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.
木啥值得推荐的，没头没尾！从开头就让人一头雾水，结尾更是潦草，太多bug实在是
定位不太准确，对幼儿来说太成熟说教了，对大点的孩子来说又老套了些。2D比3D好。少些网络用语吧，有些出戏。
咋说呢 。虎头蛇尾，电影想表达的东西太多，却有什么都没突出。
有被情感线和氛围感深深打动到，表演和效果也完美呈现。至于背景交代不清就不必苛责了，这不正是瑞典电影的特色嘛。
这不是一部爽片，这一部反乌托邦的作品。
很好看啊，怎么评分这么低？十一岁的小虎墩想当镖师的故事，少年侠义，笑中带泪。
从未见过如此场景，冰上送病毒，送到再毁掉。国家欺骗你，你只爱女儿。
三个星星给摄影和演员吧。故事实在是太漏洞百出了。
也还好，故事简单，对待战争死亡的刻画也很到位，活着并不是得到自由。
人物很可爱，也没有之前那部舞狮少年里全员拉细眼的事儿，感觉最后的结局有点突兀？突然就完结了。。。
Make love，no war！ 电影有点乏味，一开始冰面枪战挺刺激，后来上高地就开始流水账了
两星半，熊孩子太糟心，只有开头用心拍了，其余部分都在融梗，光沙漠船就看见《兰戈》《天空之城》等好几部动画片的影子
这个总镖头太像我那发了福的高中同学了。这大脸腮子一模一样。。。
氛围挺好。画面也不错，能感受到战争的恐怖、残酷。演员演技在线，尤其主角，演的很棒，能感受到她对女儿的爱。但是，为了女儿就可以牺牲其他人吗？向队友开枪，拼死也要把病毒带回去。当下，俄乌战争还没结束，新冠依然在肆虐。你，为了女儿就要牺牲全人类吗？最后所谓拯救在我看来不过是对欺骗的报复。欧美的价值观、情亲观可见一般，野蛮的民族！
评分被低估了，那些打低分人总是低估人性的力量。
影片拍摄难度还是有的，故事相对简单，视听成熟。
虽然剧情平庸，人物形象单薄……但还是被小虎墩萌到，画面比较美，也有比较催泪的点，有很欢乐的点。作为贺岁国漫，🉑。
有点尬的动作戏，但是总算不是什么爹亲娘爱惯宝宝了
景色拍得不错，女主的行为逻辑不对头，前面动机是一切为了女儿，哪怕知道是可以毁灭全人类的病毒也不在乎，后来女儿没有了就变成了要拯救全人类啥也不在乎了，全人类真是谢你女儿八辈祖宗了。
滑冰特攻自杀小队为运送生化武器穿越冰河，一路突突突一路挂队友。最后并没有主题升华。倒可以细想一下黑夜冰面戏应该怎样拍。
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