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.
导演说 我就是要骗你们这一群傻缺 不从开头就骗你们谁他妈来看这烂片啊？
冲着藤原龙也看的这部悬疑，但演绎得有些故弄玄虚了，书中剧情与书外剧情应该有更加鲜明的区分，才能体现出原著的引人之处。原著主要是利用假亦真时真亦假的特点，但片子书内书外初始就用的都是藤原龙也，也就失去了这种感觉，更像个倒序时空蒙太奇的电影了。这个锅导演得背。还有就是黑帮也没个黑帮样，整体风格缺乏黑色氛围带来的紧张感，其实悬疑也必然要伴随着解开迷雾的压迫感，只有这种迷雾里的冰冷和迷雾外的炙热相结合，才能创造出炸裂的优质悬疑片。
不该这么低分，解谜的部分有点一泻千里，总体来说还是有意思的。很喜欢这个电影的色调。
没啥意思，有些时候讲话怪里怪气我没文化听不太懂，但下面打算开始看剧
看宣傳真的是很有質感的松竹出品，但是成片效果並不好。結尾目的略無言，在很多激情頃刻都被打斷，也許是支線過多整個顯得細碎，私以為原著的可讀性應該沒有電影表現得好，但現在覺得應該原著更精彩⋯
6.5分。《黑道家族》当时好像就没看完，而且年代久远，如今已经想不起太多了。本作号称前传，但有关TONY的内容并不多，或者说年轻时候的TONY并不能算是主角。另外就是电影似乎又有不少对于六七十年代的缅怀戏码，这更类似美国往事的风格，同黑道家族之类更为写实的黑帮戏码风格不太搭。
没看过剧的观众表示除了几个头发的笑点 实在平淡无奇 女性角色比男性角色要出色得多
学校电影院体验+1
哇！我就喜欢这种闭环故事！有点想看原版小说了！
娜奥米真的老了，不知道是不是为了贴合剧情，这里面真的好憔悴，不过她最近几年怎么老是在这种波澜不惊的片子里展现演技，接点好片子吧
不该这么低分，解谜的部分有点一泻千里，总体来说还是有意思的。很喜欢这个电影的色调。
这个电影里有正常人？？？？？？？？？？？？？
格局拍的小了点，要是找个好导演，凭着娜奥米的演技，可以勾一勾小金人的边的
和大泉洋那个错视画的电影的风格好像，连剧情的无聊程度都一模一样，和大泉洋那部电影交换一下主演都可以，藤原龙也喜欢看泡吧侦探所以自己也演了一部差不多的
摄影、色调、服装、道具都不错，演员们肯定没少看黑道家族，哈哈哈哈，模仿得有点重了。
不意外，藤原又被捲入奇怪的事件了。劇情挺平淡的，不覺得怎麼好看，還是默默看完了
好好的片子结尾却做了这么个最没意思的选择，而且让人完全不确定最后到底谁死了谁还活着。都成为都市传说的黑社会老大怎么就那么紧张那三张假钞？事实和小说家的猜测到底差多远？片名是啥意思？啥叫击退法？
没看过HBO的剧，单纯当黑帮故事来看，全程无高潮无亮点。
其实没看太懂
属于娜奥米沃茨的一切尽失或127小时，但救赎的主题又牺牲了很多表演空间，所以即便拍的辛苦，貌似也没讨到好。
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