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.
音乐剧改电影真的很容易改得四不像…但DEH的故事真的太好了…算是补偿没有的官摄吧
听了这么久的音乐今天终于在大竹林和他一起看了，没看过音乐剧但电影也算是一点小满足，还是很喜欢
拍摄手法和故事表现明明可以做的更好成果却格外循规蹈矩，很平面的人物和拍摄，但还是哭的好惨，deh永远戳我555
这个改编雀氏😔又想看一遍现场版，九月中旬就不演了这边，钱包快撑不住鸟
基本不看音乐电影觉得歌蛮好听的，男主不适合演高中生吧每次看他就有点出戏……
道理讲太满了，能不能给我们观众一点思考和回味的空间啊…
没看过原版音乐剧，电影的话感觉高开低走了，第一首歌太好听了，后面也只有妈妈的歌比较惊艳，剧情也是，后面走向不太行。感叹一下AA也到了演别人母亲的年纪了……我觉得我这应该能和剧情共鸣的，歌也是喜欢的，可能电影没拍好吧，没那么强烈的喜欢……
1.降低预期后观感还行，毕竟珠玉在前，小本DEH唯一真神不接受其他人演。
相比音乐剧补充了一些情感细节，比如幻想中Evan和Connor在果园的情节（虽然确实是幻想也不知道是不是对的），还有Alana视角（虽然到后面显得有些太多），结局也在一定程度上更圆了一些（虽然没完全圆）。槽点是删了太多歌……下半场完全没有在唱，生气；zoe的人设和相关情节也改得矛盾且奇怪（只能说很不讨喜？）；没有了good 4 u妈妈的角色也很不饱满，原谅来得莫名其妙。
没看原版之前很诧异怎么那么低分，看完原版以后就，活该低分。原版是喜剧音乐剧，电影只有音乐剧部分还删减了歌，喜剧的部分完全丢失，居然一个笑点都没有！不好笑不说导致情节也不完整。
歌太好听了依旧很好哭 但是有些舞台能表现出来的留白和共鸣电影就完全夺走了这种空间
一个深情的故事最不好收尾了，遗憾地高开低走
没有Disappear和Glove和Good4U和Finale的剧情线 简直惨不忍睹 全凭原剧印象跟上电影人物思想
作为电影太单调了，既get不到内核，也没有音乐剧的幽默，音乐剧里eh是被迫推动撒谎，但是电影里像个矫情的小孩
心疼Evan的是这辈子都没被人欺骗过吧。用谎言给对方虚假的希望，怎么心安理得的去接受zoey一家对他的好的？很讨厌这个故事，致郁极了。所以Conor真正的故事是什么？有谁知道吗？电影版对角色的改编也很不喜欢，太平淡了…
相比音乐剧补充了一些情感细节，比如幻想中Evan和Connor在果园的情节（虽然确实是幻想也不知道是不是对的），还有Alana视角（虽然到后面显得有些太多），结局也在一定程度上更圆了一些（虽然没完全圆）。槽点是删了太多歌……下半场完全没有在唱，生气；zoe的人设和相关情节也改得矛盾且奇怪（只能说很不讨喜？）；没有了good 4 u妈妈的角色也很不饱满，原谅来得莫名其妙。
3.这部电影歌曲是挺好听的，我并没有看过舞台版本，无从得知对原片改编了多少。但有些地方过于用力，给人一种割裂感。特别最后埃文的妈妈唱歌那段，特别用力，有点踹不上气的感觉。
哈哈哈哈印度小哥是社恐好友专业户吗
完全没明白Alana为什么要公开那封信……
他们边走路边唱歌为什么到了屏幕里就让我这么尴尬，我不行了
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