出两把冲锋枪就突突突突了!心动真的会带来危险，带着猫猫走天涯加一星!
非游戏党，感觉一般，寻宝难度简直是有点低幼，最后的藏宝地就在一个溶洞的后面，不需要任何的辅助设备就可以游进去，当真不会被当地人发现？另外，神秘海域？是不是对神秘二字有什么误解，请问哪里神秘了？
还好 ，就是觉得有点尴尬 ，但是呢个人有个人所喜欢的一些剧情吧，总之整体来说不咋样 。
我不知道电影里塞一只猫有什么意义，Nathan年轻版就年轻版吧，还弄得跟个弱智一样，但偏偏他很会打，前面那些操作是一个偷盗高手会干的？拍卖会那段实在是太好笑了，我指的是太过儿戏，隔壁杀手47都没你这么玩的，更别提这是在毁游戏剧情。
荷兰弟都已经到了疯狂露肉的年纪了，好莱坞咋还在改那么上世纪的冒险剧本。（虽然尽可能在实现游戏里的名场面，但编排太无聊了
嗯，我在影院里看电影的心不在焉程度绝对没有他们拍电影的心不在焉程度高。
典型的游乐场电影，足够热闹，也不难看。但也就这样了。
太好笑了。。就，也太像游戏速通攻略了主要是。
其實可以很明顯的看出來電影想走成龍那種喜劇奪寶模式，但是一切都太老套，看著荷蘭弟感覺他是個還是個孩子根本進不到角色，有好多為了劇情而刻意設計的衝突真的沒有必要，飛機上掉下來和最後吊著船打鬥的那兩場戲真的非常不合邏輯，我不懂為什麼在國外票房這麽高。。。
高于预期。寻宝解谜的部分做的很扎实，动作戏亮眼，几个人物都特色鲜明，双男主化学反应也不错。
【云11.9G】寻宝题材再也拍不出新花样了吗。。。角色的反转真够尬的
离职后，走出办公室的那一晚看的电影。不同于办公室里的磕磕碰碰，电影里的大场面，还有无所不能的主人公让我觉得生活还有希望。
但是荷兰弟……oh youth！
马克叔和荷兰弟的组合不错哦，蛮有喜感，这是对标加勒比海盗啊。日本的游戏IP、棒子国的摄影和汽车植入、印度裔的配乐、最后菲律宾的白捡，怎么没中国元素？两个彩蛋野心很大啊
人物和游戲實在差太遠了，大場面合格，滿世界尋寶搞破壞的模式還是受用的。
好莱坞的爆米花片已经套路到这种地步了吗 马克沃尔伯格一身腱子肉不卖 反而是荷兰弟秀的飞起 这年头钱不好赚
Well.look around. kid. You did this.
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