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.
1202年了还能看到如此刻板庸俗的古早政变戏码(幼稚到网文都不敢这么写)，全员脸谱化工具人，所谓太空歌剧版王子复仇记人物弧光还不如狮子王，哪来自信拍那么长。用视听奇观包裹三流叙事可谓暴殄天物，何况呈现出的美术风格实在中规中矩难称天物，但看得出维伦纽瓦尽力了。zimmer就差不多得了，写不了可以不写没必要来折磨耳膜。总之热评碰瓷2001太空漫游那条简直是能入刑的程度……
一个细节，厄崔迪说自己年轻时也不想继承王位，想当个飞行员的时候，我直接跳戏到星战的波达默龙，笑死。
但凡能好好雕琢下故事，把它弄成一个完整的段落……观众也不至于叹着气离开电影院
很美，但也仅此而已了。真打算搞这种形式就一口气拍完十部之后再一起放映谢谢。顺便你们科幻人老毛病，穿越星球都玩似的了，结果打架还用小刀子，全宇宙物种还都规定只有儿子能继承皇位，男的想象力也就到这儿了……
1202年了还能看到如此刻板庸俗的古早政变戏码(幼稚到网文都不敢这么写)，全员脸谱化工具人，所谓太空歌剧版王子复仇记人物弧光还不如狮子王，哪来自信拍那么长。用视听奇观包裹三流叙事可谓暴殄天物，何况呈现出的美术风格实在中规中矩难称天物，但看得出维伦纽瓦尽力了。zimmer就差不多得了，写不了可以不写没必要来折磨耳膜。总之热评碰瓷2001太空漫游那条简直是能入刑的程度……
千万别看3d，我看的2d imax都嫌暗，大量室内或夜晚或凌晨的昏暗场景。我提前看了几十页原著，确实很难被改编，原著中玄秘的长远战略、精妙的计谋应对、利益的复杂交错，人心的幽微，在电影中都很难明确呈现，维伦纽瓦也的确没拍出多少，两个半小时就演了这么一丁点内容。可是能说它慢吗，细致吗？它又快到前面众多人物走马灯一样没有内心。这个性冷淡电影里只剩下最传统最古典的故事大纲，没有角色能让我共情——在原著里，海王的角色可是唱着小黄歌出场的。维伦纽瓦的视觉风格最适用于被统治者的视角：我靠，这么大个东西来了！到底是啥！用这种风格去看沙虫，庞大又有威慑力；但本片叙述视角多数是属于贵族统治者的，所谓天命，让恐惧感临场感都消失了。总之，感觉像看了一集星球大战，我应该不会追下去了。
我也不理解大家对史诗的定义。看了两个多小时，我甚至不知道男主在想什么。
唯一一次给我触动，是甜茶对母亲吼出“离我远点”，但回荡在他脑海里的声音不是也很像哈利耳畔的蛇佬腔吗？
提高电影逼格的几点小技巧：低饱和度，粗粝滤镜、昏暗调色、巨物恐惧、广角留白、宗教色彩、晦涩台词、悲怆主调、汉斯季默。
这阵容我爱了！
删除承上启下的晚宴剧情是一个相当大胆的决定，宫廷coup被直接简化为异军入侵自然是为了平衡取舍、着眼主线；除此以外，虽然丹尼斯已经竭尽全力地把海量信息塞进故事的每一个角落，需要根据原作文本自行补充的拼图碎片依然不在少数。这就像是一场小林丸测试，无人可以完美通关；但这一次的影像化至少是一份拼上全力交出的答卷。
水份太多，按这节奏拍一百集感觉都没什么问题
汉斯季默配乐再次放飞自我，而且依然很…喧闹高分贝，混音师为了平衡所有声音可以考虑申请加工资了。
都星际殖民了，星球登陆作战，还肉搏简直扯淡
看的时候一直在想，香料到底是什么奇奇怪怪的设定，嗯？
《沙丘》这样的作品，绝大多数中国观众顶多能从视觉和画面感受一下这个故事的广袤与磅礴，但很难真正意义从文本和思想层面有所同情与挖掘。正如西方人看金庸，除了武术可能也看不出啥。
我想重提“美术片”概念，有一类导演就爱拍画面，故事只是实现气氛的载体，他们的电影只是“动态摄影集”和“游戏原画设定集”，但就是有资方和观众愿意买单。给他们做美术和摄影确实一本满足，但编剧就要气哭，把前20分钟和倒数第20分钟的两场戏对调都没有任何差别。
看得我差点睡着了，太空版的权利的游戏，这不该叫科幻片，把人物摆到君临去也毫无违和感。全程都在装腔作势。都未来科幻了，搞得还是中世纪那套，皇帝，帝国，领主，巨大的飞船，结果战争就是拿刀砍来砍去。最有趣的就是豆瓣的这帮微文青废物们，吹捧的过了头了吧，这种东西要不是他们主子拍的，换做任何人怕都是要被喷惨
结局： 《阿汤哥和蜘蛛侠的女人教会我勇敢》
低于预期，科幻其表，权谋其里。换身衣服，就是王朝家族斗争戏。文戏权谋，武戏打斗都过于简单了。
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