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.
绝对不推荐的恐怖片，甚至连恐怖片都算不上。前一个小时各种渲染女主生活多么悲惨，中间穿插着无聊的回忆。最后在小屋子里出现一只怪，而且没有战斗力的怪，女主莫名其妙就逃跑了，结束撒花，简直了，浪费时间
邻家女优也老了～整部电影恐怖感靠音乐～大boss价值五毛钱的装扮也是很搞的～
鬼屋片儿。并没有值得说的恐怖镜头，气氛主要靠吹风和音效。最后的绝望感，，我是觉得不太给劲儿。。
看国外恐怖片就觉得买房子需谨慎。好多都是关于搬进新家发生诡异事件的设定。这部虽然标题是恐怖地窖，但是其实是整座房子都是一个炼金阵。前半部分气氛烘托还是不错，有些地方让人觉得恐怖害怕接下来的发展。但是后半部分恶魔现身了就有点扯淡了…虎头蛇尾…而且可能让人最难接受的是明明知道房子有问题还要坚持住下去是挺奇怪的。就算要调查至少把孩子先送到安全的地方吧。
真的 鬼佬怎麼這麽熱衷拍這些既不恐怖又只會故弄玄虛還永遠千篇一律的意识流爛片？
祭献一条命就能痊愈自己的伤，我感觉靠这种方式可以达到永生。不过做为非法移民，这个主人公没办法长期在这个屋子里做祭祀活动，迟早要被发现，毕竟屋子也不是她的。
2.5星吧，被电影的宣发给骗了，并没有预想的精彩，剧情的大致走向和结局也都有预想到了。最后，希望女主下辈子买房子长点心眼，不要贪便宜买凶宅。
2022年度观影计划119/200
好家伙！怎么可能之前那么多女的都这么善良，没有邪念？！？！啥子石箱子，喜欢吃头的蝴蝶邪神？！？就为了身体健康而供着？
2022年度观影计划119/200
2星半吧，故事比较老套，前一个小时剧情沉闷，最后那盒子里的怪物形象倒是比较怪异，最后结局什么意思，女主也钻进盒子里了吗？
——后来巴风特闪亮登场，我才意识到自己其实是期待了个寂寞~~
看了一个半小时，伟大的数学家为了救儿子把家装潢成开启链接地狱之门，通往地狱之门的是留声机，之前没成功是每次都打断了留声机数数，最后一次成功播放完房子和地狱之门互通，这个恶魔是我见过最善良的教你数数，数到300万02，这片子太无聊了，我不会忘记今年看的第一部无聊恐怖片
地窖满壁骷髅头，时不时陷黑黢黢。
铺垫一小时最后高潮十分钟，怪物的设计还挺有意思哦
什么机罢玩意 还那么多高分？不恐怖就不说了 这剧情是啥？一只来自地狱的山羊怪 从古至今吸走了数以万计的人们 不为献祭 不为力量 只要求让他们在那数数 这他妈是我见过最善良的恶魔了 感动。
设定蛮讨喜的，但是bug也很明显，胜在完成度不错，3.5
看名字就知道很随意，但是电影开头质感还不错，你接着看，就会发现，你一开始的判断没有错，就是很随意跟烂，古老的恶魔的技能，就是控制人数数……爱尔兰到底是多害怕数学，数数有啥可怕的🤨你看完就会发现，你浪费了一个多少小时都不理解，数数！有啥？可怕的！？怎么的就能5分以上？？？
这个妖怪真正诠释了什么叫老娘一X夹死你。。
好片，值得看，这恐怖得有水平有创意，通往地狱的数字台阶原来是物理学家和魔鬼的一笔交易。诡异事件都是胡思乱想出来的，自然有大把漏洞，看着玩别当真。
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