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.
（8.5分）质感像天鹅绒般细腻。电影以克隆人凭借力，展开一个男人未亡时最后的挣扎。翠色的远峰深处，潺潺的雪水源头，与世隔绝的智能小屋，内外景和服化道以及配乐共同致力于塑造软科幻的世界，编织起主人公焦灼绝望的情绪。“死亡以痛吻我，我却报之以天鹅挽歌”。马赫沙拉·阿里的表演当仁不让地以一己之力支撑起影片的骨架，一半是火焰，愤怒地燃烧又自顾自喑哑地熄灭，一半是海水，仿生学般精确、克制却深邃，作为演员遇到这样的剧本是真的幸运。略可惜是导演没有在神秘的三人公司上做更多文章，如果不是格伦最后的两行泪相当于盖棺定论，阴谋论一下也是极好的。
风景 科技 家居真的超好看 这些多加一星 演得也挺细腻的 挺好看的 好奇取景在哪里
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聚焦於很小的切口上去展示這頗具顛覆性的設想，不置入太多的批判，只是讓兩個他去互相感知對方。男主內心的糾結與傷感，仿生人害怕被淘汰的恐慌，整個作品的命題，我們活著是為了他人還是自己？ 太棒了。
老套的克隆设定，刻意设置的冲突，让这部电影看着非常拧巴，最重要的是这个所谓的爱与死亡的主题实在肤浅，尽管大部分世人都深陷于此——但其实这提醒了我一件事，那就是电影不是为了那些“成熟”的观众看的，而是为了更多没有看过和感受过的人拍摄。这正是艺术和人类的关系。
最近很不喜欢讲大道理的电影，宁可把 天鹅挽歌 当一个科幻片看，也不愿去想电影里为爱的人牺牲或者人面对自己的时候有多痛苦。故事是在不远的未来，一个有apple自动驾驶和apple眼镜已经做成隐形眼镜的未来，快病死的男主角在一个apple审美的地方克隆了一个自己，并把记忆移植给了克隆体，让克隆体去替代自己生活。不要问为什么这么多apple，因为播出平台就是apple+。想简单一点，这电影就好看了，阿里一脸便秘式的分饰两个自己也的确该拿金球奖影帝提名。
风景装修真好啊，剧情节奏有点不在我的点上，不抓人不动容
把男主内心的挣扎表现得细致透彻，整体的基调比较压抑缓慢。
很苹果 很近的未来，总觉得这样的探讨很有意思
(所以活着的时候一定要！Talk! Talk! Talk! 去爱，用尽眼角最后一滴泪水。
马克思说，人的本质是社会关系的总和。
视频解说看完，确实很不错的故事，娓娓道来却意义深远，默默孤独地等待死亡接受被最爱的人遗忘，还需要多大的勇气啊！
好优美的克隆人题材，虽然中间略带悬疑，但是感谢编剧没有把故事变成真假身相互厮杀的套路故事。把自己的一切交付于“他人”，并向自己告别，需要有牺牲一切向死而生的勇气。
太太太慢了，看了都想睡觉。奥卡菲娜被骂黑人文化挪用是真的有原因，台词一股Rap味，整个人格格不入。
作为软科幻，它甚至没有走到探讨记忆与人格的关系那一步，而是停在了与亲人告别这一层，总之有点可惜
一部关于克隆人的科幻故事，探讨有一个和你一模一样的人代替将死的你，继续你的人生的故事。
死亡与离别才叫生命完整，才令相爱的时光珍贵。如果我不在了，我希望有人知晓，时不时泛起的记忆带来泪花或微笑。如果我爱的人不在了，我一定不想要一个复制替代品，我要为那个真实活过的人疯狂嚎哭，日日夜夜思念哀悼。
在克隆题材下，选择没有野心的“托孤告别”。其实是老生常谈的话题，但是高科技的环境下，电影有了同一人一心两面的刻画可能。站在两个角度上的同一个人可以有镜像般的面对。接受死亡、接受自己的破败、接受另外的可能，而从另一个角度，这也是对自己的相信。马赫沙拉·阿里太稳了。
第3485-电影以外，对于克隆人这种事还是不支持，因为人的欲望是消除不了的，克隆技术绝对会让人用来谋私利，很有可能会引起混乱和战争。
天鹅垂死时都会唱起凄婉的歌，直到生命的最后一刻。
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