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.
为了彩蛋加一星
感觉什么都想讲，又什么都讲不清。这点时长完全不能深入探讨问题，走马观花一样。
难以置信的闹腾。正片居然还凑不够90分钟，剧情单薄到几乎没有，就剩下无脑的变形虫扭来扭去，关键也不见得比上一集高明。
不过整个基本全黑的西部牛仔片
可以的，不难看，音乐好听，不愧是搞音乐的。
这电影咋拍的，感觉是mv里穿插了汽车广告，男主角也很难以描述。但是Talia好美，美到仿佛她随便看我一眼，我就要坠入爱河。
最近德云社龙字科招生，据说不收30岁以上的学员，不知道汤老湿和毒液有没有报上名。希望郭德纲和于谦好好教教他们，相声说的太烂了，特别是毒液，捧哏捧的太水了，还老抢逗哏的台词，想造反的节奏。“屠杀”这么好的蜘蛛侠反派IP就这么给用了，影片充斥着大量尴尬的喜剧笑点，故事水的很，大决战也不精彩刺激，唯独彩蛋成了漫威迷的狂欢，无缝对接了MCU荷兰弟蜘蛛侠的《英雄远征》和《英雄无归》。SONY这步棋下的，不管可能性有多高，反正不亏。
能百毒不侵的人，都曾经伤痕累累过；能笑看风云的人，都曾千疮百孔过。每个自强不息的人，都曾无处可依过；每个看淡情爱的人，都曾至死不渝过。
加入看电影的行列时电影刚进行到buck殴打wiley的地方，Was this guy in the office?? Charlie? Charles?? “Yeah, Charles.” 于是正好目睹了后半部分的套路套路套路，damsel in distress mess things up，然后等着一个big strong man来救她。Pillow fight，再坐回去，“你其实是我弟弟。”Gasp，结局没猜到，但也不知道这个反转有什么意思lol。
前半部分还可以，但到了玛丽要单枪匹马去敌方打探消息那里剧情就开始崩了。另外，男主角鼻子大的都出戏了好吗……
镜头好看就行，打斗不激烈，剧情不精炼，对话不简洁都完全可以忽略！
Ahhhhh, coulda shoulda woulda been so much better.
如果说新版《豪勇七蛟龙》是黑人导演想要创建西部世界的一个黑人英雄，这部片子可以说是创造了黑人世界的西部英雄，多彩夸张的服化道，一首接着一首的灵魂爵士，戏谑幽默的对话，黑人元素和西部元素有趣大胆且成功地融合在一起。最后两个女角色不用枪用肉搏简直就是Youtube黑人大姐打架录影👍我对导演不熟，看了简介知道他也是歌手出身，上一次让我惊叹能把黑人音乐天赋和电影融合的是50美分的《权欲》，不过，结尾虽说是反传统，但是也是忒老的反传统了，我还是想看最后好好来个对决的的。所以这个地方我得扣一星。结尾的画面拉长，有种过去幕布看电影的感觉，似乎人物挥之欲出却又再画面上独自飞奔，挺有意思。对于一些看到黑人演西部片就觉得不对味儿的观众，我想说，西部片不属于白人，它应该属于每一个勇于探索，热爱旷野的灵魂。
只有脸能看。
这一部作品是在探讨两性平等关係协调性与相处模式价值的地方。
作为一部西部片画面质量有些廉价了，这剧本感觉能拍更好些。
结尾不错，反派升华了整个主题，不然就凭这拖沓的剧情，我只能打三星。
牛仔片最大的看点就是花样杀坏蛋，套路就是造个小镇放一堆坏蛋来杀给观众看。这部枪战杀人很一般般，没感觉刺激或者是杀坏蛋杀得很爽的感觉，白浪费造的小镇了。
只是光有流行金曲和充满魅力的主演是不够的，讲不够八十分钟的故事充满着没有惊喜的进展，配角更是和男女主角游移独立。在机械性地点开这些内容，似乎流媒体也在“回馈”这种冷漠。
哎，这扯不扯。看过之后就好像喝了一场宿醉。迷迷糊糊的，这感受倒还挺汤姆·哈迪！
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