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.
ps个人觉得大头比夏雨演的好多了。我心目中有两个被高估的男演员（因为比较多看悬疑探秘题材所以只熟悉这俩），第一是职业滑板运动员骨灰魔术玩家业余演员夏雨，第二是高级文化人书画半专业业余演员潘粤明。。两个都是只会面无表情，这次现哥哥也给我这种感觉。
后半段尴尬死了。在火车站也是乱糟糟的。尤其到郑村，我觉得所有人都尴尬。电影院还有没有好片子了呀？李现这个演法，我觉得活脱脱就是另一个胡歌。辛芷蕾，雷佳音，葛大爷，杨新鸣，真是亏了这些好演员了。有几个熟面孔是惊喜，张世豪，咏梅等。
拍得乱七八糟、莫名其妙，硬生生弄成一个解密闯关速通视频，就连台词设计、耍宝环节和镜头语言都有一股网剧味。我想看的正儿八经的商业电影，而不是这种劣质产物。
郭子健不行，拍到现在还是只有匠气。葛优恐成唯一亮点，但最后那段闪回也拍得太像电视剧了吧。灾难级煽情。
全片不功不过，剪了很多线，有点粗略，
底蕴和深意都成了噱头，还整这么暴力，改成电影就只能这么粗糙？这才几年，甚至都开始怀念夏雨的许愿，潘粤明的许一城。
这个IP是咋回事，拍来拍去拍不好，这个电影版看着花里胡哨，但我怎么觉得我好像就跟没看过书一样，这情节都是什么鬼。
那个郑国渠是驴得水老师吧？演的真好，真狠，很有土匪样。王庆祥老师有两处很入魂，一处是“嗯？”一处是“咦西！”大周末为什么没人看呢？居然让我一个人包场了~
底蕴和深意都成了噱头，还整这么暴力，改成电影就只能这么粗糙？这才几年，甚至都开始怀念夏雨的许愿，潘粤明的许一城。
解密过程还是十分生硬，年代感打造的不错，“这个礼物好，能生养“这个笑点好，”郑国渠和他奶演得好，和《国家宝藏》相比还是差得远。
马伯庸大师的各种按照线索的推理完全没有展现。
一片慌乱，毫不紧张。但是下次雷佳音的电影我还看。
对小说改编作品就不该抱太大希望。
佛头最后剥落的时候像极了费列罗
原著四部本应拥有着高度适应电影改编的节奏，非要浓缩成一部电影毫无疑问会破坏故事的完整性，整部电影像是在以正常速度播放着二倍速前进的剧情。
及格的电影，起码我愿意看下去。雷大头其实角色一直都差不多，造型啊性格啊来去不大；辛芷蕾大部分造型不像那个年代的人；李现有点端着，在松弛一点就好了；葛大爷永远是我大爷！
马伯庸大师的各种按照线索的推理完全没有展现。
不管原著多么严谨精彩，我看的是电影！电影的剧本明显打磨不够，漏洞百出，而且为了双雄争胜的套路，生硬的制造可行性。最后的洗白也够弱智，你把真佛头弄在假佛头里送给日本人难道就不是送了？既然假佛头足可乱真，为何不把真的藏起来再把假的送出去，别说怕老朝奉找到，一个造假组织你当是神啊；别说书里怎么完美圆回来的，TMD我看部电影难道还得买本书来补充剧情？也就是演员还不错，能让人无脑的看下去。国内市场这么好了，希望电影人们能够好好爱护珍惜，拍摄前先沉下心打磨好剧本，别只顾着圈钱，伤了根基。
有一个人基本一辈子都在一个体系中，
剧情发展就是解开一个答案火速前往下一答案的“解密综艺”。其间的逻辑漏洞和人物动机漏洞多如蜂窝，基本上全都立不住。
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