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.
机器人那段挺好，是不是预算不够啊只能拍这么一小截
本片的政治意图更加明显，而且不同于七年前的前作 Viral，这次的现实讽刺看起来更加成功。
几个故事都挺无聊的，也就第二个机器人的故事还稍好一点
我显然暂时丧失了看恐怖片的乐趣。（边看血肉横飞边吃东西已经成为我的基操了
太花太晃了，我朋友看到去WC吐了。影片多段组合看完感觉缺少中心思想，结尾也没看出想表达什么。
被新鬼影实录伤透了心，还好致命录像带还是内个味倍感欣慰。印尼老师的那个机器人的故事好喜欢啊！有血有肉有情有义，甚至还有一点感动。
第一個下水道鼠人的最喜歡，第三個科學怪人的一開始比較無聊，後面充滿快感，其他的都比較一般，尤其是最後一個，看了半天不知道說了什麼。
血浆cult世奇物语的感觉，玩的是“恐怖来源于模糊画面”的噱头，第三个机械女孩的故事最佳，不过总感觉表演有点浮夸的喜剧感……而且画面清晰的脱离了录像带感觉了，反而没气氛了……
其实第四个故事也挺有意思的，恐怖分子大战吸血鬼，但奈何前奏太长，高潮太短，拍的很混乱，可惜了。
地下黑作坊剧情够重口……但是整体还是太不知所云了
我靠，太他妈…过于恶心了，但有点好看。我不就爱看恶心的吗？！想把前面的都看了。
对这一部比较失望😔。四个故事只有人形机器比较有意思，鼠人、守灵夜和吸血鬼武器都很简陋，猎奇有余，理性不足，看不到广义的科学精神，本来每个故事都具备潜在的科学质素。吸血鬼武器里面把吸血鬼的血改进成肉体炸弹令人匪夷所思。贯穿四个故事的第五个故事是最无聊的，原以为要大干一场，结果把观众当猴耍了😓。不过话说回来，背景设定在1994年，整部电影倒确实有那个年代电影的粗糙感，复古迹象很明显。
就感觉好像这个系列已经开始摆烂了，想法不是不好，但是感觉都想不认真拍了，第三个故事叫什么啊，一群人玩尬的手舞足蹈，第四个故事更是乱七八糟
@PIFFF Paris Fantastic Film Festival 鼠人恶趣味十分受用+吸血鬼复仇极端右翼白人kitsch以及brut风格都在兴奋点上
3>4>1>2。第三个故事和之前第二部的邪教一样相当出彩，第四个则相当搞笑了。相比前三部没有太大进步，总体来说还行。
大部分不知道什么鬼，最好看的一个视频就是变态博士搞得人机合一，机器脑袋机械手臂，一男一女两个试验品疯狂杀人，最后女试验品杀了男试验品。
算是及格的续集片了，依然是恶心+重口味+暴力，伪纪录片真的不想再看了，伤眼睛
真的是非常的重口味。机械实验是里面最好的故事。
看完了，眼睛也瞎了。鼠人：特效差评，这是鼠人还是马人哦？守夜：八十年代丧尸片即视，那半拉脑袋让人想起《活跳尸》。铁女：印尼在变态这块赶美超日，血肉横飞中间穿插一段纯爱，太有那味儿了。血族：全程就是个晃，明明是一群种族主义红脖子，怎么翻来覆去虐个白皮吸血鬼，敢不敢抓个黑哥玩？我以为的串场：仙水看到黑暗录像带，逐渐崩坏。实际的串场：一群中二恐怖片脑残粉大搞行为艺术。复古不是说不行，但你不能全盘照抄啊，毫无新意的一部，恐怖和血腥哪样都没到位，老式录像厅画质还看得人想吐。非要说就印尼那段还有点意思，有豚鼠系列精神继承人的味道了。
empty wake本来氛围挺好的，但是结尾太拉胯了，尸体一出来整个恐怖感都没了。印尼篇带点科幻还可以但是血浆撒太过了，还是前作印尼邪教那个更好。第一和第四都不好看，主线也一般害cue是最好的一部video…
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