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.
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金鸡国际影片单元，观影体验太差了，忍不住大骂，5排中间那个男生你好意思嘛
父亲的所作所为基本上是让女儿多次死亡 但最后居然是父亲被救赎了 有些莫名
一个家庭破碎 脾气暴躁 对女儿关心不够的失败父亲的救赎之旅 我很喜欢 真挚 氛围也好 叙事完整 没有故弄玄虚 五星
媒体对这件事的热度早已退却，煽风点火后留下乱局拍拍手就走了，开始追逐新的话题，只留下当事人和受害者满目疮痍。
没想到电影拍得还不错，把好莱坞的那一套叙事和视效玩得很溜。
只能靠跟儿子的问话来推断——应该是不如上一部《狂野大陆》。
一场事故，几个被情感、被舆论、被期待所裹挟的人。群像悲剧在结尾看似和解，然而命运终究留下了一片空白……
怎么能把宽容理解 人的承受能力 这么俗的主题拍这么好？
是我一贯喜欢的日影，丧而不颓。添田在失去女儿后他憎恨所有人，却也让这些人的人生陷入痛苦，开车的女人最后自杀，直到她的葬礼上，她的母亲还在为女儿的过错道歉；青柳失去了父亲留给他的超市，那是他想要好好经营想要弥补父亲去世的遗憾的地方。人生的奔溃和希望都在一瞬间，草加部强撑的乐观，最后也随着被打翻的罐子一起倾覆，青柳的人生也被当初吃过超市便当的人一句感谢而拯救。添田的画，让他最后开始尝试着与自己和解，学会了道歉。生活是痛苦的，但还是要努力的活下去，活下去才有希望。
就是仅存的那么一点点的善良，在拯救着这个世界
可惜时间不能倒流 眼泪也不能回到它过去的故乡
开头花音的遭遇看得人想放声大哭，她是如此不自信不起眼。
每个人都不容易，你也不是最惨的。交流是卸下防备的前提，信任是我们奢求的东西。
可能是把国漫优缺点表现的最明显最极致的作品了。国漫依旧很难走出模仿，本片几乎就是靠着模仿诞生的；然而从很久以前，国漫无论抄袭致敬模仿借鉴，都是形神兼不备的山寨地摊货，究其根本，在于最基础也最重要的技术力和成本投入皆为零，任何模仿都难以以视听呈现。而熊出没在近些年虽然依旧难以交出一份好答卷，但这个系列已经身体力行的告诉大多数从业者，老老实实优化技术力才是唯一的出路。
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秒杀成人喜剧片好吗！笑点密集，故事有趣，亲子厅还特别舒服，跟小朋友一个笑点太治愈了。赛博朋克黑洞逃逸巨大机器人怪兽大战机器人童年治愈，要是能拍到120分钟就好啦。
困得要死还不能睡，电影，正如这个一塌糊涂的新年…
我为什么会因为粪坑的一个特效截图广告来看这脑残玩意儿？
沉重的一部片，火爆父親因為女兒車禍驟逝才學會道歉，這代價也太大。桃李的超市老闆角色和肇事女駕駛母女讓人心疼，明明沒做錯什麼卻承受那麼大的壓力。媒體的興風作浪令人生氣...要說錯的是誰，除了不稱職的父親，我只能說過馬路請看車，生命誠可貴，別讓周遭的人為了你痛苦
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