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.
一开始就知道剧情结局的片子，毕竟是看tvb港片长大的，但是感叹为何港片还没长大？致敬智叔！！
制片国家/地区: 中国大陆 / 中国香港
方中信仍然是帅呀*_*。这故事说明只有资本说了算，其它都白费。
理解为啥不上院线走网络了，真的就跟闹着玩似的。毫无悬念毫无紧张感，故事写得小儿科，制作个方面都差很多。
方中信还是那么帅，张强还是那个常胜将军，不过这个案子的反转来的太过突兀，不够合理。但最后张强的话还是很令人动容。
高牆與雞蛋，2021，香港...excuse me？
电影不应该拍的像TVB电视剧。情节是完整的，以前现在未来同样有逻辑联系。男主明显是古美门式的律师，正义但又不死板。问题在于本片看完，最大的感受是“正义要通过有钱才能打破”，并且所有的重大问题都是靠死者爸爸翻盘，这就丧失了一级指控的“指控”的重量表现内涵了——特别是找检控的时候，竟然只是花钱买问题？我还以为要体现检控辩护共锤真正的犯罪者的桥段。整体表现远远不如多年前的《全民目击》。甚至我短评有一点剧透，我都觉得无伤大雅。
这部电影立意很好，但过程很敷衍，虽然早早就知道真凶，影片也没打算往悬疑方向靠，但寻找证据指控凶手的过程总该跌宕起伏一些吧？剧本是硬伤，这么多老戏骨同台，但戏份却没有推动剧情发展，法庭戏拍得极其业余，逻辑都不通，连坏警察的身份是怎么被知道的都没有讲，最后直接用钱解决一切，真是绝了。唯一值得称道的就是本片的演员阵容，以及比较正能量的主题。缅怀廖启智，他和曾江的对手戏非常精彩，鲍起静就更不用说了。谭耀文的角色由于剧本bug，根本没有发挥的余地，全程跟方中信搞暧昧，gay里gay气的，他的国语配音更是搞笑。希望港片里少一些整容脸，哪怕是演尸体也请找些像人的演员过来。港片虽然已经死得差不多了，但起码有我给它扫墓，可是老看到网红脸实在有点搞心态啊。
哎…还是这么陈旧的套路，看着这些tvb老演员，有点心酸。
曾江就是老狐狸。
认钱大状一遇到正义菜鸟和陈年旧案的受害人立刻就变回了从前那个只爱正义不爱钱的律师？所有证人证据都没了的时候，律师亲自上阵作伪证然后一切迎刃而解？结局不要太假了好不好！
太爱智叔了，除了半颗星给曾江，其他的都给智叔
我願稱之為廖啟智演技大賞 除此之外 劇情本身沒什麼心意 甚至乏味 殺個時間還行的那種電影。
哎哟，看完热评有时候觉得我不配看电影，这些观影人都好厉害哦，又是换成穷人，又是不够，想给高分还得犹豫一下。
211010@ 公众号上看到推，找来看了下，毫无新意
剧情太弱，太弱了，一点点打戏和床戏也特别生硬，几个不知名的演员感觉也没有入戏……总之，很难想象是最近几年的电影，哪怕是2018年的电影，也显得那么差……
思想性1.5+1.5，艺术性0.8+1+0.8+0.8+0.8，观赏性2+1✔最终还是得以虎制虎
黑暗的黑，让人无法想象。是呀，当你的power越大，是弄权还是担起那份深深的职责。现实与理想的矛盾，无解。印象最深的是，方中信说，我一定要她在一个是非分明的社会里长大。
剧情单薄，但最后方中信的那段补充发言，正正为法律的信仰而发声。既然游戏规则要存在，我们就要做最懂游戏规则的人，并避免规则被不公正利用。（最近两个月看胖球比赛看到有点累，今日又身体状态不太好，换换电影看）
思想性1.5+1.5，艺术性0.8+1+0.8+0.8+0.8，观赏性2+1✔最终还是得以虎制虎
Copyright © 2015-2023 All Rights Reserved
