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.
没被雨中的消逝感动到 反而感觉最好的段落是孩子们一起在城市里涂鸦
不要追求太多合理性，设定和最后的燃点都值得打四星。只是我真的很怀念黄金时期的小新剧场版啊…就算用成人的逻辑来思考都无可挑剔，现在只能跟着傻乐呵了
四位勇士是蜡笔小新！隔夜内裤！娜娜子姐姐！肥嘟嘟左卫门！又是一部充满了感动，充满了创意的剧场版！勇士的牺牲，佑真的呐喊，小朋友的回头，随心涂鸦的快乐融合在一起带给我幸福的100分钟。
我印象中每部剧场版的OP都是粘土，只有这部换成了蜡笔，喻意也很简单，蜡笔小新要有蜡笔，现在的时代已经是电子产品的时代，多小的小孩都会使用电子产品，手机以是人们不得不用的玩意。
可能是年龄逐渐增大，其余的热血与感动都觉得太过天真与稚嫩。
绘画娜娜子！！
作为蜡笔小新系列动画重要道具的蜡笔终于在三十周年剧场版中登场。
电影中有一幕大家都准备去逃亡但是没有一个人去逆行反应了日本人多么的遵守交通规则我们值得学习。
只能勉强凭借情怀再看了 这部里最有魅力的是那个短暂存在的涂鸦女 小新的行为话语越来越套路化了
4.5星。有常规蜡笔小新的精髓，故事又完整还有一点创意，不是剧场版乱通通一套。四勇士每个个性都很鲜明，都牺牲自己了。温馨的小新。可可爱爱的裤衩小子，好可爱啊～～～
披着幼稚外皮实质内核已经深到明面上批判日本了。 ps：这部真的很感人，五岁小新经历的人生离别唉
角色太多，很多无关紧要，可以再精简一些。
当然我觉得最好笑的还是肥嘟嘟左卫门第二次出现的场景哈哈哈哈
近几年最喜欢的一部剧场版，希望在我五六十岁的时候，也依然能看到小新不理不理的那一天，也希望那时的自己仍保持着孩童时对动漫的喜爱。
真是活画了日本成年人把一切责任寄托在他人身上的形象。
不太搞笑，日版神笔马良，奇迹蜡笔我也想要😄
蜡笔小新的剧场版我每部都看过，基本没有难看的，从小学就看蜡笔小新，记得小学门口的蜡笔小新漫画5元一本，我每天的早点钱是一元，零花钱一元，不知不觉几年时间攒了一柜子蜡笔小新的漫画书，很庆幸我的童年是蜡笔小新
开头以为又是千篇一律的落难公主＋被选中的小新，看下去也的确如此，但出乎意料地有点曾经的味道。
肥嘟嘟左卫门：就算是救人的英雄一天也只工作三个小时哦。我又看哭了😭
不愧是小新，脑洞还是那么大，故事也非常感人，里面的小内裤真的有萌到我，算是近几年最好的剧场版了
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