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.
错过了归还发圈给你的好时机 也错过了和你坦诚心意的好时机 话说那个咬手真的很涩诶
在自由的地方重逢吧。我们（我就觉得bgm好耳熟 是小赖村晶啊
说实话，除了一些刻意模仿（或者说抄袭？）的桥段之外，整体是拍得不错的，甚至某些时候有大腕那味儿了
「雨滴能选择自己掉落的地方吗」
“我还以为上了大学会不一样，但是哪里都一样。”
缺点一目了然，12年的“时间感”几乎为零，暗流涌动的情愫靠两位若手勉强传递出来了一些，而初见的独特性真是一点都没有get到。很难说美波发挥出了多少“演技”，虽然短发造型清爽，反倒是雪乃的几个眼神更刺痛人心，而且有些画面里她是一种地味的美，近乎凝结的悲伤似乎要从心底溢出，个人魅力与演技的双重get√。导演野心比才华更大，效果就是两个主题互不兼容，甚至3.11地震部分挤压了女性暧昧又幽美的情感空间。真心不如围绕她俩专心做文章，好好想象一下她俩的情感小宇宙，多挖掘一下同学-同居-疏远-分别-追忆这条线，至少可以是一篇看齐《死者》的散文诗。
导演选择用不断的镜头切换来展现视角，一个半小时之后的对方视角我觉得好赞！两位的眼睛都好灵动，拍雷雨夜的那场都选择只拍单只眼睛，为什么情绪可以如此饱满生动。
给老婆找来下饭看的，槽点很多，还好能提供些笑料，算是完成任务。
堇好天菜啊，美波演这种白月光比平时有魅力怎么回事。
2星半吧，但比其他拉垮的东北尬喜剧还是高出不少水准，结合演技在线的配角和网红流量加持，还要啥自行车啊~
比较另类的百合片，基调更像是灾难后亲属缅怀的纪录片，所以拍得比较琐碎，算是缺点。理清两位女主隐秘的感情线后会非常戳心，像呼吸一样若隐若现，像大海一样深邃沉默。动画插入的表现非常惊艳，bgm绝对是加分项，大海的镜头也非常唯美。两位女主隔着海岸，但最终她化作一滴水落入花园永远陪伴着她。
比好多院线电影都拍的认真多了，给四月带来了一些快乐和希望，希望峰哥和佳佳多多合作～
画面真的很美，但是剧情太水了，感觉拍成短片就已经足够了。
看预告感觉还行，就是不知道正片怎么样，希望和我想象的一样吧。
观感蛮差的，1.5倍看挺合适，多角度叙事也没啥必要其实，就勇于表达自己的情感，不要后悔莫及的时候才领会，悼念因灾难逝去的人们。
一般，也许有些梗或者笑点没读懂吧，还是鼓励一下啦
心里最特别的位置永远给对方而留
音乐很好，以2个人的视角。电影里的情感很日本，浅浅。2个女孩明明是可以在一起，勇敢点就好了。每天人们都在接受离开。
终于把心意传达到了你所在的大海。短暂内心的平静，窗外的雨声比海浪声平稳。
没有地域歧视，可结果就是和许多东北大电影的问题如出一辙，先找一个有趣的动机，然后拼凑出一大堆语言包袱，最后包袱抖出后的问题仿佛就给忘了似的，不管了，不填了，为了推进剧情连起码的逻辑问题都不解决了，导致看到后面你会严重怀疑这几个角色莫非是脑袋出了什么问题吗
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