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.
“有人说英雄是你永远遇不上的人，但如果你够幸运，他们会是你的父母。”
比近几年的几部都好一些，幽默感大增所以观影很愉快，加上夹带很多洪导自身状态的私货，看得时候时常被逗乐，感觉是洪导和金敏喜最近状态的自嘲。当然还是少不了聊天喝酒抽烟以及翻来覆去地夸金敏喜，夸得人翻白眼。对，这次有彩色的金敏喜了以及一大波狗粮砸头，就问你酸不酸爽。
轻飘飘的讲了一个传奇故事，关于幸运、努力、rage、天赋和教育。
轻飘飘的讲了一个传奇故事，关于幸运、努力、rage、天赋和教育。
看洪尚秀的电影很像高中语文考试的阅读理解：你隐约觉得那些突然的推拉、结尾黑白转彩色、导演介入、「关于电影的电影」等等这些小设计是有点意思，但是挠破脑袋，你也想不到/写不出所谓标准答案（aka各位装逼豆友）里洋洋洒洒、赞美溢于言表的深刻赏析。
故事其实蛮工整的，而且也没有什么拖泥带水的地方，关于美国梦仍是那么明显，不是人人都可以轻易成功。不多不少带有政治正确吧，种族歧视、性别歧视等等，都踩在了现在的风口上。
非常满足的两个小时观影体验，看了一个好故事
KingWIll，体育励志，美国人的网球情结和黑人梦。
影片并未将重点放在威廉姆斯姐妹这两位伟大的运动员身上，而是挖掘、发现其背后的最大推手——理查德·威廉姆斯。他偏执自负，有浓厚的家父主义作风；他深谋远虑，为了女儿们的长远发展甘愿放弃眼前利益。
被“好人”理查德耍成猴了
这部电影会让你看到，一位伟大且有些自我、自负、自大却深谋远虑的父亲如何在美国种族问题相当严重并且居住在治安混乱的贫民窟的环境下，培养出强势、笃定、顽强、骄傲、谦虚、坚韧、果敢、善良、绝对自信、敬畏自尊、懂得自爱、提升自我、努力自强、挥洒自己的两位世界冠军级姑娘的成长历程。QJ
真就是为了得奖而去的，在我看来，充满了各种正确，但主人翁成功了，电影也成功了，有什么好说的？
我没看出来演员们有哪个很会打网球。如果不是真人传记，总感觉男主角要黑化成双面人。两个半小时竟然到最后二十分钟才来劲。
都不用记者问，现在洪每年都会以电影角色分身自反，主动报道和金敏喜的相处进展，最新现状是：洪在戒酒了，现在改抽电子烟。洪看不惯那些为金的表演事业感到可惜的言论。连路过街边的小女孩都被金迷住了。他们在公园拾叶补办婚礼超浪漫。
特么不是他女儿的成就梦想，是他的成就梦想，他通过了什么成功？嗯，反正想不太明白。各种骚操作，不过他成了，还冷藏都成了，所以他就是对的。
这部电影会让你看到，一位伟大且有些自我、自负、自大却深谋远虑的父亲如何在美国种族问题相当严重并且居住在治安混乱的贫民窟的环境下，培养出强势、笃定、顽强、骄傲、谦虚、坚韧、果敢、善良、绝对自信、敬畏自尊、懂得自爱、提升自我、努力自强、挥洒自己的两位世界冠军级姑娘的成长历程。QJ
If you fail to plan, you plan to fail.
比起片子和影帝，的確那一拳看的更加爽快，畢竟嘴賤的都是欠揍的
有李沧东，有许秦豪，有金基德，有可以一体两面显现半岛分裂精神的刃剑
美国版摔跤吧爸爸，运动员背后的爸爸们，一定是伟大，同时强势的，有些事也说不情，不过都是人生的路吧
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