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.
达姐好美哦！男主真的很乡野莽夫，和Elliot一起更来电吧？不懂男主哪里配得美女了，选角有问题扣分
在導演看來底層年輕女性維權就是只有憤怒沒有智商，折騰了半天對方沒咋滴自己進去了也顧不上年幼的弟弟甚至可能面臨高額的民事賠償責任，爸爸案子最後也還是按自殺走的，然後還覺得自己很燃？！他爸一酒後駕車撞到橫串馬路搞的跟他爸無責似的太好笑了吧
b l e a k 食之无味，弃之可惜。
之前的剧情觉得智商有点掉线，想打两星。但最后的狂暴Sam非常赞👍🏻给三星。
三星到四星之间吧，除了对好莱坞创意枯竭和恐怖饭圈文化的吐槽之外，还是遵循着前几部的套路来，虽然很想逃脱套路但是最后还是拍成了套路，看来genre的元素不是那么容易摆脱的。最后凶手大概能猜到，但是动机没有那么的令人信服。不过周末来看个乐子还是完全够了。
没看过前作，对标志性的鬼脸形象也多来源于GIF或网络视频。对jump scare的调侃是唯一亮点，看完想去补前作了。
项目组对标的可能是爱玛狄金森，但交付的东西是布里奇顿大电影
全程对话真是烦啊，充斥着无聊的自以为是。不是真爱粉不吃这一套。
世界上需要更多像惠英一样敢正面刚，甚至举止恐怖的底层女性。受压迫者最好的崛起方式，就是不停地被打倒、不停地站起来。
太糟糕了，除了女主好看，风景不错，简直不知道还有哪里好...完全不忠实于原著，也没看出来想对奥斯汀做出什么超越，女主从隐忍，内心深沉变为调皮可爱的现代人，这倒没什么，但是不顾别人感受，在宴会上说出她妹夫本来先喜欢的是她，简直不可原谅，这不是奥斯汀最讨厌的那种人？怎么会是她笔下最深情的安妮？期待的台词全都删了，除了half agony half soul这句真爱担当，其他的只有eliot先生的对白最精彩，导演是最喜欢他和安妮这对cp吧，wentworth虽然是个海军，也不用被衬托成一个野蛮人吧...好久没有看某部电影想吐槽这么多...三分给女主和她与eliot调情部分的对白吧...
后几部的通病，模仿这个动机完全没有说服力，还有一个小女孩力气能大过一个退休警官????
很用力的致敬了第一部以及韦斯，各位回归的主角们都是魅力不减当年，很多恐怖片和电影梗还是提供了不少迷影乐趣
拳打强权恶势力才是真拳不公平、不幸的世界，有人更有权，有人更有钱，有人说谎，有人动粗，有人活着，有人死去。
本来就是看达科塔约翰逊的，看完发现简奥斯汀那些东西用这种现代诙谐方式拍居然可以把狗血溶解到幽默里就很神奇。Anne是克制、内敛、理性的，怎么可能开场就是酗酒！！！
新导演对原作的处理还是尊重的，角色们秉承了一直谈论恐怖片的陈词滥调，大量讽刺从银幕涌向现代好莱坞制作——翻拍和重启的所谓“Requal”，现在的观众是能get这种元幽默的，可问题是如何同时吸引原作粉丝和现代观众。这次它向我们展示了另一群青少年（主角），却几乎没有介绍他们，而是介绍了老角色（配角）的现状，新老角色之间都有联系（他们都在 25 年前的袭击后幸存下来），但对新角色的利用，与新的年轻观众的共鸣是远远不够的，正因为没有建立新角色的性格发展，所以你根本不在乎谁死了。唯一在乎的还是杜威，好吧，新导演把老人弄死了，这的确是“Requal”的一个特点。
有点差啊，虽然女主挺喜欢的，但不适合这种打扮…可能长得太现代了？
拖拉机这个巨物在真实的场地中施作着，不借用任何超越的帮助，只是同死去中的那个场景在同一视面中，真厉害。巨物/怪物/鬼魂不再需要诸如理解之类的保证，就是每一个已经死掉的—没有男人、没有女人、没有青年、没有老人，只有每个已经是死掉的“少女”。
讲述的是女儿惠英(金惠允饰)挖掘遭遇突如其来的事故中父亲行迹的故事。
Director does matter. Wes' Scream is always lighthearted. This one took itself too seriously, too much melodrama bullshit. Leading actress is annoying like fuck, tryhard bitch. Little sis is much better. Super diverse cast as expected, even hard to guess their race. Everyone is hybrid except three white males. Clay还卖了屁眼，哭笑不得。
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