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.
剧情的构思和展开还是好的，但是空有一个高概念，所有元素都杂糅混沌在一起，没有面目清晰的轮廓和呼之欲出的主题，没有打磨和执行好，实在是太可惜了。
丽贝卡·弗格森太美艳了，我全程痴汉脸……(ˉ﹃ˉ)
黑兵弃女陪男主，瘸子寻情弃战友
想跟休叔的同事一起对他翻白眼。披着科幻外衣的俗套侦探爱情故事。明明是挖掘记忆，非要以可视化的全息影片呈现，还是上帝视角的舞台剧形式，导致完全没有可信性。
Reminiscence.2021.1080p.HMAX.WEB-DL.x265.10bit.HDR.DDP5.1.Atmos-TEPES
前期的流水账使得后期的优秀爆发没有能够得到最大的用处。
提取记忆 开始告诉人类这个世界是虚拟的了吗 未来水世界 为什么是水？ 一定是水 这种剧情居然拍了2个小时 兢兢业业的西方演员 整体有点奇怪啊 不像个简单的剧情片 想影射什么东西 又看不明白 剧情之下讲的绝对不是一般的情爱 反对垄断 有宗教的意思 神学 人类 意识 好模糊啊 想不明白 还有时间 宿命 线性 环线 等等 可能还有VR 哈哈 里面的有些台词不是在讲爱情 是在讲宇宙的真相 关于爱关于我们人类该追寻的东西 烧脑的宇宙真相
3.5 stars, but too dark, and something did not quite come together
在宏大的故事背景下扯些情情爱爱，格局也太小了
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。。。
服化道很美值得多一星，故事本身只值两星，情节拖沓，男主的恋爱脑真可怕，导致智商负数！宏大的场面讲了个针尖大的爱情故事和老套的悬疑故事，格局不够！最后怎么维持人体基本功能生存在水箱是巨大bug
哎？我刚发现这个导演是诺兰的弟媳妇儿……啊……
槽点密集，转折生硬，套路满满，廉价煽情。
盗梦空间加迷情记....所以两个好的东西融合到一起不一定是好的
有一點期望太高了，一直覺得會有反轉⋯故事還是比較流暢的就是編劇有點單薄
两人打斗后，毁容男手被钢琴夹住，沉入地板下↓，一抹阳光照射，摄影简直太强了，水下名场面！
I like to see the end of the world in all its forms
1.故事本身不错，但是剧本平庸，文戏过多，拖沓冗长，节奏扁平，亮点太少。2.背景音乐和部分海景画面不错。3.吴彦祖几句话承包我一年笑点。而我居然在吴彦祖年华老去的时候才开始发现他的帅。4.不跳戏是很难的，狼叔每次从水缸里出来我都在想念他的钢爪。5. 不客观的五星全部献给这个分分钟把我掰弯的绝世美人，以及这个我爱了二十年的男人。
所以休叔下半辈子就一直躺在水箱里浸在yy幻想里不吃不喝直到老死？
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