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.
很想用一句郭老师的耶斯莫拉来总结观影体验，从头到尾引人入胜。当然，邪神题材，真的随便都可以拍出好多，台湾算是把这一派系拍出一个境界了不错。看完后，对编剧写出的女主角的愚蠢和自私深感震撼，以一己之力害光身边所有人，真的是恨铁不成钢想让她直接现场暴毙。明明怀孩子的时候就见过云南大和尚，这后面一系列无辜的人命你拿什么来陪？小女孩最可怜，要为母亲的愚蠢承受这么多苦。
养孩子太恐怖了，失去那么多自我，就像小孩吞噬了自己一样，还不如不生。
真服了，《咒》拍的是个什么破烂玩意，完全不吓人但属实恶心人，太晦气了，导演玩的就是QQ空间“不转发半夜鬼上床”的烂梗，看完只想赠予导演一个大比兜，拍鬼片就不能用心拍吗，这拍的是个🔨 ，故事稀烂套路下三滥，要恐怖不恐怖，要煽情不煽情，看完只能感觉所有观众都被诅咒了😅
无神论者表示一点也不恐怖。不过最后的结局有点意思，名为神鬼实则人心。
友邻的评论里有认为电影的成功是建立在病毒式营销上的，但是作为大陆观众的我根本没看过相关广告，只知道它是台湾近期的高口碑恐怖片，以一个普通观众的来看，我真的认为电影拍得很不错，虽然伪纪录片形式没贯彻到底，但氛围还是到位了；
#归来吧，远行人
但比较粗糙，每次想到女主拍摄的机位就有点点出戏，但也正是这点出戏，让我还有勇气继续看下去哈哈。
但那些点赞转发考研考公上岸的祝福真的要转吗？他是在叙诡咒你！
几个自寻死路的人拍下了死亡录像带，看的人听的人都会挂掉。内容说不上很恐怖，但是故事背景的设定多了一种东方宗教的神秘色彩，而且伪纪录片的形式很好的放大了这种，甚至主角在影片的开头结束还与观众互动的环节，让人更好的感受到这种恐怖的沉浸感。一切诡异源于一种神秘的诅咒，影片没有太大的篇幅去说明这种诅咒的来龙去脉，而且着重描写了这种诅咒的恐怖笼罩下的不安的人心，特别像美国、日本同类题材的手法。
还行，亲情元素大于恐怖元素，和之前几部比较受瞩目的电影一样都达不到预期，甚至恐怖片段都在预告泄露的差不多了。前面朵朵和鬼影说话很像鬼影实录，电影中有很多穿插的符文和标题显得比较突兀，叙事顺序还可以更好不必弄得有点错乱，当然这是导演第一次拍伪记录风格形势电影，可以理解，希望下次能有所进步。
还好没再加恐怖音效
伪纪录恐怖片已经看吐了 这不就是迷信版午夜凶铃
跟另外的恐怖片一起看的，显得比较优秀。不作死不会死的故事。
我知道咒语的剧透，但还是挺晦气的。和真实事件毫不相干，字幕献给小天使hmmm。后面那段介绍故意一个字一个字写在图腾中心，然后突然白背景视觉残影。 造像和名字都很藏，换成苯教对于我来说更有说服力。
电影从头到尾一直暗示观众，让你看一个符号，跟着女主一起念咒语 。一开始还说咒语起到祝福作用，结果到电影最后她说对不起，欺骗了你们，其实这个咒语能让陌生人共同分担诅咒。
无神论者表示一点也不恐怖。不过最后的结局有点意思，名为神鬼实则人心。
很难相信2022年了，在全球最大的流媒体平台上看到的热门新片居然是这样一部低成本粗制滥造的三无伪纪录片，连底蕴都要靠提两嘴彩云之南。最后cos盲僧更是全片最蚌埠住的画面。网飞赞助的不错，下次别赞了。
个人不太感冒搭桥场外观众的病毒式传染渲染恐怖，遗憾伪纪录片的镜头真实感较少，正片有迹可循的答案跑到预告透露太多。
母爱成为最大动作线，但一点都无法认同哎。不过作为听得懂闽南语的观众觉得还是挺渗人的
现实生活中我不相信鬼神诅咒，但受到外来造成的恐惧心理是真实存在的，像是我们看恐怖片，亦或是接触了晦气的东西，你的想法决定了你的所见所闻。
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