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.
用拉满的光影效果讲了一部互相加深自我认识的故事
「你一直是你，我却不知道是什么我，直到我们拥有彼此的私人荒漠。」导演导的很出彩，很细腻，值得一看
很神奇，他们从女主那带走狼和狮子，送给科学家和马戏团，那是不是意味着，虽然号称着“人与自然地和谐”，但其实人类并不认同这种相处模式，而更认同科学家和马戏团的那两种观念？
画面很美，人很美，故事很美，比狮子王真人版好看
这不点赞那给什么点赞！
居然用了我的爱曲Total eclipse of the heart
全员演技在线，不是烂片但也说不上好，不喜欢这个片子
# Queer Lion 漂洋过海来看你+同是天涯沦落人，这该死的浪漫！
看得出主创试图借由科幻符号诠释哲学爱情命题，奈何功力有限完全没撑起来。前后叙事风格严重割裂，故事走向自男主出国后就整个跑偏，后半小时混乱的剪辑、糟糕的节奏以及语焉不详的情节编排实在太减分。大段丰富的内心自白又处处透着文艺片常见的疼痛矫情味儿，偏偏还拍了两个半小时怎教人不如坐针毡。其实单看前半部分的青梅竹马聚散离合还是很抓人的，起码算得上是气韵悠长的合格年代爱情片。
渐入佳境的电影，关于寻找的慢热故事，我眼中的你亦是你，你眼中的我亦是我。
王朔牛逼，演员全员在线！这个电影后劲很大，不建议35岁以下的童鞋观看，适合有一定生活阅历的人，会找到共鸣！
#Veneiza78 3.5/5(威尼斯日人民选择奖)
2个小时浓烈的情感都融合在片尾Bonnie Tyler的《Total Eclipse Of The Heart》里：And I need you now tonight，And I need you more than ever，And if you only hold me tight，We will be holding on forever。
一名警察在经过内部调查后被停职，他在全国各地游荡，寻找自己的网恋对象。
配乐用了西语的心之全蚀，双厨狂喜!
说不出那里不好，但也没有说的那么惊艳。把演艺圈灰暗的一面和开放式夫妻的病态和无奈从演艺圈的电影人表达出，我觉得挺反讽。
剧情过于单薄，败笔就在于两人的感情基础没拍出来，直接就去找她，还喜欢得不得了，这剧情就太突兀了，后边的真相，冲突，和解，我非常的不能共情。
2个小时有点拖沓了，可以再精剪，性向流动的本质在于自我认知的觉醒，本片有点太一蹴而就，显得不够真实，另外模仿王家卫的痕迹太重。
王朔牛逼，演员全员在线！这个电影后劲很大，不建议35岁以下的童鞋观看，适合有一定生活阅历的人，会找到共鸣！
一个50后的回忆录，充斥着讽刺，酸腐和矫情，光荣家庭的童年孤独，隐忍至死的爱情，逼上梁山的事业，恶臭营生的娱乐圈，狂浪不羁的友情，还有对于日益逼近死亡的恐惧。这一切都是王朔的批判，歌颂和悲悯，在《非诚勿扰2》戏谑死亡之后又以科技续命的名义幻想着长生不老，与爱永恒。他眷恋这个世界的激情和混蛋，他怀念逝去年代的荒唐和真情。太平间旁玩摇滚，＂你孙子8000岁了＂，他的顽主劲依旧够猛，但是他爱情观是大写的矫情。两小无猜与子偕老本无罪，错在了王传君王珞丹分分合合都没有什么情感的波澜，隐而不明的爱静若死水，自然难以触情。李婷婷对王传君只能说是一厢情愿的单恋，够不上感动。所以证明爱情和时间一样永恒的命题也只能是＂老不死＂的精神意 淫。
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