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.
整个构想和设计其实很有潜力，本可以创造出更精彩的故事
又是一个缝合怪的故事，前20分钟打海兽还能看进去，结局特别拉，浪费我俩小时
重新看了一遍，发现真是包装在一个庸俗不伦故事之后的全新诠释，虚虚实实真真假假眼花缭乱，黑木华和柄本佑的演技真是太撑得起这样的人物故事了，奈绪还是不行，让人出戏，没想到风吹醇这次那么见老，好心疼，全片有些细节还是有BUG。
柄本佑好帅~哈哈哈哈哈哈好适合这个角色！！！黑木华也好适合这种表面上乖巧，内心使劲儿的角色。
这一部倒是看下去了，却阵亡在了驾驶我的车。
现在这个评分有点低了，7.5要有的。
原来一开始就不会原谅出轨的人，太爱黑木华了，太久没看这种平淡舒服的电影，佩服了。
是夏日里才能透露的干燥肌肤，是绿色掩映中才被感知的自然，是认真的人才有的伤害和坦然。
《我的恐怖妻子》《驾驶我的车》并成了《消失的爱人》，爽片。结尾真女王行为。
故事太老套了，而且让一个小女孩角色来进行这么多说教真的合适吗？
想不通啊想不通，既然同爱情一样，“进出围城”的故事被絮絮叨了十几个世纪还是以各种方式在现实与虚构间反复上演，那就只能证明人类是一个物种:贱
本身是个很灵巧的故事，但是导演并没有拍出能与之相对应的微妙与灵动，无论是悬疑的铺陈，还是漫画分镜与现实交错的部分，都还是更偏向于电视剧，少了大荧幕影像该有的质感。交给一位更有才华的电影导演来拍，绝对就是另一种让人欲罢不能的感觉了。以及黑木华和柄本佑，在这部作品中我觉得是有些被大材小用了。
全是她
3.5心里想的是“就这……”说好的妻子优雅复仇呢？不过日本电影嘛，日语语境下的独特梗还是很有意思的，特点很突出，还有部分漫画的展现形式意外的有趣。也不知道是不是角色设定，华妹看上去有点僵硬，倒是柄本佑演起渣男来就是渣男本渣哈哈哈哈
哈哈好有趣！绷到最后没有垮 东亚轻喜剧版鄙视 认真打工的人都有美好结局！~
还可以，那种再好一点就可以打四星的还可以。布切尔的声音好酷，已经代入那张痞坏的脸了。
这是喜剧吧！笑死我了。最温柔的恐怖妻子了。情节虚实穿插，亦真亦假，全靠观众自行辨别了。责编也太没有小三自觉了，好像事不关己一样。如果一切都是虚构，那新谷教练可太尴尬了。我觉得佐和子还是曾经很爱俊夫的，爱之深，恨之切，所以才会想出一个如此杀人诛心的报复方式。
漫画与现实双关，老师也双关。虽然妻子最后也许永不回头，隐隐感到她是为了让丈夫感到嫉妒，找到作画的感觉，重新做回“老师”。
虚构与现实的交叉重叠，是真也好是假也罢她都赢家。
观感还蛮焕然一新，只是现实里能这么体面优雅机智地面对丈夫出轨真的很难... 黑木华看着很舒服~
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