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.
AMC 绿衣骑士非常适合去电影院看，建筑布景和风光都让我想起玩老滚时候操纵人物跑在Tamriel一望无际的原野上，在各个小镇的住户家里翻箱倒柜偷奶酪…
上头self help主题，一个人从默默仰慕其他骑士们到自己战胜恐惧和软弱，美极了
看得云里雾里！摄影和配乐不错。但感觉得了解亚瑟王和高文爵士的故事背景，还有骑士精神内核才能enjoy；我看着觉得这神神叨叨，作法一般，怎么搞了两个多小时还没完。
Visually extremely pleasing, but content wise not so convincing. Dev Patel is hot though.
这并不是说它是我今年看过的最糟糕的电影，但它是最无意义的电影之一。大卫洛维这次节奏慢得惊人，几乎可以说是毫无乐趣可言。不要看这部电影，除非你只喜欢枯燥的艺术电影风格，而可以忽略缺乏到顶点令人信服的情节。近年来最无意义、最令人不快的电影之一，有再好的艺术水准都不行。
5分 剧情上就是高文接受挑战，战胜自己成为骑士的故事…但拍得这么无聊，本质上已经是草菅人命了…
仙姑神兽采花岛，天上人间马戏团。
没有很传统的讲骑士精神，甚至带了点堂吉诃德的影子，看了眼原小说的大概内容，电影里面的高文爵士其实挺贴切，反理想化。A24每次都有惊喜，片子的摄影和美术做的很棒，传说的意境感是达到的。其实抛开文化差异，它也是个不错的故事。
美术和光影棒极啦，但除此之外也没啥夸得出口的……
有些割裂，在于男主的表演的神态、表情、动作带来了强烈的戏剧性和目的性，所以其内心的幻想、意象成了可由此直接解读出的裸露外壳，由此最终消解了部分影像、文本和视觉世界带来的模棱两可的神秘多义性。
{★★★★} 作为友邻里昭然若揭的反派，我不妨大声承认自己等待这样的电影已经很久了。电影最首要的机能从不是供给故事，而是展现影像--David Lowery的奇幻大作也许未必是巨制，但他在我们的见证下挥笔画出了绚丽的佳章、再以Leos Carax不屑做到的那样将它们装订成一本连贯的画册。在这样的电影里，我总会忘却故事的痕迹。但Lowery手中有值得讲述的故事，一个老旧的寓言。多层解读是可能的，但我不打算在这里给它们腾出位置。今年最好的电影之一。
最后配乐很像Arvo Pärt的Fratres
很典型但又反英雄套路的英雄之旅。好多意向看得亿点云里雾里，但是摄影和音效就足够值回票价。回头一定要二刷。
感觉A24要重写各种文化的鬼怪故事，重新定义原始恐惧。这个男主角演员，也算是童星走出来的，转型挺成功的。好像是个宗教阴谋，爱尔兰德鲁伊本地信仰打败了基督那一套，教男主何为骑士，让男主相信魔法，好像梅林亚瑟王也是这个主题。所以男主妈就是想要自己儿子上位吗，搞了个阴谋，但是男主自己醒悟了？但不管怎样，国王没有后裔，那肯定这个男主要继位吧。国王是不是本来也想趁机除掉男主？那国家又传给谁？男主妈估计是想让男主皈依德鲁伊这种魔法，就是相信魔法腰带有保命的神奇力量。但是结尾男主既放弃了骑士和基督那一套勇敢的价值观，也放弃了相信魔法保命的母亲那一套魔法，什么都放弃了，就是看破红尘的感觉，绿骑士满意了。好像头就是自我或者世俗的欲望之类的象征，斩首变成了某种顿悟和升华，这个设定很赞。
饶了我吧，上年纪了真看不动这么故弄玄虚的片子了……
7.5
不是所有根据真实事件改编的动物电影都是好片，根本没分清主次，大篇幅都留给了女主和其他人类，故事也没讲出吸引力
/C-/欲戴此冠，必受其重。
魔改却与骑士精神内核高度重合，同时对荣耀背后的东西释放了值得玩味的猜疑。影像表达很有诗意，观众完全可以自行理解和重组这个故事，特别是章回体电影的设定，完全打乱了叙事时间。当记叙顺序不同时，故事会呈现完全相反的结局。同时我也很喜欢这个电影的表达，充满了中世纪的神学象征与隐藏在敬畏之心下的幻觉。正是这种真假难辨的叙事，让人只能去意会这个男孩的成长，他的奥德赛，与他很可能完全是被捏造的属于他的传说。
亚瑟王的侄子是一个印度阿三，在砍了绿衣骑士的头后，又为了履行约定历尽艰辛跑到绿衣教堂被绿衣骑士砍头
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