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.
两星半
最最最尴尬的就是结局了。
导演其实还是蛮有野心的，找了近年大热剧的两个小演员以及大热电影男主，融合了剧情、喜剧、恐怖和青少年探秘，结尾找来前作老演员撑腰一波，要素的确多。除了致敬其实就是要你看起来爽，不错
说实话，看得我直接打瞌睡，前面一个小时，不知道在干啥，我都要放弃了，就去看了电影解说，发现后面还有特效，于是就去看了，后面特效给电影加一分吧
真的是太太太无聊了，两倍速都看不下去的那种，各方面都非常一般，唯一能看的就是蚁人保罗和天才少女的表演了。
100%情怀粉丝向，已经没有了当年的cult味儿，直接拍成了青少年奇幻冒险，喜剧元素也生硬尴尬，前期铺垫冗长乏味，没看过原作的人也看得云里雾里的，如果不是最后四人组重聚的话就是妥妥的三星片。老年四人组重聚除魔一段直接在电影院哭成傻子，其威力足以媲美美队拿起锤子，可能我还是对英雄迟暮的戏份特别有感情，看到Egon的灵魂为孙女举起激光枪真的好感动，还有灵魂消散后的for Harold，或许剩下的三名抓鬼队员会比我们更难过吧。片子大量致敬原作，情怀牌打太满、创新的部分又不够好，很容易让人质疑是不是为了笼络粉丝。棉花糖小人是唯一爆笑点，可以列入2021最可爱反派角色，我烤我炸我插我自己。Ghostbusters！
三星半，真挺好的，您要是非往认真了看，那确实哪方面都差点意思。 不妨换个角度，放松下来，看的过程中回忆一下曾经的美好，就像那个“老家伙”说的“那时一切都很好，里根时代……” 我们现在需要被一些温柔、诙谐包围。
不过我又不是来看剧情的，我是来看麦麦的～
观影全程就被给到一个大trauma！Being Asian Queer is damn hard！
中规中矩吧，他人眼中的怪老头，死了以后仍一直在默默保护着人类，最终获得家人和朋友的认可。
从典型卖情怀的Fan based电影来不算很差啊，像看了一集加长般的怪奇物语，小演员们可圈可点
近几年看过的最好老片翻拍版之一，比上一部那个全女捉鬼版好看太多太多了！！小女主实在是太可爱了，而且很飒有没有？！哈哈哈，I’m a scientist，最后三个老版男主角出来了简直是必须有掌声，而且最后爷爷出来了好温馨感人啊，也很感伤………
裸得清清白白哈哈
编剧还是那种典型西方脑洞，简单粗暴，好在道具好多小心思很让人眼前一亮。女主造型太像哈利波特了
場景、燈光、攝影、道具(除了後面那倆狗)都很棒。能以這樣的形式紀念也很不錯。劇情和音樂俗套中庸。
失败之后往往会以为自己是个婊子狗血的放荡不羁，久而久之，习惯了，以为自己不需要爱情了，当爱来的时候，还以为自己不配拥有，特别害怕呢
好久沒看过這麼傻白甜的小鸡片了。真好，放下人生煩惱开开心心谈一场小学鸡戀愛。三個亞裔主角都挺招人喜歡的
迟暮的英雄，在繁华落尽后，他还坚持着，一条路走到黑，只为除尽世间恶鬼
这部《捉鬼敢死队》的续集《超能敢死队》，整体风格延续了前作，有致敬也有创新，视听效果在7500万美元的制作成本下，还是有保证的，动作场面虽然不多，但也足够精彩。“蚁人”保罗·路德的加盟，为影片增加了不少看点。
无聊啊，能让人类毁灭的就这？还不如女性版的那部。
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