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.
稳了！稳了！稳了！记住这个名字吧，滨口龙介。这个78年出生的导演着实让人惊艳。继《驾驶我的车》被震惊之后，看完《偶然与想象》后的我忍不住拍案而起，连声叫绝。也许真像他们说的，我们正在见证一个新时代电影大师的诞生。
在这里这两者都通过电影化语言调和了现实与主体
影片最后升华到女性对于不公不义，以及争取真相和公平正义的思考，影片根据真实故事改编，背景虽然放在中世纪的法国，但却映照了当今女性正在面临的困境和呐喊和抗争。
如果人们能够温和的接受这个世界，平静的去爱自己爱他人就好了。即便是最不起眼的变化中也潜藏着致命的破坏力，最习以为常的碎片也可能演变成与割裂的过往之间拉锯，能够时刻保持体面，不再轻易落入生活的陷阱中，能够彼此坦诚照进灵魂深处的罅隙，这就是梦寐以求的幸运吧。
如果没有第三个故事，整部电影就非常普通了。最后，如果错过了，希望今后各位都能解开心结。
第一个故事：2-3星；第二个故事3-4星；第三个故事：5星。可以细品的电影。
这个古代Me Too故事竟然是真的，看得我厌男症都要出来了。罗生门结构既写实又讽刺。我愿称雷公为驾驭全题材的全能型导演~
三个故事都很妙！
观影过程令人数度落泪，我们所见证的时刻都与感人的普遍命运相连，以选择、遗憾、欺骗和巧合为标志，它们是影片/人生真正的主角。滨口龙介用电影的魔法探讨着日常中的惊奇，人与人关系中那微妙的波澜，暗涌的情欲，都被一一捕捉。看完之后令人回味无穷。
7.5 依然是文本厉害，比《驾驶我的车》好。相比起来第三个故事最好，被第二次角色扮演触动了，属于真正的电影时刻。
看过好几天了，还是没回味完毕，只能说滨口龙介这种戏剧化的絮絮叨叨风格，我十分喜欢
最近又开始爱看日本电影，也确实因为看到的都是好片子，总想继续看下去。它们重新勾起一种“式”的定义，所谓日式、韩式、美式、欧式等等确实有其令人厌倦的地方，但“万变总有其宗”的价值，是无法忽视的，是值得欣赏和借鉴也确实在被欣赏和借鉴的。后面的不说了。
看一半就感受到了洪常秀，镜头语言上。文本上不像，在情绪递进中以不稳定的控制关系推向反转的边界很棒，情绪张力弥补了单一故事线的平淡。个人偏好1，2的大包袱（邮件）略生硬，3有点傻不是很能get到
第一、二个故事里的大段对白都棒读明显啊，话剧也不会搞成这样吧，是我欣赏不来的…
补标，八月底去北京的高铁上看的。洪味儿太冲辣。
看的第一部濱口龍介。挺不錯，用大量有意思的對話構建起來的劇本，加上靈機一閃，很有侯麥和洪常秀的感覺。
他怎么能把演员的表演状态和情绪对白弄得如此真实又精巧十足，又有着流动的空间感和电影质感 实在是太羡慕嫉妒恨了 比洪尚秀好看太多了 片子的魅力在于演员之间互动对话的质感 跟《夜以继日》不同 又回到了《欢乐时光》那时候的状态 演员工作坊真好啊
台词真的太好了，虽然是大段大段的对话，但是好像总有灵动的美感。剧情上的推动，好像有幻想，也有巧合。生活中当然不可能发生，但是却感觉又真实，又虚幻，又美好，又有种命运感。第一部滨口龙介看上去还不错。不想回头去看《夜以继日》了，想看《开我的车》。😂
作为一个导演拍电影，讲情感，人心，欲望，不讲政治，阶级，是蛮奢侈的事情。
好有新浪潮的气息 在滨口龙介的作品里可以看到很多名字/名词 很熟悉很亲切 文学性极强 流动的小说
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