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.
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故事比较俗套，包装的算不上有趣，概念也一般。互联网时代下娱乐至死，被科技支配后的返璞归真。老生常谈了，情感上很难更深的共鸣。
太喜欢了太喜欢了，像喜欢痛苦与荣耀那样喜欢。充满怪人们的海边城市，混乱、争吵、玩笑、午夜狂奔、海浪和死亡。和马拉多纳无关的上帝之手，是种古怪疯狂又动人的生活。近海船时速200公里的时候会发出一种声音，是孤单，也是自由。
总之科技狂潮是无法阻挡的，爱怎样怎样吧。
对苹果的影射明显，每个人都是孤独的，即使有这个身高50厘米的机器人也不例外，服务器阵列黑绿配色致敬《黑客帝国》。
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很简单的故事但做的很生动很有趣。没有开箱即用的朋友，没有不劳而获的感情，罗恩是巴尼培育出的交友方法与真心，连上网络为朋友upload&share才真正摆脱了单机人生。（你有0.85个朋友…你有0.7个朋友……你有0.2个朋友……哈哈哈哈笑死(emm突然发现好像一语成谶了)）马克这条线没怎么发挥，只沦为了后援工具人（也是为了技术的无用？毕竟代码都被闲置了）。
网飞给了索伦蒂诺无限的创作空间，然后索伦蒂诺选择模仿费里尼……好吧。我觉得他擅长精美却空洞（非贬义）的东西，而不是可爱的东西，也许这也是我没有get到此片灵魂的原因。PS为什么每个意大利导演都有大奶情结？
也许是之前的错觉，男主仿佛小甜茶，以为是个基片，结果是个私人电影。比《贝尔法斯特》好上许多，但也感觉稍微差一口气。结尾的玻璃反射和CMBYN最后的壁炉戏一样都很考验男主表演，虽然这里弱了一些，肯定是不如🍑片那样能直接提名影帝。但斯科蒂还是很可爱的，和甜茶一样都展示了美臀。以及没太懂小修士是什么存在，但最后告别竟然出现，真的太可爱了，你会相信他给你带来了好运。
动画里的科技公司永远有一个反人类的没有人性的阴险狡诈的大老板/永远搞到电源短路的烂电脑原来是关键道具/社交牛逼症的机器人拯救社交恐惧症的怪男孩，人机友谊万岁！
第一次把ai做成了具有独立思考能力的，探讨什么是朋友，但是有点忽略了现实间真人交往的重要性。
我们进行着人类前所未有的孤独的狂欢。
友谊双向道安全隐患儿童赛博天网崛起，it pooped me
致全世界所有的weirdos。电影院里充满了小朋友的嬉笑，我却在很多片段抹眼泪。这是很少有的，让我与角色共情到痛苦的程度远大于滑稽剧情带给我的欢乐的动画影片，像是一枚包着糖纸的苦药丸。这个世界上充满黑暗的角落多到无处安放，没有人有时间在乎其他人，但是请你相信，everything will be fine in the end，你会遇到照亮你的光。
不知这个故事是否脱胎于索伦蒂诺的亲身经历，但看罢我心念一动，去查了一下这位大导演的出身地。果然，正是那不勒斯。
对社交网络、大数据算法、隐私泄露的一次嘲讽。国内没引进，不知道是不是几个巨头看了不敢啊。
这是什么高级电影，我评不了了，最大的浪漫的确是一种不熟悉的夏天，尝出了青春永恒的伤痛，一层一层，一片一片
我看了豆瓣简介才知道这是个导演的个人传记片？？？WTF
找到的解决方案是给Bubble来一次全面升级，AI大进化，有任何现实意义吗？
我不认为这是给普通人看的电影…不熟悉南欧文化、也不是电影人，找不到共情。不知道大师要表达啥。
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