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.
没有最后后备箱小孩子出来，打算给1星的，剧本太烂了吧，难道不是为了黑美国政府而拍的
JD爬高跳崖直逼《信条》只是那肉肉的背影又笨拙又莫名性感
把这个“超人”化的结尾联系到影片开头的某种神谕或许会比较能接受，当然我觉得这不是重点。本片的重点在于主角所面临的一个又一个的危机(打通关)，以及在面临危机时所不断穿过的“景观”——从约阿尼纳到雅典——对自然风光到城市街景极为精彩的呈现，尤其是雅典宪法广场的游行，正好和谍影5对着看(本片是白天景、谍影5是夜景)。剧情方面，政悚片的调调是出来了，“悚”＞“政”，有人提到《西北偏北》，硬扯的话有一点点吧…捂脸笑。
要不是看着老丹的份上一分不想给，女演员聋吗？路人都听见孩子叫了，你搂着小丹干啥？
非常让人惊喜，剧情的转折脑洞很大，让人意想不到，最后与前文的互文也挺有意思，是一部被低估的影片
政治漩涡深千尺
坎妹公款旅游，David继续贡献高中才艺表演，加上错位的故事，能红才有鬼。
被绑架的小男孩儿的妈
女主角没多久就挂了，然后男主角就从一个普通美国公民变成了一个特种兵，这个故事告诉我们两个道理，第一秀恩爱死得快，第二单身能变强。
真浪费时间的电影，男主一直在逃跑，不知道在跑啥
完全第一视角的故事片，很厉害。把谁放到这种情境下也得懵，男主这行动力已经是很强大了
无聊着就看完了，就是想看个结尾，原来哪有美国插手哪就乱
全靠哈登的演技和坂本龙一的配乐看完，把漂亮国又讽刺了一遍。只是很不明白，一帮憨憨为什么不在哈登撞破房子时就干掉他或者让他自生自灭，反而送医院后还拼命追杀他？ 哈登返回现场才触发任务吗？wtf
我看了三分钟就一直在快进，谁能告诉我这部电影讲了个啥故事（围笑）
小黑哥的演技比起他老爸还是逊色多了，不过有超级英雄附身的话没有什么任务是完成不了的！
美国大使馆里化着奥巴马的肖像，在片子里是伪善的化身吗？
丹泽尔华盛顿的崽获得的资源太好了，远超他真实实力应得的…
很好的剧本，可惜导演导得太松垮，演员演得太夸张，浪费。
对这个题材很感兴趣 在异国这种突发遭遇应该是很恐惧紧张的 不过看完了都没有这种代入感 摄影还不错
“Do You speak English？”Oh My god，美国🇺🇸人来欧洲旅游还是多学一门外语吧，别见人就问“Do You speak English？”英语的普及度虽然遍及全球，但不至于每个人都能跟你说，你怎么不问，“Do You speak French？”“Vous parler français，oui ou non？”别回头卷入外国政治阴谋都还听不懂别人在说啥。
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