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.
恋母尼森老胳膊老腿了，节奏很慢，但还是可以看的下去，面对有钱人的犯罪几乎无解，如果这个人还有权就是无敌了。
有些东西，比活着更重要！
杀手迟暮，要的是情怀，退休是不可能的，即使老年痴呆也得干下去。
连姆尼森演了很多这种题材的电影，但是《飓风营救》系列，大概已经成了他个人作品里难以逾越的巅峰了。这部片子很一般，无论是整体的风格、镜头语言的质感还有背景音乐，都有一种节奏感的错位、档次的降低。可惜了连姆这么好的演员了，要知道，《辛德勒的名单》可是我来回重复看过很多次而且还想再看的经典电影之一。
能直接推门就出去的，
杀了一个又一个，谎话太多圆不下去，好友一号背锅自杀扔无济于事，原来好友二号才是幕后大魔王，出卖了他还想上他老婆。就这么简单，讲那么久干嘛？
连姆尼森真的是永远的神，世界上最酷的杀手，最正义的杀手。虽老矣，仍最有味道
那啥，演员名单里随便拎一个出来演技都是能打的吧，太白瞎这个阵容了。（松ken、饼、神木dd表示这点事算啥，我们什么场面没见过啊哈哈哈哈哈哈哈wwww）
还能看到藤原龙也和松山研一的合体很难得了！这部好像风光片，太美了，故事很诗意，也很现实，守护这个主题被放大了，有点严肃。值得回味思考。
前面还行，后部分开始崩坏。“我们一定要守护这座岛啊”大家被这句话整疯魔了。时隔十五年《死亡笔记》组合情怀杀，我还是喜欢L
飓风营救之后，一个不如一个z
被国家忽视的偏僻小岛。排外的岛民。被振兴“责任”压垮的人们。面对转机时的冲突角力。本来可以挖得更深一点但最后落脚在三角恋殊为可惜：那不是我期待的“反转”。如果岛上的基友三人组是夜神月、L和一十一的话，凭他们的智商，应该就没这么多破事了😢
裸男后空翻简直了哈哈哈，虽然这3d质感实在过于一般我几度想弃，但后面剧情也还可以
可能是男主和女主都是经常拍电影的熟面孔，看的时候总觉得有点出戏
整体质感不错，故事也算有趣，尤其是前一半，很有戏剧张力，可惜后面收尾太过生硬，犯罪动机也有点狗血，有点自说自话。其实这故事仔细斟酌一个合理有说服力的结尾，这片上7分不难。
这改编这节奏让本就不富裕的原作更是雪上加霜，虽然少了原作漫画那种浓浓的法治进行时感，但也显得潦草无力，从镇长威胁他们去自首开始变得混乱，最后那个自以为是的反转并没有提升影片的质量，而且一个悬疑片几乎没有任何悬疑感这点很致命，广木光头只有三人在温室处理尸体镜头渐移动到出片名那个镜头好。
前面把俩人感情铺垫的太好了以至于我没有猜到结局…….
看完只有一种莫名的沧桑感，尼森和女神都老了
年初看到推上铺天盖地的预告，还以为是夏日重现+大逃杀like，结果前半就是一股犯罪西部片的味道，虽然跟宣传预想不太一样，但还是蛮出乎意料的。但确实比起智斗悬疑，更像是掺杂政治元素的犯罪片，中段岛民与男主纷纷合作，只为了保留下男主这全村的希望，结果一回头自家妻子就在劝说“要不要离开这个地方”，就有种之前某部回到中东老家变国王的美剧的调调，用日式岛民乡土做这样的尝试还蛮不错的，虽然看到后半段才意识到他们没有什么特别的乡音。但可惜最后还是有点崩盘，反转来反转去，悬疑与温情元素就好像一边在批判着、又一边在赞颂着这种微妙的传统良序一样，就还是太乱了，表达相互撕扯。不过不知道为什么觉得很适合引进。3.5归4
看到结尾稍微不那么愤怒了一点。电影里大概有四十分钟的长度是被没有意义的动作戏浪费掉的，哲学讨论和解谜的内容少得可怜。
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