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.
看完了，进来标记，看到这张海报心里都抽一下。后劲太足的一部爱情故事
圆满了 追到这里 总觉得村花气质不够冷啊 可能我被OVA洗脑
p.s.虽然是剧情需要，但桂和反派那种我们倒幕/佐幕“是为了女人获得幸福”这种台词真的很扯。
其實最後看這一部是對的 一切都回到最初 哎 看一次傷心一次 從小就堅信Kenshin唯一愛過的只有Tomoe 漫改當中 這一部的選角接近完美了 有村完全符合童年看動漫的Tomoe形象啊 佐藤健也是唯一的kenshin 拔刀齋
太唯美了，如果不是作为终章的终章而是单拎出来看，感觉效果会减分......
我不知道有谁和我一样，在看这部电影的约20年前，看了《追忆篇》动画电影版。至今，我都觉得那部动漫电影无论剧情、画面、配乐都登峰造极。如今，看到真人版电影，免不了跟当年的动画电影比较。剧情高度还原，两位主角演技可圈可点。格斗场面令人震撼。但我标注的这部五星真人电影也不是没有缺点。最大的缺点是：配乐跟动画电影相比，简直弱爆。更让我不解的，是片尾竟是一首英文歌曲。这是为了打入国际市场的操作吗？遗憾。
画面的确好看，但是情节上倒是不觉得精彩。最后汇在和女主的情感点上，我个人是没有咋感动。看到最后我唱“走进了新时代～”
影片拍得很认真，佐藤健出刀快准狠，架势颇有味道。古朴的草屋，带泥的萝卜，字迹行云流水的日记乃至飘落的细雪都很精细，除了女主假发。回忆之时情感流动，刽子手也有过人间烟火味。
制作很强了，演员们的表演也很好，就是细节上瑕疵有点多并且明显导致容易出戏。
比人诛篇好看多了，跟第一部一样当个日式武侠片来看感觉不错。
最后十分钟看哭了……
武戏有些强加了啊，虽然很帅
偏黑色调代表绯村的迷惘，皑皑白雪封存剑心的温热。
看完心中有两个我在挣扎，作为影迷的我认为针不戳，打斗和情感戏的处理比正传好太多，武指依旧在线，村花的巴在各种镜头加成下也总算比武田咲有存在感了，但！是！作为漫迷的我实在是不能忍删了那么多重要的剧情，导致最后的雪地诀别少了很多情感铺垫，几场关键的决斗也都是草草带过肥肠不爽，但是没办法，只能默默安慰自己，电影是二次创作，二次创作……
哀而美的爱情，为癫狂的正义打头阵的志士。雪代巴划下的那一刀，是怨恨，是原谅，是复仇，也是留给爱人最后的印记。结尾与12年的第一部首尾闭环，原来不止砂糖，江口叔也老了，不过砂糖的状态还是比人诛篇好多了，村花出乎意料的清冷美，演技也比武井咲好太多。高桥一生的桂小五郎是亮点，远超安藤政信的高杉晋作（或许伊势谷友介应该教教他）。不得不说，把追忆放在人诛后面是对的，这样才不会有十年漫改天花板烂尾的感觉。
四星半
如果我现在手中有刀，你会杀我吗？
漫改巅峰，美学角色贴合度气氛虐恋度各方面都没得可挑了，把我整哭了😭
不像第四集总出现的片段，本片细说绯村剑心在明治维新前的残酷岁月里的角色，他是隶属于长州奇兵队的顶尖杀手，而长州的领袖桂小五郎是倒幕派，所以在京都他杀了很多幕府派的武士，与新选组也交过手，他的外号叫拔刀斋，这时有一个女子接近了他，最后与他相爱，然而女子的初衷是为未婚夫报仇来的。
即便没了原作的“白梅香”，浪客剑心追忆篇的凄美依旧戳人。
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