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.
只要瓶子够新画面够美, 旧酒喝起来也很好！跟去年的麦克白感觉类似, 相比较而言更喜欢麦克白一些。希望商业片把northman的摄影当做基准…
妮可·基德曼的表演可以封神。剧情和亚历山大的表演中规中矩，但还是有亮点。安雅反正又像在拍画报。
魂系莎士比亚，画面和配乐还有不穿衣服的E大，五颗星没商量。
明显觉察到被干预的痕迹，最明显的就是后面某段船戏，运镜和打光跟整个片子都不在一个系统之内。艾格斯延续了之前片子里非常出色的影像和调度，虽然没有《灯塔》那么极端。阿姆雷特成年后的出场到第一次展示他突袭的段落算小小地惊艳了一把，但不知道是不是这部分把片子的预算都花完了。从原型改编为戏剧再反改回此。
小K演技太差了…原本前30分钟我对这个故事的主题“艺术家的创作与痛苦”、“身体上的痛苦和愉悦”、“对于进化以及身体的崇拜”，但是最后发现导演什么都没有深入讨论，只有body horror的表象而已。对话像是一个有声论文（还不是写得好的那种）
艾格斯的电影怎么突然那么多能听懂的人话了？比他前两部的剧情容易理解太多了，就是北欧版王子复仇记，另外含雅量有点低啊，其实比起男主如何复仇，我更想看女主如何成为maiden queen。除了上面这些问题，妮可的王后好绝，我喜欢这种狠人人设，维京人的蛮荒与信仰真的展现的好赞，尤其是葬礼那里，几次血腥长镜头也好棒，最后裸男火山打架什么的真的是太美好。话说，玩艾尔登法环后遗症，太多既视感了，尤其是最后火山决斗，好想找个人在火山边上对决。
挺好看的，只是剧情对话什么的比较戏剧，可能有人觉得不够现实。如果拍一部正统好来屋的类型，那一定非常好看。
One should be wise enough to be a fool.
有一点没想到这是艾格斯的片子 依旧是风格感十足的影调 但故事稍微无聊了一点点 画面和声音层面的质感让我很想在电影院看一遍//啊 什么时候能进电影院看影展啊
3+，挣脱神话的启示和悲剧的束缚，勇敢去爱和战斗吧！
其实这次的多数镜头色调还蛮温柔的。
关于痛感与性快感的联想，我想到是金基德，之前看过他的《莫比乌斯》，其中就有所谓“新型性交”方式，或许，性其实就是一种暴力，而暴力也是一种外化的性，就如弗洛伊德言万物皆可性(想想《搏击俱乐部》，何以解忧？唯有性与暴力)，而人类就像SM一样沉沦其中(就像片中那个莫名奇妙的女职员），生生不息
前半部分大量的长镜头，中段是导演擅长的志怪氛围，到最后一场秒杀魔戒的裸男大战，21世纪血液里还流淌着纯正的古典美国电影DNA的人很少，艾格斯绝对算一个
整部电影有着和《女巫》截然不同的气质，不再是神秘丛林的阴气重重，取而代之的是极端化的兽性和男性气质，冰岛的辽阔草原和电闪雷鸣为电影提供了最为天然的绝佳舞台，极具地方性色彩且同样低沉嘶吼的配乐带来了更高层次的视听盛宴，油然而生的史诗感和宏大场面让略显单调的故事情节也沉浸感十足
皇后这个角色不错，还原维京生活的部分有点意思。
故事线简单，没有字幕且听不懂口音的情况下也能看懂，视听效果非常不错
冲两大女神看的，没想到还有Bjork惊鸿一瞥！导演用肃穆清冷的风格展示了北欧文化，所以不好看但仍值得看。后面复仇部分的剧情拖得不合逻辑，降分了，惊喜之处是大妮可自爆的一段，非常精彩！
影像是真的美轮美奂，王子复仇记拍的一点都不燃…大爱北欧风，可惜剧情实在平淡
一块陈旧腐朽的木头上雕不出什么新花，除了英语讲得很现代。
沾满鲜血的野兽，孕育后代的保护者，欲求复仇的宿命，这一路是童年神棍的涟漪，自我渴望的镜像，亦或确实真神的指引，一切背叛、杀戮之下皆是虚幻的，他一直只不过是那个对父亲许下誓言的男孩，从不曾长大过，我会为你复仇父亲，我会来救你母亲
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