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.
内容平平淡淡，环境服装道具算好看，说白了就是视觉向长视频。
很多人说剧情陈旧，但对我而言，叙事不是电影唯一重要的因素，喜欢的演员，绝佳的摄影，反正我看的时候是挺沉浸的
哈姆雷特的原版故事。哈姆雷特想的多，这哥们儿是野蛮人。风景美如画。
老套的狮子王剧情加一些类似绿衣骑士的神棍元素。
非常罗伯特风格、非常莎士比亚。服装设定细节很棒了，包括Valkryra的“牙套”，很多人可能觉得可笑，但实际上冰岛和Gotland考古发现就是这样的。导演考古和神话结合非常棒了。
整个故事有些拖沓；妮可讲真相那段演技杠杠的；女主侧颜无敌
快结尾的时候倒是一直在想非正义复仇的问题，觉得，这个方向还挺值得探讨的
瓦格纳式的电影，过多的北欧元素符号性的交织在一切，营造出一个现代艺术幻想中的北欧世界，三步一宗族五步一咒文，看得人很累。
艾格斯的影像叙事能力反而被哈姆雷特式的故事束缚了，命运主题不需要浅薄的复读
故事整体都太像玄学唠叨了，Alexander好帅 Lol
最细腻的对东方武侠/功夫的致敬
脸谱化的人物，冗长无聊的台词，沉闷没有转折的剧情，复仇故事就真的只能拍成哈姆雷特那样的吗？
野蛮低能 又臭又长 制作的华丽也无法掩盖故事的空洞 这都什么年代了 谁在乎什么狗屁国王荣耀啊 大家都是普通人 都有自我意识 你搁这想感动谁呢？
亲，有句话叫做“冤冤相报何时了”。这边建议您了解一下呢。
打斗软绵无力犹如儿戏，人物刻画几乎没有，最出色的就是摄影了。我先走一步。
一顆星給本片帶來唯一的好消息：bruce變回人啦！
很想对哈姆雷特的每一个版本（含变型）说：拍的还行，以后别再拍了。
很遗憾，只能在网盘里，以这种方式去看首部华裔超级英雄电影
主线剧情王子复仇 所有台词神神叨叨 在如坐针毡中结束观赏 有些画面确实挺美 安雅也确实挺美 但美人美景 也无法改变 这是一部可有可无的烂片 另外 我甚至觉得编剧可能最近在玩《刺客信条：英灵殿》……
大量的中文对白，相当多的中国元素，文戏武戏的比例，几场动作戏的创意，节奏等都完成的不错，很有诚意的尝试，非常希望能在内地顺利上映啊，让更多人至少看过后再去评价
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