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.
钱老板的屁股蛋一边各值一颗星。剧情就完全没啥新意。当然皮特还是很辣。
哈哈，老布出来的时候还是挺搞笑的，然后嘛....
我对寻宝电影真的很宽容。。只要能把故事讲清楚就行。。因为夺宝才是真正满足一切想法的电影。。
真的不太好笑，迷失之城和宝藏部分又如此缺乏想象力，正反派都没有魅力，唯一好看的也就是那个屁股了
剧本太糟糕了，莫名其妙毫无逻辑的鬼扯，桑姐自带喜剧特效都救不回来。皮特的两分钟太帅了，全片唯一亮点。
最伟大的探险，最珍贵的宝藏，都比不上桑德拉在扒拉查宁屁股上的水蛭，皮特还是那么帅，惊喜不断的小成本，不俗套
不算是寻宝片，更算是搞笑爱情片吧。寻宝部分真的很少很少，但作为喜剧还是不错的，就是搞笑的手段也挺老套过时。布拉德彼特太搞笑了，尤其甩头发那段，可惜戏份太少。丹尼尔真的完全长残呀，太矮了，还留那么多胡子，还胖了，现在也只能做做反派。
桑婆逆光下美得要死，喜欢看钱老板装傻子，我笑好大声
金色长发的钱老板，在布拉德皮特旁边全程柔弱无助的钱老板，赤身裸体的钱老板……哎呀，就……
屁股都漏了，为啥不索性放开尺度，前面也漏出来。😃
皮特下线后就一路走跌了 抬椅子那段真的笑到爆炸
PS：本片能让人唯一记住的高光时刻，应该就是布拉特·皮特所出场的这段时间内，虽然最后的彩蛋又是极其的鬼扯。
很久没见的钱老板一副不太聪明的样子，卖肉兼顾和桑德拉·布洛克一起搭台搞笑，<夺宝奇兵>式的故事就是副羊皮，而且客串的皮特挂掉之后就越来越无聊了，2星半。
看着欢乐，搞笑，轻松，标准爆米花电影，可以了……
冒险，喜剧，爱情，没有一点做的好的，我老伴儿都觉得无聊🥱有点浪费卡司
蛮欢乐的，桑姐厉害，这片居然被她演得能够让人信服
无脑商业合格作品，主角都是常年演这个类型的角色，没什么过错也没什么惊喜，钱老板本钱还在，很欣慰。
虽然很typical，但是让帅哥美女演傻逼真的很好笑，这部的查宁就是瞒天过海美人计的安妮海瑟薇。
作为喜剧，搞笑就行，没必要多深刻，所以最后落笔到荷尔蒙激发的“爱情”，告别去世多年的前任，迎接新生活，也是可以接受的。很多场景因为反差而好笑，而且有些反差萌。
逗比男主，在线露腚。演员阵容强大，可惜剧情太差，让人失望的冒险故事。
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