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.
放过喜剧吧，真的厌恶了强行煽情升华硬灌毒鸡汤非把观众“感动”（膈应）哭不可的“喜剧”，又不是聊斋，整什么“笑中也有泪乐中也有哀”？近几年甭管相声小品电影通通都是这个套路，想无脑哈哈哈咋就那么难捏？
看哭了。
她们也曾在我们看不到的地方年轻过，灿烂过，耀眼过。
眼泪哗哗的
电影的所有呈现，打四分其实就可以了，但是多出来一星要给到女导演视角下的女性主题，完全没有让人有任何不适（拉踩隔壁某探3）。没有刻意制造的笑点更没有刻意制造的哭点，一切都是很自然的发生了然后触动观众，这很难得。好喜欢贾玲，有谁会不喜欢贾玲呢。
当然，导演水平挺普通的，艺术性也基本没有，但真的就胜在了真诚，嗯。
在这样的年代仍饱含着对过往两朝历史洪流中人民日常生活细节的追溯，且以极为稀缺独特的艺术工作坊式的方法完成。历史大舞台下的他方唱罢尔登场，民间传说中的阴阳神鬼孟婆，以及随波逐流于期间的三教九流各色人等，堪称精妙的历史群像画卷
前半截是个二流小品！
真诚的编导才能换取观众的真心，打动观众的故事才能称得上好故事。中国喜剧能拥有这样一群创作者实在是非常幸运。
观影全程的感受就是完全感觉到了贾玲的一颗真心，这颗真心真挚到几乎完全掩盖了影片本身的一些不足，果然不管做什么事情真诚都很重要。
果然女性导演的镜头下才最懂得如何刻画好女性角色！！我太喜欢沈腾了 腾叔一出场我就想笑哈哈哈 张小斐真的好适合拍电影！！！电影里的音乐配的也很不错！唯一让我觉得有点尴尬的是后面贾玲一直在哭嚎 持续的时间太长 ！但还是很值得票价～推荐
漫画感-一定要让观众觉得是画出来的，artificiality，handcrafted
年度最佳电影。我并不想为了体现自己严格、有水平，就强行扣一星打四星，这电影不打五星，对不起我自己的良心
不管是亲情题材、穿越题材还是喜剧题材类电影中，这一部都算中规中矩，这个8.2实在是夸张，我很喜欢贾玲，但这和电影本身好不好没有关系，这届豆瓣已经不是我当初看电影前必来做功课的那个豆瓣了
在夏洛特烦恼的穿越梗用得已经烂大街的时候，贾玲用亲情再次焕发了生机
昨晚是除夕，我和妈妈大吵了一架。她气得直骂我没良心、白眼狼，我爸也心寒地把我妈牵到楼下，说不指望以后让我给他们养老。
《蝴蝶效应》中男主回到过去为了让爱的女孩和母亲生活得更好，尝试了各种方法，最后决定将自己扼死在胎中，不让自己给她们带来痛苦。《李焕英》里晓玲为了让母亲能像琴姨一样有优秀的丈夫和女儿，以及优越的生活，撮合英子和厂长儿子。但英子说“其实我真的很幸福，你为什么总是不相信” 。
像這樣演繹整個時代而不悲情的片感覺蠻難得的？比起霸王別姬我更喜歡椒麻堂會的溫度跟調笑；人生不是只有悲劇、不是只有不瘋魔不成活，有被打苦練有挖蛆果腹有風光有落魄，但還是可以笑一笑說「醫療酒精嘛，當然難喝」，這樣活著然後將孟婆湯瀟灑飲盡⋯⋯「喝完湯的客人請盡快離場，下面的客人還在等！」everything is in that line.
实际上三星都很勉强的……豆瓣分太高了8.2，好吧2星……没有任何创新，剧情拖沓，强行煽情……
脱离了男性凝视，镜头聚焦的胸和屁股。我只记得李焕英的每一个漂亮裙摆，被风吹起来露出一截细长的小腿，原来每一个妈妈都曾是美丽的少女。
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