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.
小崔和后备箱的关系就是 他生来就是会被关后备箱然后被拍下让我流鼻血的 韩国人 你们真的很懂😳
改編自日本，節奏雖然還算緊湊，但並不吸引人。臥底的手法幼稚，沒有什麼技術含量；黑與白的說辭早已是陳詞濫調，並不耳目一新；也談不上有什麼令人驚喜的反轉劇情；……白瞎了趙震雄、樸熙順、崔宇植的陣容。
感觉改编不是太行，皮皮鲁的形象也不是电影里的傻蛋样啊
太一般了，两个小时都坚持不下去，像是给小孩拍的无脑爽片
不如改名叫借钱 就是有几个疑问点还没想明白
就是警察内部斗争，腐败，官僚主义，程序正义这些，没有太大的新意。故事OK，反转设计可以但也没惊喜。节奏有点太平了，高潮完全不够抓人也不紧张。看个15分钟，看出是养成系，也就能猜个大概。老戏骨演技不用说，崔宇植演技挺好的，我刚看完那年，角色完全不会混，不错。
不太明白结论以恶制恶是好事么。新年的第一部电影
崔宇植过于工具人了。不过灰色地带警察这个方面的题材我好像第一次见。
论警察白与黑之间的地带，影片一直看到结尾，我都觉得没有啥需要推理的，剧情挺直白的啊！都明明白白地告诉观众了。影片不能说无聊或者枯燥，虽然剧情一环扣一环的比较紧凑，但质量只能说还行，因为剧情既无意外也无反转，对抗和冲突都不尖锐，所以真的说不上精彩和激烈。赵震雄演技在线，但我觉得他这个角色应该带一点邪意，剧情把他拍得过于正直了，这样失去了神秘感，也就减低了这个角色的魅力。这质量我很努力的想给4星，可还是做不到，我只能给3星6.7分！
老是觉得皮皮鲁&鲁西西不真实，感觉只是作者批判教育制度的工具人，不像真实的儿童。
1.穿西装还是得老男人，崔宇植这种奶呼呼的没有那种气场；但是他这小眼睛倒是把游离于警匪之间的迷惘与不解诠释的很好；
赵震雄崔宇植朴熙顺啊！这阵容有不看的道理吗
比预期的强，郑渊洁童话伴随我大半个童年，小时候我买过很多童话大王、郑渊洁童话全集，在班上传阅，虽然到最后很多书都传没了，但我并不觉得可惜，这些天马行空且充满充满反叛精神的童话故事带给了我和周边朋友们很多的欢乐。我一直觉得老郑的作品影视化太少，希望未来有一天可以看到影视化的郑渊洁宇宙，这里面有罐头小人、蛇王淘金、熊猫鲍尔、舒克和贝塔、大灰狼罗克、幻影号、魔方大厦、飞马牌汽车、奔腾验钞机、犬人、生化保姆、病菌集中营、白客……
7分~剧情紧凑，不拖沓，最后的皆大欢喜剧情有点点扯~
就觉得有些特技做得蛮粗糙，顶层逃生一根绳真的不是误导吗？价值观是可以的，可是年代感还是比较久远了。所以就有些矛盾。结尾彩蛋里出现了郑渊洁还是蛮感动的。两位主角小演员名字里都带一个熙字，这个事我觉得挺有意思。可见出现在孩子起名字的字选择实在有限。
还不错，一切标准均在心中了
老崔>大赵>小崔，传帮带，终极目标都想做真正的好井查，行事风格迥异，男主必竟自带光环，同样被捅，嘛事儿没有，小黑眼线画挺骚气~
没看过小说，但是看名字剧情都挺像孤狼之血，这部玩的太保守了，可能因为讲的是高层内部的故事所以比较平淡吧
这是郑渊洁作品首部改编电影。
一个大大的问号，不是我看得太不专心，就是这拍的真有点毛病。崔演员真的太，帅，了，虽然这个身板确实有点薄了，请多拍戏！！
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