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.
高司令太帅了 帅拉了 三颗星全给他 文戏和节奏都不行 打戏可以（罗素兄弟的巅峰可能永远留在美队2了）而CE还在演利刃出鞘那个角色😅ana漂漂😘
这么贵的网飞电影在有原著的情况下都感觉拍得干巴巴的，没有原著还得了……
只能说，要不是因为Gosling压根不会看这片，大数据电影太可怕了
从上一部谢里开始，罗素兄弟俩就开始做实了自己是创意缝合怪的事实。至少在漫威宇宙的语境下因为有完整的制片团队把关，所有情节和调度还能说得过去。来到网飞以后则只剩下老套了，啥都看到过，啥也做得不新鲜。无人机素材、浅焦手持摄影、环欧洲风光，两亿的旅游经费给得自然充足，高司令和翘臀接这片估计就是为了能疫情下各种玩吧。总之就是从编导到卡司都各种不上心，连罗素自己都承认拍这种商业通货就是为了有钱投更多AGBO系的小成本佳作，也没必要跟他俩较真了—-反正说到底给钱的也不在意收益不是。
七分还是有的，如今的动作片里边属于能看的。
虽然剧情不咋滴，但是动作还挺好看的。美队演这种变态还挺棒的，利刃出鞘里就看出来就能看出来他还是很有演反派的天赋。高司令这个角色相比来看就乏味很多。
那個存證據的U盤，雙方拼命搶來搶去，結果還是回到了黑化特工手中，直接被銷毀，大反派勞埃德·漢森看似冷酷殘忍，藐視規則，卻每次關鍵時刻掉鏈子，敵人的特工隊伍更是水准不高，感覺看了個寂寞⋯⋯
当爽片来看，这是一个比较成功的商业片。看结局还得有第二部，感觉美队也没完全挂掉。
我只要高司令 请别跟我抢 谢谢。（事实证明，再好的动作片没有剧本加成也不行。最后一段水中打戏梦回2049。ps. play me loud那里要是放city of stars就神了！！pps. wagner的发型也太逗了。
当爽片来看，这是一个比较成功的商业片。看结局还得有第二部，感觉美队也没完全挂掉。
罗素兄弟离开迪士尼后第一次A级制作，选择了套路和商业感满满的道路，只能表示理解，话说AA真是特工专业户啊。动作戏比谍影的跳剪稍微慢了一点，给足逻辑时间，尤其飞机搏斗（一点一点炸，内外给足逻辑关系，照驾驶员反应）与广场枪战（四波部队层次感分明，警方与特种部队的递进，敌方武器递进，战场感拉满）质量很高，真的比普通街边枪战的大路货好太多了；美术上其实也充满设计，只能说没有特别炫技吧。想了想007这几年不多的优势之一，在于展示boss前后营造的仪式感，信条也是花大力气在排兵布阵时的气氛，我可以接受本片把刀刃用在动作本身上
《碟中谍》的低级模仿版。
总体比较套路，高司令和克里斯的表现也都中规中矩。但是广场混战和电车追逐是近期看过最刺激的动作戏。
该给的大场面一个不少，也没有任何记忆点，果真就是一部手机划屏时的背景电影
平平无奇，和魔女2一样“全是技巧没有感情”
好莱坞终于又打破刻板印象找来个印度人演动作戏 挺新鲜
后半小时是什么纱布剧情！合着高斯林是神，女主是圣母，女孩是高斯林亲妈嘛！还不如让高斯林和埃文斯脱衣服打上俩小时呢，恶心！祝罗素兄弟不得豪斯！
高成本旅行世界的特工片，冲着安娜·德·阿玛斯、高司令和“美队”埃文斯几位主演，还是比较有吸引力的，几场动作戏还不错。
瞥见黑幕特工危，街头乱战瓦砾堆。外包小哥瞎指挥，最后身丧把锅背
可能是完全不抱期望所以比想象的好吧 作为一个爽片还是挺爽的 能看见我在意的几个同框也算是圆满了🙏
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