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.
不必要的细节还是有点多。索德伯格还能翻身吗？
完美。只有一个缺憾，片名本来应该是ADA的。真好啊，理想的电影，如此简单，沿着墙壁与线缆就建立起了结构与方向。
中等成本的网大，舒舒服服把钱赚了，索德伯格还把摄影剪辑全包了。
大概是所有讲智能科技电影中最正面（也是疫情所迫？）的一部，都可以当广告来卖了。
精巧，准确，简练，流畅，有效，甚至都不需要对表演有太多要求，啊喜欢
apple google amazon都没想着冠名赞助一下这部电影吗？语音助手从来没以这么正面的形象出现在电影中过吧。。最恐怖的看来还是人心
艾伦索金擅长营造的是那种每个决定都牵涉着他人命运的紧张感，在这个小题材里显得有点施展不开拳脚，剪辑也有点太花里胡哨
索德伯格的可爱小片。反派演员蠢蠢的..还晃。
有种女人的直觉真的很准，认定的事情就会强势的去证明，内心容不下糊涂，有些事情一旦错了就再也回不去了，这是当代独立女性最典型的代表，哪怕他丈夫刚帮她洗刷了罪名，仍然受不了内心的一丝昏暗
废戏太多。女主走来走去、走来走去。10分钟就能讲完的故事。新冠疫情、大数据、metoo，还有女主必须有个黑人男朋友。
社恐患者版“后窗”？这时长是不是标错了，找的资源都是89min
只是OK，但是对于艾伦·索金来说OK就算很差了。
【4.5】美妙的类型语气融汇当下时态，症候紧扣，数字漩涡与物质世界同构。“门窗=界面”，轻巧的比喻句，秘密不断在其间流窜。简单高效却面面俱到，索德伯格太会拍，也是当之无愧的广角镜头大师。
节奏好快，结尾手帕对峙的戏表演节奏真好，看到Luccille最后选择继续演第一幕的“笨女孩”好辛酸。
有点长有点话痨，最后30min才渐入佳境。剧本不够好，演员都是好演员。
2.5 这电影就是在各位演职人员的能力范围内做出的行活儿吧！好莱坞的那些破事早被拍来拍去拍烂了，不难看但也没什么新意.
抑郁症+白作+女quan师+黑人男友+挑战quan威=流量密码？烂片！反胃！
妮可基德曼太美了~~~果然，男人靠不住，唉
——你们注定会分开，没有人像你们相爱，但是他们平淡无趣反而得到了求不得的可以永远在一起的诅咒。
索金还是那个索金，但我还是认为他更适合做编剧而不是导演。太匠气以至于全片的情感很淡薄，影片唯一的情感爆发也就在Lucy发现丈夫出轨那一刻。影片讲述的被发现支持共产党的Lucy在一周内希望以真人秀戏剧来挽救自己的名声和婚姻的故事，她力求精细和完美，同时追忆自己与丈夫的往事，但最终虽然自己的信誉挽回，却发现了丈夫的偷吃。
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