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.
三点五吧，特效不错，我感觉到了经费在燃烧了。但是逻辑啥的就离谱！月球是个人造卫星？？？AI拥有思想消灭人类？这剧本感觉小学生就能写出来了…🤣
爆米花特效大片，设定还算有趣。女朋友不让我吃爆米花，哭了。
拍的很好，但不至于优秀，但同时也没说高小姐为什么知道那么多，如果不是魂穿，难道是重生？
编剧用残存的智力选中了月球由来这个谜，但是后面扯的就不着边际了
为什么要在这种片子里盘逻辑找科学依据？故事说得过去特效看得爽不就够了吗？属实是不太懂现在的豆瓣er打分标准了😅😅😅哈利贝瑞还是那么美！想起上大学的某年痴迷用同学的军用望远镜在14层平台窥探月亮，当用高倍望远镜第一次大概看清月球表面的时候，差点把它扔了，然后就每天看每天怕，怕到跑回寝室然后第二天继续，好像有种魔力。但如果地球出现电影上那么大的月亮，我可能会直接吓死过去吧。
视效很震撼，故事很扯淡，表演很敷衍，看完很失望
#22#28地球上的剧情和特效《上海堡垒》看了都直摇头。NASA上层出事跑路只求老婆孩子热炕头，军方上层目无军纪不开一枪核弹钥匙无人夺。月球上特效还不错，毫无新意的祖先和弱智的怪物形态我可以理解为为了视效，到最后地月擦肩而过，飞船直接降落在帝国大厦遗址前我的智商再也经不住摩擦了。全片的高潮煽情戏，我只能说回去多看两遍布鲁斯和大本二十多年前是怎么演的吧
被评分骗了，不比“后天”差，在手机上看的，电影全场无尿点，这样的爆米花爽片就应该去电影院看。豆瓣已经被那些伪文青完全占领了。评分低的主演原因是不够科学。这不是科普片，这也不是诺兰导演、不是圣丹斯、不是星际穿越，不是硬科幻、没请天体学专家指导剧本。电影情节流畅，双线叙事、紧张刺激、全家欢、值回票价就完了，科普就就交给书本就行了，对一部科幻片吹毛求疵，有完没完！
被设定与价值观恶心了一地，多吐槽一句算我浪费生命。2022观影年度最烂预定
有些想法设定还是不错，但是这剧情也太“自我复制”了吧，剧情上的想象力全无。
一本正经的扯淡，但是先不说合理性，有些科学的东西，还是有点道理的！例如基因链生命体的诞生与月球的确是有关系的。 另外全世界就一个艾默里奇，轻点喷吧。时不时就拿出一部灾难或科幻的片子给大家看，不是挺好个事嘛！！
无论和作为网剧赘婿的一部分，还是单拿出来看，都非常优秀
哈哈哈哈哈哈哈，作为赘婿网剧第一二部之间的承接之作也算是诚意满满笑点多多，但总体还是有延伸无创新，倒是有些期待乌兄的“毅乌指数”发挥大用。
迟到一分钟进场，听声音就发现是个大烂片。这是一个美国拯救世界的故事，也是暗含美国重建当代信心的故事。很多人物行为令人无语，情节安排老调重弹。以为加上一些政治正确的料，时间记忆与生命爱情的调味酱，片子就能好看啦？呸呸。
电影真的非常好看，超出预期地好看。细节转折很多，所有角色都很讨喜，节奏也不错，画面干净漂亮，笑点密集轻松搞笑，底色也表现的很好，尤其结局，没有糊弄观众。
年度大型融梗玄幻爆笑災難喜劇，災難主要體現在智商災難，看在能讓我笑那麼久的份上加半星吧，一星半
灾难片大杂烩，看到AI出来的时候我真的坐不住想走了。
我真的不敢相信这是之前拍过《后天》和《2012》的导演，整个场面的呈现在电影院应该还是能感受到特效的魅力的。问题是这是多弱智的一个剧本，构建了一个AI怪物，然后通过无聊的拖时长把整部电影拉长到2个小时，最后来个外星人的传说就结束了这么一个AI怪物。真的降智！还有于文文这个角色到底算什么？一边是拯救地球的太空戏，一边是主角儿子在地球上逃难记，怎么能够这么撕裂的拍这么诡异的一部片子。
“现在你是月球的一部分了”
比2012好很多，但是期望不要再搞人种配对了
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