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.
太暗整整扣一颗星，啥玩意儿都看不清楚，还一颗星扣给设定和剧情还有剪辑，稍微有点乱，后期不复盘基本搞不灵清
意思自己进去给自己了个设定然后自己给自己整挂了？也不知道自己啥时候挂的？
浪费了这么强悍的卡司，本来可以处理的更有趣的
还可以，恐怖氛围营造的不错，可能是因为剧情太复杂了，有一些bug，但是不影响观看
鬼都不是人，哪来的人格？还有多重人格的设定？鬼杀人还需要依靠人格分裂这种能力吗？🥲
完成度还算可以，故事情节也算跌宕起伏，还挺有回味空间。
所有灵，都被恶鬼囚禁在这栋修道院内。
有土屋大脸和某位肥秋系拉垮偶像 藤原龙也怎么摊上这么个卡司阵容
轮回，时空交叠这些设定并不新鲜，颇有点大杂烩的味道，但让鬼也有了一体两面，人格分裂，这倒有点意思，究竟男主是死在了哪一幕里了呢？~~
之前有鬼是多重人格的人，现在都进化到鬼也是多重人格了😅搞这么多花里胡哨的表里世界有什么意义啊？还不如专心讲剧情啊
藤原龙也标配的“游戏电影”(日本大众主流娱乐电影)，问题在于，创作者不想要作品太过游戏化，拉过通俗情节剧作情感垫底，但这种情感又没有普遍性，仍然是游戏化的一环，无法感染人，(正例如 你的名字 的爱情)，于是就成了自我表演，就还是一部“纯游戏电影”，那么此时的问题就来了，事件的呈现手法又是纯现实系慢热型的，即本身是非游戏性的，造成的效果只能是冗长和啰嗦的，削弱了游戏性(当然也可以说是故意对同类作品的一种反抗)，又承载不起情感功能(反抗不成功)，鸡肋的处理，最后两头不讨好，只剩失败。若不是为了藤原龙也的软痞气质，这片没法看的。越想越气，拍的稀烂，改成一星。
艾菲尔铁塔背后的爱情故事，画面很美，就是故事有点单薄。
所以建塔和爱情之间有半毛钱关系吗，好分裂啊，女主就是个花瓶的感觉，另外艾玛古装实在又村又壮，像个挤奶养牛的乡下丫头
垃圾电影，前30分钟像弱智一样，看了想睡觉，果断关了！
对于一座象征着国家符号的标志性铁塔而言，这个爱情故事的电影化讲述得是不是简单了点？总有点波澜不惊，意兴阑珊的感觉
为什么要拍这么黑！其实跨时空设定和演员都挺不错的，但是又乌漆嘛黑又时空交错驱魔等无数个元素揉在一起，故事线索也没讲清楚，而且除了很俗的鬼妆也没有什么真吓人的地方，剪辑完全让人无法集中注意力，最后越看越混乱。
真心一般，莫名其妙，建议去看看《墓地邂逅》，比鬼门得劲多了
真心一般，莫名其妙，建议去看看《墓地邂逅》，比鬼门得劲多了
Bof...感觉没什么情节。没什么故事。三星其中一星给duris的演技，因为我爱他，哈哈哈哈。电影很一般，游客可能喜欢，故意浪漫化巴黎爱情，除此之外绝对浪费时间的电影。
画面背景服装都不错，情节就太垃圾了，片名应该叫埃菲尔先生和老情人不得不说的故事
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