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.
失望 我是真失望 整一出儿戏 为了塑造英雄衬托英雄 地球组的人和地球的人 真的在男主衬托下像个废物 男主角进房间亲嘴辣眼睛猥琐 辣眼睛 猥琐 太无厘头了 一点逻辑也不讲 不要搞感情线 不要搞 我三房一厅都给你扣出来 救袋鼠那段 无法入戏 感动？你看我感动不 一大把子人什么也不做就看男主逃离月球 尬 真是童话 细节处太多bug了 那么问题来了月球能看到地球的光吗 搞喜剧就好好搞喜剧 全场特效最佳 让我们谢谢特效师 谢谢 （ps：对影片没有要求笑点低的可以去 有要求的多考虑考虑 ）
大小设定都很火星救援，致敬了一下异形和2001太空漫游
7、唯一的优点，就是不像某京的某片，搞什么大国沙文主义那套。并且又认清并取关了部分拿钱影评人～
笑中带泪、哭得撕心裂肺的时候又恰大好处的让你笑出来——“你不是个人” 哈哈哈哈😂
国产电影从来没有过这种类型，这是一个很好的开始，科幻喜剧，只是是国产科幻我都支持
笑点很开心麻花了，有些笑点确实尬，就是开心麻花那种尬，但大部分还行，重点是我好爱沈马这次的be美学！爆哭😭
7/29 特别晒的下午，表弟请看。破了不看麻花的惯性哈哈哈，比西虹市时期的油腻收了点，逐渐靠近合格喜剧爆米花，音乐也进步了。直男趣味依然白眼翻到下来（大男人+繁殖梗云云）。
独孤月在月球上的“积极”生活给了地球上的人们希望，独孤月绝望时，幸存者们又给予了独孤月生存的希望，相互支撑救赎的感情，看到起鸡皮疙瘩
以为是喜剧片却被一直按头哭，太累了。情节、笑点稀碎，但配乐、沈腾也太棒了！敢把科幻片这么拍不错，爱呀爱的也戳中我。如果这样，我也会爱上那个在爱情厘米的自己
搞笑其实只是这部电影最不值一提的部分。
但故事线不够高级，地面部分平平无奇，电影中的科技部分比小说落后了至少十年。
这几年，明显感觉沈腾和马丽到了瓶颈期，喜剧电影很难有突破。这部电影不能当做科幻片看，适合全家老小去笑笑，有笑有泪，还算不错。至于剧情和逻辑，别太当真。
对《Take Me Home, Country Road》的改编以及影片的原创插曲都很好听，影片埋藏了不少梗，也致敬了很多经典，当然，开心麻花也没有忘记调侃自己，一句“下落特烦恼”真的一口老血喷出了。
荒无人烟的月球，是星辰大海绽放的地方，确实是宇宙级的浪漫。
剧本看出是好好编了，整体节奏，细节把控和情感都到位了。科幻和喜剧的结合蛮好，很多地方脑洞都很大。但是前半段实在是段子的叠堆，称其是电影都有点勉为其难。二幕后和第三幕节奏上来了，最终任务浮出水面，危急时刻到来，整体好了很多。本片的确出现在一个很微妙的时刻，人们既被疫情搞得精疲力竭；电影市场又亟需这样一部娱乐性极强的作品救世。在这样的双重背景下，本片有了超过故事本身的别样意义。又，本片的题材如果拍成一部严肃作品是非常合适的，喜剧来说还是有点浮。但若是严肃作品恐怕又达不到以上的功效了。
配乐做得很有水准，结合画面看起来还是很给人沉浸感
开心麻花这次没有让我失望，沈腾马丽永远是金字招牌！
个人评分5.7/10【D】
全程尬，这就是中国喜剧吗？看得出来很努力在搞笑
前二十分钟还是不错的，袋鼠出场后变得又尬又煽情，整个四不像，笑点隔靴搔痒，沈腾和马丽演技可圈可点，配乐很不错，但剧情和节奏的缺点巨大让我无法视而不见，从最开始四星三星再到两星😑。
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