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.
看了名字就很想看的电影，谁会不爱托斯卡纳呢！结果没看到很多风景，食物也潦草，帅哥也没有，不知道演了个啥。现在一看到和父母和解的故事，就浑身难受，属于瞬息全宇宙后遗症了。
达科塔还是美的 男主不咋地 挺磕碜的 没啥意思 国外名著欣赏不了
借简奥斯丁的壳子讲了一个现代爱情故事。无论这是否是导演本意，但古今爱情的对比反而让我更清楚地看到了现代爱情故事的一些特点。当然还是做得太浅了。
但有个逻辑漏洞，那就是喵的上升那么快，应该会有水肺吧。
边看片边看推上的吐槽看完了。几年前的我还是很希望劝导能再出一版翻拍呢，毕竟这是我最爱的简奥斯汀小说。然后自这片立项开拍以来传来的消息就一直在刷新我的下限。看了这片之后才发现服化道选角的问题什么的再差都可以忍的，但最不能忍的是曲解简姨的原作:几乎全员套用原著人物的名字，但其内核性格完全就是原创人物。编剧真的对劝导原著很不满的话就自己架空一个内核现代的古代故事吧，别套劝导的皮。别把原著里一些动人的语句改成粗俗的陈词滥调的台词。一星全给摄影...不是摄影和鸟妹的歌的话一星都不会给。让鸟妹当这片的编剧都比现在这个编剧改编的强。
原著党很生气😤我不得不重新看一遍07年的洗洗眼睛
制作其实还不错，服化道美术这些。然后通篇玩间离，一直努力打破第四堵墙。主角似乎想努力置身事外，但其实，也很难。
有一个设定不尽合理的片子，雨水一会就下满了500米的洞，黄色塑料水桶在500米水下丝毫不变形呵呵哒
比去年朴信惠和刘亚仁演的那部丧尸片还要无聊。尴尬的插科打诨和僵硬的煽情，再加上结尾奇怪的喜庆氛围，让整个片子变得有点四不像。反正我（这个灾难片爱好者）觉得挺尬的。韩国这几年丧尸片、灾难片都比较平庸了，唯一在线的就是特效。要是没有新点子了不如就放一放，等有成熟的新想法了再拍吧。
风景真的很美，关于感情线有些令人惊讶，美食诱人，能感受到男主内心的纠结
我需要用07版治愈
爱来的好肤浅。小时候的玩伴一直能念念不忘到结婚时嘛，只能说未婚夫太令人心疼了。风景真棒啊
女主那种大龄女文青有点丧有点通透有点矫情，还颇合我意。对第四面墙说话还有点像伦敦生活女主的狡黠。男女主不停的错过，明明相爱还试探掩饰，往返交战，终于敞开心扉还挺带感。曾经一时愚蠢错过的人，还有机会吗。也许是简对失落往事的yy。
原著党很生气😤我不得不重新看一遍07年的洗洗眼睛
背信爱的信仰，被地位财富劝服，再相遇，被爱劝服？是这样吗？
其实不难看，就是男女主人设OOC。本来男主对女配的那段其实就有点儿渣，这部这种感觉更明显了。要不是她最后移情别恋，真的男女主就要错过了。所以啊，永远不要对感情意气用事。（感觉打破第四面墙的手法更适合爱玛或者liz，也许劝导也适合轻喜剧的改编，但是这部明显不是很成功）
呵呵了，韩式灾难特有的催泪和紧张感在这里荡然无存，救援队都是来现场看戏的么？
本片最大的亮点就是独白部分对Jane Austen大段大段的引用
又吵又闹，废话台词巨多，看到开头猜到结尾，由于是喜剧片，屏蔽掉其中大量不合逻辑的剧情后，居然看的很爽，背负房贷的人能看懂里面每一个明示和暗喻。
达妹优雅动人，with Nina and barbecue.
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