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.
国产动画自大闹天宫继承文化遗产剪影与泥人风格并改良后 即处于停滞状态 之后更是退化 二战后苏俄琢磨战时迪士尼作画 在光影上进步巨大 但国产动画直到葫芦娃几乎没有任何进步 说是出道即巅峰也好 但其传说性已经脱离了现代生活 魔方大厦和舒克贝塔虽是例外 却又开启了风格劣化的时代 才有了今天这个结果
几个反派实在太出彩，尤其是三头狐狸精，活灵活现，应该发个最佳配角奖。女狐狸精还是很传统的形象，不像现在多是大胸长腿，此种变化大概可以算作妖怪的#身体政治#吧。
第一次看，因为口碑很好加上经过后期修复，所以想看看，看完我感觉一般，可能小孩子看感觉有趣。
还可以，从头到尾都挺抓人的，想知道剧情会如何进展。最后的结尾着实没想到。四个演员撑起一部电影！
年少时最喜欢的中国动画
前两天还在电视上看到～觉得感情真挚得不行了～非常喜欢
結局算意料之中，lily collins在最後15分鐘才有表現的機會。
《天书奇谭》当然是一部很不错的动画片，比《哪吒之魔童降世》要强很多，但似乎被捧得太高了。这里的一个重要原因，是袁公的形象，符合八十年代知识分子的自我想象，孤傲，怀才不遇，只有自己才能救苍生……当然，现在我们都知道了，实际情况和知识分子的自我想象相去甚远，也许犬儒才是知识分子的主要特征。
节奏，画面，音乐，讽刺，现在的国产动画片怎么都缺失了呢，尤其那段妖精跳舞的，放现在也是亮点
意味很多
儿时记忆了 蛋生吃饼那一幕还记忆犹新 小时候真的看了很多优秀的中日动画 那时候电视上还放变形金刚和忍者神龟呢 现在小孩真的看的啥 都是降智动画还毫无美感
以前的音乐还真不好听...但是以前的动画片都不糊弄小朋友 现在都是把小朋友当傻逼
關於神靈與超自然力量的奇異想象，鮮明迷人的藝術特色，誇張靈動的造型色彩和動態，分明是中國的表現主義啊。
除了开头和配乐像希区柯克，哪里有胖导的影子啦。感觉编剧的闲笔过多，导演的人物调度也比较乏味，比之那些经典的客厅戏，差距还是蛮大的。剧作内容有点“两不沾”——走情节线呢，故事情节的突转不够；走人物性格变化线呢，三位演员之间的化学张力不够，塑造的所谓“富人”、所谓“被压抑的拜金女”，都太过脸谱化，剧情走向一猜即得。真，奈飞大电影的平均水准。
用动画里奇幻的解决方式去伸张正义，战胜一切现实中的社会问题，好像一切邪恶的，不公平的，贪婪的，一切普世认为不好的一招两招都能摆平啦
🎭演员表现：
几乎每一帧都在我的审美点上——那仿佛出自《千里江上图》的山水场景，《清明上河图》的市井生活，生旦净末丑行当的人物，把“中国版普罗米修斯”盗书至人间的故事搬至大银幕。然而袁公的结局“戛然而止”，期待出续集。
如果中国多点这些动画片，那么我们就不会老看那先难懂的外国片了。悲哀
成年人在一人包场观影的电影院里睡着了💤，可能过了儿童的年纪再看低幼动画片就感觉十分无聊，自己在侮辱自己智商吧。
狐狸精的配音相当有爱 “打起来了 断气儿了~~”
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