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.
男角色都有点工具人；乐队的翅膀确实挺QQ秀的；女长辈们的美少女战士变身好帅；虽说是华人的故事，但却看到共情了；小熊猫的IP挺好的；那个咒语听起来十分亲切！
有点幼儿版喜福会的感觉…小熊猫真的太太太萌了
现在已经不大喜欢这种借一个情欲故事来探讨亲子关系或者别的什么所谓精巧的剧本，除了有些撩人的情欲之外，其实没多大意思，因为这些探讨充满刻意的“假”，这是不真实的，并不存在这种探讨和后来的醒悟，不过是种文艺的幻想
拍得太好了！成长就像野兽，多好的隐喻啊。喜欢最后的设计，展现出了一个妈妈毁灭般的掌控欲，而美美也喊出了：我就喜欢男孩！我喜欢响亮的音乐！我喜欢扭动身体！实在过瘾。成长是个大麻烦，但我们总要面对。最后妈妈也终于明白：“你走的越远，我只会越骄傲。”
~怪不得没有引进，刻板印象太重了。中华文化的形，装的还是美式价值观的酒。。。
预告太可爱了，期待！！
把两代人、两种文化之间的冲突与和解拍得很巧妙、很完整。
低幼没问题，为啥总是处在鸡飞狗跳大呼小叫的闹腾状态，一刻不得消停。每个人表现得都很浮夸和浮躁，做法事又是什么鬼，成人礼吗！母女之间看不出共情处，太夸张了。浪费了优质的画面之感。5
皮克斯当然不差，可总觉得那一面镜子就把是非红白划分出来，实在是太低龄了。
皮克斯当然不差，可总觉得那一面镜子就把是非红白划分出来，实在是太低龄了。
也太好看了吧！grandma aunts一起变身的时候一个爆哭！呜呜呜呜
很遗憾我没能达到你的期待，但对此我并不抱歉，因为我才是自己生活的主角。没有人生来完美无瑕，正是那一块不完美的碎片构成了每个人真实而独一无二的生活。和那只毛茸可爱的红熊猫一起生活下去吧，只要身边有爱，未来就有光明。
接受比抗拒更加需要勇气。Abby太太太太太可爱了吧！！！！！！！！
直击中式家庭痛点，剧情共情能力很强，不过后半段相对失望，解决问题的过程过于天真，毕竟这是动画片，就是有着现实世界中没有的奇思妙想，倒也没必要较真。希望每个家庭都能做到相互尊重，父母居高临下的“我这是为你好”，没有什么比这更伤孩子的心...
笑不出，很多地方没共鸣，会觉得比起现实，也太像糖果了…感觉是一个温和化了100倍而且故意搞错重点的恐怖片。但即便如此，也不想太差评，比空白好。
13岁女孩暴怒会变成红毛熊猫， 母亲要求克制收敛，用仪式把怪物收走，小女孩坚持做自己，拒绝历代传统对女孩的规训。母女之间的怪物大战，认真讨论的话就是所谓女德与女性觉醒的战斗，肤浅追星看演唱会和成绩卓越乖巧孝顺并不是互斥的，那怪物和小女孩的真自我共存也是。
福瑞控怒赞，美美作为三代移民其实已经是离开华语文化圈的黄皮白芯香蕉人了，但她的母亲还有她的外婆亲戚们作为二代移民显然还保留着过去生活的影子，这里的红色小熊猫诅咒再过去是在那片土地可能是为了生存为了福佑子孙的祝福，但到了现代社会里就被当成了代际诅咒甚至是“遗传厄运”了，美美在现代文明圈子里在正值青春张扬个性的年龄时，要的是充分的自由表达，体内的红色小熊猫代表着其人格的完整性，而约束它甚至封印隔离它都是错误的，要学会和小熊猫共存，而不是让它清0消失，外婆妈妈们已经回不去了，但美美们还可以有光明的未来。好电影。
有点低龄向了，但是这就是13岁时候的我啊！
好莱坞的编剧模版真不错：传统家庭，青春期叛逆，隐瞒，事情败露，冲突，和解，大团圆。换点元素，加点可爱动物缓解一下火药味，套一套模版就又是一部新片了。哦，对了还要突出一下“多元化”美利坚主旋律，这个倒是不难解决。对于皮克斯这种以创意闻名的品牌属实不得劲。我怀疑被迪士尼夺舍了。小熊猫还是挺好rua的。
好看！虽然是华裔主角，也引入了不少东方文化，但内核依然是好莱坞式，不过青春成长的阵痛不分东西，各种元素融合得非常自然，期待导演的其他作品！
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