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.
迪士尼一边打盗版，一边秀版权，IP排队再就业。
我大概就看个热闹？Lonely Island的美式梗放剧里还行。放电影里真的欣赏无力。。。
炒冷饭，但是好下饭，技术版权方面纯纯凡尔赛
所以现在迪士尼不搞IP大杂烩是达不到高潮是吗。。。
很可爱的一部片子，可惜有不少彩蛋get不到。
最搞笑的还是动画人物被迫拍盗版电影了，比如小美人鱼的盗版片是《小美眉鱼》，竟然还有丑版刺猬索尼克，各种梗，真的很绝妙！
比较神奇的电影，没法评价。感觉把彼得潘的形象给毁了
木兰尼+三表哥，已经看到录音棚两人的表情了
全世界都流行炒冷饭，主意不错，故事老套，Aïssa 推荐
画质更好了 可是形象反而没有老片子里生动了
其中一星给编剧对玩梗的用心、作为粉丝全程找梗的开心和见到老朋友的暖心。
2d配3D就离谱，这种双主角的一定会有争吵和好的剧情，我方人员跳反和电影里吐槽的一样常规操作。在电影里找其他角色，像头号玩家，剧情有点像疯狂动物城。这两只松鼠在国内知名度感觉不如……三只松鼠，在迪士尼玩时有个投掷游戏，其他没什么映像。其实小时候喜欢的是丁满和鹏鹏。
三星半 迪士尼又充分利用了自己的各种IP 只要是有《谁陷害了兔子罗杰》影子的片子都可以看看啦 （兔子罗杰也露脸了）
希望我的纸片人在二次元永远快乐。
被里面奇奇怪怪的晒版权技巧及设定可爱到了。。。属于想一帧帧截图慢慢欣赏的那种，至于故事到底讲得怎么样真的真的不重要了。
有版权就是大佬大佬！！爱怎么搞怎么搞！！！这部也告诉我们，2D永远的神来的，不信你看奇奇和蒂蒂，3D简直丢在动物群里找不出来。其实我很担心，奇奇蒂蒂的小饭桌，被人踢翻呢，毕竟这么小。真人动画2D3D一起混合双打，不违和。
四星鼓励吧，挺有意思的，真心现在对大制作免疫了
Literally the best fan service of 2022 and the heaven for old animation lovers!!! After producing too many suck stream movies during the Covid, it seems Disney finally rediscovered what movie they should make. Anyway it’s a warm work, the classic Disney style, which is also my fav^
Lonely Island继续影响着大厂产出，这一次各种IP的使用的确更加自然一些，剧本上多少有点简单，但是客串的有趣程度还是强于《失控玩家》这样的。
主线就是疯狂动物城，不过多种画风不同的人物杂糅在一起还是挺好玩的。（因为丑毙的被淘汰的索尼克居然再就业了23333）
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