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.
三星都打给歌舞呈现和布景服装。2021年了，能不能不要再讲罗密欧朱丽叶式的一见钟情私定终身的愚蠢爱情故事了，加上拉垮的表演，完全没有办法共情男女主，只觉得十分脑残
纽约曼哈顿西部贫民区里有两伙势不两立的流氓帮派，经常斗殴生事。一次西区舞会上，托尼与玛丽亚一见钟情，但她却是敌对帮派头领的妹妹。
有一处高级黑是林肯中心成了废墟，伊莎贝拉博物馆还完好无缺。运镜的确无比流畅，但莎翁故事用如此愚蠢的枪战不能忍。
看來六十年前的經典精品還是經典，連大師都沒辦法做到等量齊觀，算是交了白卷。
A. 虽然仍有硬伤（例如Ansel Elgort呆若木鸡的演技），但这真是在技术层面近乎完美地展现musical魔力的电影啊！无论剧作还是调度，都在为略显陈旧的原版注入蓬勃的活力，几场ensemble戏的处理繁复顺滑到让人惊叹。如何让编舞和镜头各自运动又彼此互动，为感染力做乘法而非加法，或许正是音乐剧电影化成功与否的关键，而请问还有什么，能比坐在IMAX厅看斯皮尔伯格炫技般的满分答卷更舒服的事呢？2021.12.12 Pathé Quai d'Ivry
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开场就觉得很奇怪 原来是歌舞片 我老婆弃剧不给投屏了我也就看不完了 但不看就不看了吧 两星给服装美术道具
看前半段还在关注摄影和调度，到了中段就完全沉浸在剧情的美好和痛苦之中了。为什么toxic masculinity是toxic的？就是搞不清楚爱和美是力量之所以存在的意义和守护的对象。当你师出于看似正当的理由，最后却伤害了应当保护的东西，那力量便蜕化为需要拔除的毒牙。罗朱的故事是这样简单，但却又是那么令人难过啊。
Gurl what did you see in that white boy?
2.5 再厉害的导演也救不了这么一个脱离时代而老套的故事。
中国真的是歌舞片坟场。这片子在北美不说叫好叫座，起码褒大于贬是肯定的。但在豆瓣简直快变成斯皮尔伯格生涯污点了。桑德海姆早期作品还很古典，罗密欧与朱丽叶的主题，这版电影和老版以及音乐剧原作的剧情都没有太大改动。古典不代表过时，况且舞美真的很强，桑德海姆哪怕不那么别出心裁，也远远高过百分之九十的音乐剧作家。
又一个技术层面上好莱坞顶级水准的代表，好是确实好但没有打满分的欲望，翻拍永远绕不过的坎就是不符合时代进步的老故事和价值观
没想到斯皮尔伯格还会去导这样一部电影，实在是太闲了！说实话，在棕雪公主出来之前，我还忍着看，棕雪公主一出来，我只能跳着看了……
前半段真的很喜欢。看的过程中我努力忽略罗密欧与朱丽叶部分，把它当热血高校和斯派克李的为所因为看。好多大场面和调度都很好看，50年代的纽约穷街陋巷和街上各种凯迪拉克老爷车怀旧氛围拉满。老爷子下一部电影造梦之家感恩节上映，也是自传式作品，整个老一辈的大导演都开始人生自我总结了。有时候我常常忘了，斯皮尔伯格是个多好的导演，从近了说我们这些影迷更爱吹诺兰昆汀或者维伦纽瓦，远一点我们又爱吹库布里克。其实老爷子电影票房之王可比卡梅隆或者上一个十年冯小刚伟大多了。他依然是那个出新电影你一定会去看的导演。虽然后半部分剧情拉胯，我还是说，我喜欢这电影。当然也和我太喜欢爱乐之城有关系。甚至我之前很喜欢歌舞青春舞出我人生这类美国歌舞片，如果在影院看，前半部分会更加喜欢，后半部分感受如何就想象不到了。
吐槽后疫情时代劝退级电影时长的同时，还要替这版“新瓶装旧酒”尴尬——最后三十分钟简直煎熬，故事结束的点也是无比奇怪。要我说不如停在三十分钟前，或者继续把故事讲下去（两个半小时都熬过来了，我还会心疼再多那十几分钟？
实在是太过时了……坐如针毡。配偶焦躁得出去买酒，结果柜台都关门了。我俩只好躺平抖腿，研究一些难看皮带、帅气外套和剪裁精良的牛仔裤。//今天刚补看了Ansel性骚扰未成年人的新闻，cancel了。
America那场戏是真的好，年度最佳。但前半段有多好，后半段就有多操蛋。是西区故事本身就很操蛋，一个更主动的罗密欧在那场仓库大战仿佛失了智，说着毫无说服力的台词，手握能改变结果的板机却在旁边阻碍好兄弟决斗。前半段对他想改变现状的塑造直接就化为泡影。把喝毒药换成被假枪杀简直是匪夷所思，所有人都很horny即使是在最悲伤的时候我还要打炮和调戏别人。 可斯皮尔伯格完全没管这些操蛋事，这部电影和1961年的那部比起来几乎没什么改变，现代化议题苍白，平面，我不明白这样的改编有什么意义，操蛋。简直是太操蛋了。 我宁愿再去看一遍Romeo + Juliet，至少小李子完爆Ansel Elgort。
很完美所有运镜 光影 走位 歌舞的编排 都是丝毫无差，每个镜头都很精致，但真的全片看下来你会发现毫无感情！一个优秀的音乐剧摆拍壳壳。（男女主选角不可）
就算是翻拍故事的核心也实在太老旧，服化和一些镜头调度是还不错，但是2021谁还要看这种boys will be boys/物化女性角色的青少年罗朱故事，Ansel眼神空洞到让人感叹坞里真的是没人了怕是来个机器人都能比他好，Jet和Sharks每个人都脸孔模糊到火拼看起来就是练舞室打架，看完除了一首tonight没有任何值得留在脑海里的东西
从黑塞能把感性与理性分做两个人来写故事，就知道德国人这一生的追问都在二者之间
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