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.
灯灯光布景很有感觉 特别是镜像的处理 音乐也好听 就是故事有点无聊 高潮泄气了
挺娱乐的 比Baby Driver 好看一点
火场里抱紧Sandie好温暖，最终获得了救赎吧这是。镜子舞蹈那段不错。
1. 女主比安娜好看一万倍，不知道安娜的神颜是怎么夸出来的；
居然是年度最佳（女性&惊悚）！我靠，埃德加奈特生涯最佳，没想到大家喜欢的西蒙佩奇反而是埃德加莱特的拖油瓶。整部剧感觉非常的浪漫，且很会讲故事，开篇的感觉直追《守望者》。我要颁给赖特最佳导演奖，剧本奖，摄影奖和音乐奖。
美還是很美啦⋯_(:з」∠)_
能看到很多电影的影子，赖特的影迷、歌迷属性还是太重了点，两个年代并没有很好的融合到一起，导致电影从半程开始基本沦为了一场视觉大秀，当然那些镜头拍的的确不错，但是放在了一个比较差的故事里
结尾的处理得扣分了，太潦草。其实相比性别议题，我看到的更多是导演埃德加赖特本人对这部影片的个人投射，很容易就想到几年前他被迫放弃执导《蚁人》，尽管他为那部电影的剧本投入大量的精力。本片里的Sandie同样在追逐梦想的道路上面临放弃自我，讨好恶魔的境地，像噩梦一样环绕在两个女主身边。我相信赖特依然对当初《蚁人》未能成行而耿耿于怀，这些年的魂牵梦绕，为《Soho区惊魂夜》提供了不少情感支撑。
很classic的一个故事，在艳丽的色调和慵懒的音乐下变得有趣了不少。最亮眼的是第一次回到60年代通过镜子El和Sandie互相转换的镜头，很有意思。中间幻影部分惊悚感比较强，真的进入破案反而比较平淡。
希区柯克啦，库布里克啦，德帕尔马啦，波兰斯基啦，今敏啦，罗伊格啦……埃德加赖特拍出这么一部片子来宣布：“只要是你能想到的导演，我都不如他们。”
这也太好看了吧...没想到现在的retro都是80年代都不够用的，得60年代才能解决问题了。音乐1000分了...奥斯卡不看着办吗？？？
非常不“埃加德莱特”的一部电影，抛去了导演以往所有作品的影子，这次大玩恐怖、铅黄、梦境和意识，既cult又不落入俗套，两个女孩之间的反复切换让观众不至于审美疲劳。但这样的不妥协也必然带来的结果是观众评价的两极分化严重，没有了“血与冰激淋”反套路化的模式，企图突破以往的作品，埃加德莱特的前程势必艰辛
碰到电影里吐槽London的地方观众都好兴奋hhhh
WTF 怎么会烂成这样。。。（TT好想回去 BTtower那一片才是我家emo emo
丧尸般的集体无意识拍久了，自己也会变成丧尸吧，一到致敬和怀念就变得了无生趣。建议同SOHO、伦敦时装学院合作改编成沉浸式戏剧
抄了好多《未麻的部屋》的构思，今敏太惨了，你们就不能换个人抄吗？？
“我只是希望我能像其他人一样。”
最不喜剧的一部莱特，也是最不喜欢的一部莱特。剪辑、摄影、表现手法在线甚至有所突破，依旧难掩剧本和人物的稀碎。所以观感十分分裂，俗套又新颖，说是爆米花商业吧，又不如 babydriver 要素多。虽然很爱莱特，但他真的驾驭不了「大作」。
我非常喜欢托马辛麦肯齐和安雅泰勒，能看到这两个人出现在一部电影里我还是很激动的，但这一点依然不足够让我给这部电影打四星，前几天我还非常认真得像喜欢的女孩介绍了血与冰淇淋三部曲，并且和她一起重新看了《僵尸肖恩》，介绍了一些埃德加赖特的特点，我对这部电影本来有更高的期待，辛亏我当时没说一起看埃德加赖特的新片
只有前半段值得称赞，Edgar最让人失望一次。
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