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.
美妙 牛逼！！！！！ 我也想在河边亲亲TT
恐龙复活后走遍世界与人类共存的新生态。一般一般，没有什么惊喜。可能《侏罗纪公园》角色的回归算是一点点情怀加分吧
但作为一个系列的最终章，也算一份及格答卷，片尾霸王龙贡献全片最佳表演。
意识空前混乱的续作，像是由设定好的几个场景连接扩写成的；要剥削就大大方方地剥削，没有比装严肃更愚蠢的了；追逐戏是场滑稽戏，特效唯一呈现的只有导演的渴望。失败的政治惊悚，失败的怪兽片，另外库克那么遭人恨吗？
今年电影院的救市之作，娱乐性很强，是一部爽片，侏罗纪公园的老角色回归情怀满满，但是由于人物太多，剧情线有点乱，恐龙追车戏很惊险，结尾画面拍出了人与自然纪录片的感觉，IMAX版本音效逼真惊悚感十足
库克：公共厕所咩？想来就来！想走就走！
套路叠套路，再加点美式尖叫，遇到事情先不动，尖叫完了再说……
主角团每次脱离险境响起的通关BGM真的有够出戏😅
整部电影都是文艺复兴的圈钱产物。编剧就是拿着命题作文东拼西凑：恐龙+情怀+黑人+惊险+音效+灯光。
恐龙出来就好多了，对第二部电影没有印象的我感觉像是断片了。
太难看了，和我最爱的侏罗纪毫无关系，两星给儿时的cp教授。
别带脑子去看可以收获超爽的两小时银幕体验，不然文戏全程智商下线，长得像库克设定像不要抬头Isherwell的反派一人在超英类别里尬演硅谷段子等等连串经不起细想的糟烂桥段都会掉价。卖情怀的营销模式从老三部主角团聚首到种种致敬复刻的镜头无不昭然若揭，生硬转折造就的生态环境保护公益镜头甚至大有电影转向幼教之嫌。即使如此，依然可以短暂投入廉价而套路的工业惊悚和感动贩卖，享受也许是最后一次聆听史前巨物怒吼的震撼。
典型的毫无诚意吃老本大片。全是关卡式片段拼接，个别几段其实还有点意思，但合在一起就是灾难，这根本就没有剧本吧。库克销毁证据就是把文件扔回收站，而且还没清空……侮辱性极强。
6.1/10 多个角色的回归, 多种恐龙的登场, 多处美景的展现; 作为整个系列的终章, 本片此般规模足够华丽且满富情怀。 同时维持系列贯有风格营造的惊悚氛围, 也让部分场景足够紧张刺激。 而未于预告登场的惊喜, 也令结尾部分更加震撼且壮阔。 但过于繁多的角色, 以及多线并行的叙事方式, 让整部影片变得支离破碎。 同时此种叙事方式, 不仅使大多数角色的人物形象单薄至极, 且在有限的时长内未能兼顾娱乐性, 使大部分动作场景欠缺足够的快感。 而亘古不变的主题, 过于陈腐的剧情, 亦使整个故事更为糟糕。 以这样的一部作品为侏罗纪系列画上句号, 实属憾事一桩。
这片子怎么说呢，强行回忆杀，强行双线并单线，恐龙蝗虫两条线毫无故事构架可言，导演想塞的东西太多了，我就想看看恐龙，大BOSS就出场一会被干了，整片的jumpscare，苍龙就几秒的镜头吧。还有好多强行致敬，那个潜在水里露头的之类，主要是太久没在影院看电影了把。
有妹妹之后影院频率基本变成半年一次…难得结婚纪念日来放松看场电影…讲的什么故事 who cares
突然出现一张大嘴来吓人，这样的桥段出现多次也是大可不必。/ 之前的短评被移除了，说的挺隐晦的了，还是被删…
剧情完全就是看了个寂寞，主角逛街，反派弱智，又臭又长。本来还冲着看看特效去，结果又被IMAX3D字幕恶心到了，我戴个3D眼镜是为了看清字幕？？
emmmm就是那种“你要说它很好看吧，也没有，但你看到你想看的东西了吗，看到了”的电影。槽多无口，不说也罢，套路得我几次在电影院笑出声，当然再大声也比不过同场的其他来团建的小学生和来看图说话的熊孩子就是了
美丽的泡泡终究会破碎，一觉醒来，一切只是一个梦想，但是永远无法照进现实。
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