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.
看过老版后，推测一下新版的剧情。发生对着镜子说五遍candyman, 有人被杀死的事情后。黑人男主去查询真相。发现了糖果人都市传说的由来，一个黑人因为与白人女人相爱，被杀。然后，男主被糖果人追杀，糖果人想让男主继承衣钵，继续报复。男主最后凭借心中的爱，战胜了糖果人。说实话，我觉得老版把女主海伦设定为白人，才是真正的精髓所在。最后海伦受到歧视，被烧死成为新一代的都市传说，将种族歧视引申为社会上所有歧视。不知道新版的剧情最后会怎么样。
第一次看完生肉，诺丁山式爱情轻喜剧，看预告片就了解了全部剧情也不影响我甜滋滋的看OW和JLO谈恋爱，男帅女美，所有插曲都好听，合格的情人节电影~
真的是好土好老套，谁能想到这么多年过去了，居然还能看到“巨星爱上我”这样狗血到令人发指又让人浮想菲菲的故事。剧情真的是从头到尾假（或者说童话？）到不行，中间两人闹分手的理由真是小学生都不会那么写了，但是本狗血爱好者还是看得津津有味。OST太好听了，JLo还是那么美，什么时候和大本再演个老土爱情剧？
断层感严重，前后衔接性太差，微电影长度就能表达的故事拍成长片注定吃瘪
叙事逻辑低幼而廉价，“大明星爱上我”同类题材中的鸡肋，《诺丁山》的低劣模仿者。从剧作到演绎统一呈现出敷衍了事的粗糙与虚伪，相比于投入真情实感地打磨剧情，主创选择依靠生硬的工业糖精、无处不在的音乐与不切实际的前任与娱乐生态来强行贩卖所谓“浪漫”与“爱情”，而女明星逛校园、参加舞会这类上世纪腐朽的狗血桥段更加暴露工业流水线编剧的懒惰，人物交集与情感酝酿缺乏说服力，演员状态完全抽离在角色之外，看着2022年还有人做着如此古早的梦，让人很难不尴尬癌发作抠出个三室一厅。
特别理所应当的情感走向，毫不意外的起承转合。诺丁山令人信服，这部让人觉得情感就是儿戏。
音乐很棒加一星，一开始的剧情还是挺新颖的，虽然后面就老套了
虽然有缺点，但这部整体来说本人真的很喜欢很喜欢，里面的每一首歌也超级好听，很推荐
蜂巢的概念有点视觉冲击，杀人的方式有点匪夷所思。用艺术作为载体和叙述从中世纪到现在的黑人发展史，看得出想要表达的社会议题，只是都差点在台词上说出来了，这把社会议题影视化的举动实在有点受限。
就像我作为普通人，在教巨星王宝强如何普通生活，难道巨星都是石头缝里蹦出来的么？
看到一半来评论的。
哎，要是能真复兴90年代的rom com就好了
题外话：我忽然觉得，近几年美影的政治正确就好像会哭的孩子有奶吃。收到不公对待也可能有两面性，就如同犹太人曾收到过不公对待一样。肯定有什么原因导致了这些不公。当然不否认有个体存在，就如同：“我见过最高尚的兽人,也见过最卑劣的人类”一样。急于定性某件事情，并不是明智的决定。时间会消散很多东西，时间也会证明很多东西。
抱歉，整部电影我不知道拍什么，故事是什么我也不懂，看不明白
天后大明星：我决定抽一名现场观众和我原地结婚，到底是谁这么幸运呢？剧情平淡而俗套，这戏的亮点可能就是看人吧，而且两名歌手在现实世界也是真的歌手，有点平行时空里的明星爱情那种意思。
事实证明越俗套越让我乐在其中，甚至想起了当年第一次听《江南style》和《小苹果》的快乐。这个性转灰姑娘的故事最后出现了歌坛大姐大倒追中学男老师的匪夷所思的剧情，辛德瑞拉善良，查理吉尔伯特足够有趣。甜甜的爱情故事在情人节前一天独享。
Marry me和on my way两首歌也太好听了
不知道为什么纯黑人的电影让我很难坚持下去，但是电影本身的色彩搭配和独特的叙述模式的纸片人很有新意，密集恐惧症慎看...不作死就不会死，记得之前看过一个电影也是类似的对着镜子说话就会被取走狗命，所以感觉就没那么新奇了，然后糖果人披着善良者被枉杀的怨念来复仇了，好在后面的剧情圆回来了，整体看下来还不错，就是得耐着性子看完前面的铺垫还有中间比较千篇一律的剧情...
虽然一般，但是比国内瞎谈恋爱的爱情片还是更叫爱情片一点。
本来政治化社会运动化议题的恐怖片就很难 但个人感觉故事内核还是有些被讲故事的方式浪费了。还是要为导演在恐怖元素上的执行和平衡 点赞
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