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.
大胡子依然维持硬汉推理风格，比之前的东方快车好一点，有限。不过拍的这么肉 欲 真的好么？怀念那版X冷淡风，平 胸 的林奈特又美又霸道。
看了还不错，毕竟现在这种拳拳到肉的电影越来越少了。
没在2月14日上映真的可惜 特别的“感人肺腑”呢。（中心思想：别吃爱情是的苦。）
论为什么布拉纳明明知道自己过于自恋，还全程夸张表演？为什么加朵美艳刚强，还总演神人勿近的冷淡花瓶角色？全片弥漫着上世纪好莱坞浮夸爱情片的质感。
前半部分看着还挺不错，但后半部分的冲突太过儿戏
经过了《东方快车谋杀案》，这部同样因在国人心中具有地位的上译经典，竟然可以拍的比前者更糟糕。与前一部一样具有豪华的演员阵容，更有超英女神盖尔·加朵加盟。很难想象如此优秀的小说改编的剧本，更有珠玉在前的样本，如何能拍的更差？本片做到了。作为一个悬疑犯罪片，大量的前期铺垫众多的出场人物，一直拖到进度条过半，案件才开始。一顿询问之后，就破案了，推理在哪里？对于“爱”的主题倒是贯穿始末，但是相比《东方》里的人性与复仇，本片只突出了爱，却没有把贪婪诠释的很好。前作的缺点本作更明显，本身就缓慢的节奏还加入了大量的空镜，还不是尼罗河的风景，比较烧钱的CG只突出了埃及的打卡景点和莫名其妙的CG动物。部分风景和CG还有抠图感。上船之前在三角关系上笔墨过重，即使是第一次看这个故事，也会下意识的被“剧透”。
gosh⋯⋯這電影就是慘案本案了吧⋯⋯ 且不說對原著毫不尊重 就現在這個版本來看 一切很假很做作很好笑 還有奇怪的攝影 天啦嚕 肯導簡直是銀河系中心 自戀第一名
因为疫情无法出国拍摄，但特效也太廉价了点，卡司也弱，没有顶级大咖，两位女主平时看都是女神，可这片里怎么就没那么美了问号，服装化妆也极弱，这片本来是应该如一场T台大秀+大咖云集+异国风光的，结果搞成这样，LGBT的政治正确算是一次进步，但开场那段导演也太自恋了些，对比一下78版，哪哪都不行。看完这片，倒是勾起了再看82和78那两部的欲望，太太太经典了，建议有预算的女生直接照着这两部里面的裙子随便来一条就能亮瞎十条街
其他缺点我都懒得说，2022年我希望拍悬疑片能有那种用故事营造每个人都有可能是凶手的基本诚意
抛开投资导致的网大电影制作方面略有瑕疵之外 惊喜多过不足 在国产动作电影方面实属上乘 看着谢苗从小到大 一路“打”过来 有种奇妙的感觉 真心希望他越来越好 接起国产武行的未来
一部不够你还来两部.....阿加莎的后代快来告洛哈特
口碑再烂也无法阻止我去看《尼罗河上的惨案》。我觉得比几年前翻拍的《东方快车谋杀案》强太多了，虽然也有问题，但豆瓣上的6.1分我觉得过于苛刻了些。人物丰富了很多，不光是推理，而让人物有了深层的展现，但问题也就来了，肠旺面不要肠子和旺子，那为什么不吃脆哨面？确实推理弱化，集中在最后一分钟爆发，乏味太多。风景真的漂亮，让我很想去埃及看看。胡子的来历我觉得不错，但转得太突然，让小白不知道军人波洛怎么成了侦探波洛。还是怀念1978版，上译的配音就很经典，那个胖胖的波洛真的英国得不行，那丝丝入扣的推理反转抓住你的心。新版的女二和波洛那身手不弱007。女二杀了布克后，波洛没追到她，手里拿着她丢的枪被大家看见的时候，我真心怕西蒙上来说是波洛杀了布克[捂脸]又，黑人、同性，美国的政治正确真的太可怕了。
3.5有时候会在争辩爱情和正常推进剧情之间显得失衡，加的波洛身世这段我觉得尚可，不懂那些用动物吓人的方式有什么意义，跟主线剧情无关。
也请这位老师不要再拍了。。。对胡子的起源没有兴趣。
两星，一星给尼罗河的自然风景。肯尼思布拉纳对最后自己解密的时候运用大量的Rap和还持枪的样子一定感到很满意。你看又是老子全剧最帅。口区~~！
很传统的破案电影，不过从一开始的舞会就其实可以看出凶手是谁了？给的太多。
开场那段歌舞让人欲念横生，接下来基本是让人昏昏欲睡……
谋财害命的路上容不得名声在外的大侦探，下次一定注意
这波洛身手矫健的让我出戏 然后就是啥元素都有一点 但都很平庸 埃及风光好看但也没那么好看 蜻蜓点水加了对同性恋进去 又没啥戏份 处处都不痛快 阿婆最擅长的挖掘人性的部分也没有深入拍 唯一让我稍微喜欢一点的 竟然是最后从尼罗河镜头拉上去 然后转场到伦敦泰晤士河的镜头
尺度可以的。
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