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.
Rebecca Ferguson的嗓音和造型真是惊艳。狼叔真痴情。阿祖演的可以！！！
故事乏善可陈，腔调有一点，主要看休杰克曼胡茬子。
还可，稍微有点惋惜的感觉升起。阿祖的饭盒领的太快了吧，死得也好惨。。。
so we can look again.
我祖说着:poor 龟孙子
这特么居然是个爱情片，奈何剧情无比老套，马戏之王二人组再续前缘演了出虐恋情深生离死别，躺水里“追忆”的方式也太像少数派报告了，吴彦祖英夹中的台词真不是为了增添喜剧效果？
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雷声大雨点小，拉片《西部世界》玩高概念，结果成片充斥着稀碎的节奏和扯淡的剧情，设局陷害后假戏真做，不过就是老套的主题用科幻的外衣包装下，再端上来卖，内力不足，用再好的配置，也只能衬托出别人更经典，真是白瞎了豪华的制作班底了，分只能给特效了，被海洋淹没的末世城市，别有一番令人神往的味道
m21221：自证眼光，沉迷过去。不往前看？？？
女主是真的美，剧情属实是老套过头了，不过披了一件科幻外衣，浪费了记忆装置这个设定，诺兰来拍应该起飞了
这导演这几年是没看片还是咋了？这也太老派！太土了！
你偷窥别人记忆，是怎么看出第三者视角的？？？？
马戏之王 II ， 米歇尔威廉姆斯不要面子的吗
前面氛围营造的很好，后半段剧情拉胯，虎头蛇尾
天啊太难看了，吴彦祖一开口让我体会了中英夹杂的终极🙏
阿祖就是个打酱油的，出场没几次就被女二送去领便当了。
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看腻了打打杀杀大场面的科幻动作片，换换口味品味细腻而又精致的科幻爱情片也不错啊，狼叔低沉又富有磁性的旁白有一种画面褪色的老派侦探片的味道，而开场的台词不由得让人想起盗梦空间，看了下简介，果不其然，导演兼编剧是诺兰家的人！随着剧情推进，让人意识到，这部电影的灵感可能与盗梦空间有着千丝万缕的联系，但其实完全是两个不同的故事，概括起来，追忆迷局其实就算狼叔带着观众走进自己的回忆，而最终观众看完并离开了狼叔的记忆，而狼叔自己却回到了记忆的循环……电影结束带给人们的思考还是蛮多的。
有趣的末世设定，却套着无脑恋爱剧情，真是亏了这主演阵容了
电影空有概念，叙事却不严谨。男女主的感情线很不明朗，却硬说两人感情深刻。
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