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.
真的好无聊...一个无聊版的《我是传奇+火星救援+荒野生存》...看完整部片子我都没有建立起对finch的强烈共情...很多地方都不明不白的，比如那个突然出现又突然消失的反派...
爱聚众的国人很难想象，孤独不是敌人，而是朋友。
没看过，看到这么多刷高评分不爽，生活中也没见过几个眯眯眼，到动画全部都是了
机器人在创作上需要一个陌生化的处理，不能一上来就通人性，否则就是一个毛躁青年的角色而已。从数据思维到人类思维这个跨越处理得极其简单。
一次是星期五，一次是杰夫；一次关于信念，一次关于信任；一次生，一次死。末世温情，大背景下的小人物，设定细节可以忽略，因为你永远可以期待汤姆汉克斯。
虽然是个科幻设定，但内里折射出的是现代人的孤岛生存模式，包括死后宠物的处置这也是现实生活中会遭遇的问题，只不过电影里会有智能机器人去承接遗愿，听上去有些心酸又不至于全然无望，汉克斯演这种角色很是驾轻就熟，就是整个时长长了些，捡球和看金门大桥两段加分。
机器人的口音很迷幻，很俄罗斯，也很中东，甚至有些印度。非常迷。
希望将来出现一部以“大气层消失”为主题的电影，看看太阳底下到底有没有新事。
辐射把阳光化为毒药，防备令拥抱变成奢侈，遗憾是伏在膝上的小狗，希望是拂过钢索的河风。地下堡垒是兑了冰水的啤酒，地面历险是值得回味的罐头，保持怀疑是岁月予人的能力，原始信任是造物馈赠的奇迹。
老套的温情科幻片，一人一狗一机器人，过于单调的人物设定使故事乏味到无法支撑两个小时，观看时只想快速结束
在后周星驰时代 目前为止最有周星驰神韵的电影 竟然是一部没有周星驰参与制作的动画 操 太燃了
同类型片里我始终更喜欢《我是传奇》，这一部算不上特别的好，但是也拍出了自己的特色，以机器衬托人类，对于他人的信任，亲情的传承，人类给自己所设的边界与限制，是啊，我们人类就是这么可笑的物种。可是看完又有一丝悲伤，最后释然。
“舞狮如人生 都是上山下山 未必都会赢 但一定不能输”
本来以为是部爱狗片，没想到讲的却是人工智能的成长。
虚构的末日背景下，讲的却是当下问题。当我们对彼此失去信任，而关闭情感，藏起善良伪装无心，机器化到冷酷无情的地步。Jeff却成了人性所有美好的重生和坚持，就像是片尾的帝王蝶(Monarch)一样纯粹美好。《帝王蝶的迁徙》讲，帝王蝶是唯一一种迁徙蝴蝶，一年得经过三代，从德克萨斯到五大湖再到墨西哥的漫长迁徙，在墨西哥山顶死亡的Monarch, 在树下堆积成罕见悲怆的橙黑地毯。人类进化了这么久，终于站在了食物链最顶端，但我们却再也无法善良、真诚、勇敢、无畏、胆小、愧疚、悲伤。我们只敢对猫狗敞开心扉，当我们终于练就了「心无挂碍，无挂碍故，无有恐怖」的神功，我们还剩下了什么？我太喜欢Jeff和老爷子躺椅讲long long time ago了，Jeff小雀跃的肩膀和腿，导演你把温柔拿捏得死死的。
就完全是一个美剧pilot的感觉，埋了很多可以展开的点，然后一看导演，果然，在那部《重生男人》之后，中间的执导履历都是美剧。
如果可能，汤姆汉克斯，再来一座小金人
【人、狗、機】有些電影真的就是很適合夜深人靜的之後一個人默默躲著看。而有的演員就真的是很厲害，他完全可以用自己的演技讓你覺得這兩個小時的觀影過程是轉瞬即逝的。哪怕整部片子的真正人物主角只有他自己，他也可以用自己的實力做到。末日下明明不相信任何人了，卻把最後的一份信心給了Jeff這位機器人。這樣的結局，實在是太好哭了。
世界末日，一台四驱的老车，一个将死的人，一条无主的狗，一个手工的AI，一条公路……
1. 画风我很喜欢
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