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.
男主真的太丑了太丑了太丑了！即使知道他性格幽默且有男主buff加成也无法继续直视他的脸🆘
倒是不让人讨厌，这几年是没有什么像样的圣诞电影，前边有点难往下看，但熬过去了倒也还行。后边他爸闻到蜡烛的时候我哭了。Nina还是美啊，但也不是当年Elena的青春了。
不太出彩，但运镜，歌舞等让这部电影也还可以
（此外，这是我人生中第一次“包场”的电影。蓝色样板戏，根本没人看，笑不活了。）
尼玛！！看了半小时，忍受不住了..这诡异的舞台剧➕木偶戏➕歌舞剧的三不像产物！我看过30年的黑白片，我都能接受，这种美国特有文化下的街头黑帮气质，我不行！至于什么镜头调度，当没法与故事与内核相结合、纯粹的炫技的时候，毫无价值在我眼里…
最后，本片和陀螺的玉面情魔都好长，也许130分钟都更适合。
一开始很惊艳，调色打光、摄影、场面调度是一级的，但剧本和男女主之间的火花都无法匹配上述硬件，以至于整个故事作为电影挺食之无味。
love hard die actually
混在帮派里还好，男主一solo开口我就心绞痛
给五星因为感觉我的某位前男友被演活了，我真的好特么喜欢欧阳万成这种男生……善良害羞又很会聊天是一种该死的魅力
虽然是cheesy套路完全不真实的圣诞电影，但看着还有点感动…Paxton还是帅的，不过不留胡子更帅
调度和摄影太棒了！好几年了终于不看合家欢了我有点快乐。但emm美国主旋律价值观……？
技術力是頂級的。但新版幾乎就是照著61版翻拍，沒有本質改動，連帶著原版情節太概念化都一併繼承了過來，那翻拍的意義何在？改動的地方實在太少，翻拍改編電影應該是細化，同時推陳出新，讓故事真實可信，如果給我就改成70~80年代美國社區背景，讓故事更加蓬勃展開，讓黑幫衝突和男女之間的情感更加具體和更具說服性，現在這個改編真的是雞肋，純粹情懷驅動裝逼，浪費。或者可以改成：南美裔人不斷移民到美國，擠壓美國白人主體民族，這對未來美國社會會有很大影響，明明有那麼多角度可以切入，但主創就沒想要跟現實產生關聯，那其實61版和這個新版選一個看就足夠了，陰謀論一下，是不是迪士尼讓老斯1:1翻拍經典，類似動改真一樣的操作。
罗密欧与朱丽叶是这么气人的故事来的吗！！！和朋友一起看的，我喜欢看打架，女朋友们都喜欢看跳舞；女朋友们都喜欢她哥，只有我一个喜欢他弟。但大家都同意嫂子是唯一一个讲理的！
不得不承认，这部电影豆瓣给分低是有原因的。我的友邻给分更低，也是正常。
确实，新版的光影更精致，剧情更充实了，但是舞美和编曲远不如原版；两版的Anita都是最出彩的角色，为亲情友情付出，身份认同的觉醒，张力十足；新版最大的问题是ansel的主演，倒不是说他唱歌跳舞不卖力，而是长了一张三好学生的脸，实在不像西区的问题少年。
在好莱坞的电影里面，其实是不会出现亚裔和白人女性接吻的镜头的。因为做过调查，美国观众看到这种镜头会反感。至少这部电影能突破这种刻板映像。
翻拍然后做旧算什么本事，有这个budget不如给LMM拍点跟得上时代的新作品
我真心觉得Jimmy O‘Yang is way cuter than Darren Barnet
2.5 男女主其实台词念得还行，就是歌舞和面部与动作表演全无。剧情上跟贴近一点现代，但大致没变，也没有有心意的地方，总体还是拉！
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