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.
就挺好的ending 本集主打johnny和dracula的塑料父子情谊 但是有一说一johnny的怪兽扮相还是挺可爱的 尤其是他发现自己被骗后 连mavis都拦不住他气成怪兽 就还挺搞笑的
我都忘了小蝙蝠是怎么和那个平平无奇人类男好上的了
特效堪比迪士尼，中国动画人的狂欢，换换主角能再打造一个ip了
其实结构很完整，就是内容一般，笑点太泛善可陈了，前座的大哥一直在刷手机。德古拉本打算隐退把旅馆交给女儿，提前知道消息的傻女婿去找德古拉结果适得其反，为满足德古拉编造的继承人标准，傻女婿主动变成妖怪，不想弄巧成拙，旅馆老顾客都纷纷中招变成人类，最后大家在寻找解除变身之钻的过程中，误会化解，德古拉也在体验肉身之苦后打破了对女婿的偏见。
烤棉花糖夹小饼干真的很好吃！
就是说非常喜欢精灵旅社，而且每次走到哪里布丁都被带着，大概就是好朋友，不需要你也会把你记住，去哪里都要把你带着，真的有被感动到，而且到了最后布丁还起到了关键的作用
感受到这了，希望官方尽早发布主题曲的MV，天籁之音
很失望，没想到最后的收官之作会是这样的收尾，看在前几部的情面上勉强给个及格。全剧光靠一个看似巧妙的“人怪物变换”的设定讨喜，剩下的就是浮夸的肢体动作以及对先前的角色人设卖力的维持，剧情和情感转变过分直接甚至突兀，包括女婿的人设竟从先前以为的快乐男孩转变成了一个低情商傻缺。（以及我实在不懂面对德古拉不放心把旅馆拱手让人的事实他在那低落个什么劲，还处心积虑地想出点损招，让我不得不代入成年人的视角衡量他是否有对于钱财的超人欲望）
太老套，太聒噪，太无聊了。这么难看还拍到第四部，也难怪迪士尼停滞不前，同行真的一点压力都给不到。
科幻题材，注入超英元素：宇宙魔方、黑豹盔甲、蜘蛛侠救火车、环太平洋巨人大战等剧情比比皆是，感觉就是在熊出没的基础上把超英故事堆放安插，但原创几乎没有，这也是目前国漫的一大短板。
老父亲为了维持家族酒店的经典传承，不被女婿搞成网红店，有什么错？
看片名联想到了史皇父子主演的《重返地球》结果大受震撼，活了这么多年原来是为了看懂一部“熊出没”。众多好莱坞巨制全部转化为3D动画，塞了《熊出没：重返地球》满满一箩筐，不知道的还以为是“中美合拍”。
索尼的动画往往讲的都是现代性话题，比如这一部是关于人的肉身，而迪士尼的动画即使背景坐落于现代，内里也是古典神话故事。皮克斯则是…动画界论文电影？德古拉就是坠可爱的！女婿不能比…
PS：有没有人发现牛大哼有点像樊少皇！
是我的错觉还是近几年的大厂动画全部走向了聒噪又低智的道路，密度极高的废话和无意义的人体扭曲动作再加一点煽情桥段拼接在一起，类似套路这两年连看多少部了，麻了
够闹腾的。如此快节奏的对话，靠字幕有点应接不暇。已经猜不到我的笑点了，冲粹打发时间，回一下情怀。
我都忘了小蝙蝠是怎么和那个平平无奇人类男好上的了
也算是大乱炖电影吧，给了很多奇幻，完成度尚可。故事容量太大了，节奏太快，最终总算是勉强把故事赶完了。观感有点有白蛇2青蛇，总之都很大杂烩
5分。虽然特效进步很大，立意也很好，但依然是面向小朋友的电影。
心疼老蝙蝠德古拉，单亲老父亲辛辛苦苦把女儿拉扯大，最后不但不讨好，还被人类蠢女婿记挂继承旅社，这放谁身上能不委屈？
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