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.
看哭。
感情线索埋得挺好，苦情了一大半，最后破案也太突兀了，瞬间跌到谷底，人类的悲喜并不相通啊。。。sigh
后面采脐带血拉跨了，明明是常识，还有代孕😂
电影核心是地震灾害造成的次生灾害？原生家庭的分离、社会保障的失位，感觉挺牵强的，导致最后的复仇杀人还是和性格有关，或者和日本人的变态性格有关吧。
对医学介绍那么多干嘛，对剧情有什么推进作用?当科普来拍的吗?
果然王传君还是很会挑剧本的。鲁这个角色也是非常之不好发挥，演成这样已经很不错了。芳的角色就很适合王珞丹，拿捏的不费吹灰之力。而萌萌的角色，也从一开始的有点招人厌到最后击中人心。
感情线索埋得挺好，苦情了一大半，最后破案也太突兀了，瞬间跌到谷底，人类的悲喜并不相通啊。。。sigh
“离开是最绝对的永远。”
制度就是这么个制度，在日本能享受低保的人只有1%，欧美是5%到10%，如此低比例甚至被联合国警告。《空白》中没有好人，本片中没有好制度。在改变不了大环境的情况下，大家只能抱团取暖，苟延残喘微弱的生命力。在日本学院奖获得12项提名，比《驾驶我的车》的9项提名还多，但只有清原果耶获得最佳女配。6.6
看的时候不停的想着躺在床上的外公
挺有意思的一部电影，感觉讲了很多内容，仔细一看又好像只是一个故事而已。我们这平凡的漫长的一生该如何度过。
全剧独白太多了，感情的刻画实在太少了，每一个片段能体现出来的情感真的不多，有一种《阿甘》似的影子，又又一种《返老还童》似的影子，但是总感觉哪里缺了点什么，体会不到哪里感人的点，男女主的感情羁绊只有小时候的几个片段，也都是独白构成的，男女主又像胡歌演的《猎场》似的，两人互相思念互相爱恋，但却就是无法在一起。 男主的很多事情的动机也实在搞不清楚，为何最后要去漂泊？？最后叙事的讲述了男主的一生，像是快进片！
看的时候不停的想着躺在床上的外公
从爱情出发，历尽生死，折返回归。时间改变所有人，无法改变爱的执念，只有失去才回过味来。不老永生的时间元素单薄无力，非常影响整体故事架构和情感走向。出走半生，相依相伴的感情才是人生真正该珍惜的，但无论如何，都该有情有义不是吗？
本来以为是个讲地震的故事，没想到是在讲低保。确实是真正需要保护的人总是永远得不到保护，虽然演员演技很生硬，人设转换也太过文艺，但初衷是好的，哀痛是血淋淋的。
割裂感太强，背景和故事比例拿捏失衡，想讲述的太过缥缈，导演把控能力也有很大问题，所以才导致后半段给人一种干细胞的大型广告。
前半段我还想这片继续下去应该还是算可以的，结果后半段像刹不住车似的原地起飞，我都看傻了
果然王传君还是很会挑剧本的。鲁这个角色也是非常之不好发挥，演成这样已经很不错了。芳的角色就很适合王珞丹，拿捏的不费吹灰之力。而萌萌的角色，也从一开始的有点招人厌到最后击中人心。
——2022年春，谁能想到上海市民就这么强行能共情了。
有些黑幕只是试探性挖掘的浅尝辄止，显露了冰山一角，伪善的部分被淡化了。
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