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.
有那么一会儿剧本好吸引人，女主也好飒。但还有提升空间呢
时辰一到换容器
很一般的影片还是平权、价值观、认同那一套没有新意，对于这种事情在我看来就是“关我屁事”和“关你屁事”的区别。歌也不是朗朗上口，唯一惊艳的一场戏是“艺术品就是我”，如果不是英奥提名了我可能都看不到这部影片。
挺好看的。题材设定有些意思。虽说看起来豆瓣评分并不高，我觉得已经很满意了，觉得遗憾的可能就是看剧情总归有些不尽如人意的地方: 男主身手还可以，但是不晓得为何在开始被害的第一时间里面仿佛有些弱，那时候真身的时候反而没有弄死几个。总之，有科幻元素，有对爱人的感情表达，觉得可以了。
灵魂换体的桥段类似一部老港片.除了片尾俱乐部枪战场面设计有点意思
“为什么所有的人都想要救你？”“不是所有人，全都是一个人。”
难看到爆炸，歌不好听剧情稀烂，转折莫名其妙的，求求音乐剧改编成电影的话，好好修修剧本吧？生搬硬套音乐剧剧本真的逻辑转折都特别生硬。 严重怀疑LGBT+人群看完这片更不敢出柜了吧。
看了三分之一才反应过来女主是谁演的 因为《奸臣》和《人间中毒》认识的那个女孩子 又欲又怨的眼神真是太招人心疼了 虽然我是女的
说实话事到如今还是接受不了任何版本的男扮女装（戏剧啊秀啊，但是女扮男装就深得我心（比如宝冢，但好在政治正确也不会去干扰存在即合理，远远地觉得这些人做自己很勇敢，嗯能多远就多远。歌算好听，演的也不错，如果不是自己的偏见应该会给5星。
刚开始有点蒙，后期渐入佳境，但结局的解释有点，缺少了创意。没有超出我的预料。
三星全都给到McCrea……太美了🥺🥺不要自作聪明改这么多细节好吗 很喜欢剧版Pritti和Jamie作为minority的连结，电影似乎弱化了……（而且在stereotyping feminist
既然可以灵魂附体在场的每一个人，那就差她媳妇了……最后他俩不会合为一体了吧？
情节紧凑得很！好看的！有吸引人一直看下去的感觉～ 就是记人名有点费劲，后来都用姓来记了……
一般般吧 一般般～ 平心而论故事还算挺有创意 题材也很新鲜 坏警察好警察 失忆了什么的设定也都还不错～ 不过吧 就是讲故事方面差了一点 叙事节奏也比较乱 承上启下揭开谜底的部分处理的也不咋地 总之就是故事没讲好 没讲的精彩～ 如果把剧本再好好打磨一下 人物关系叙事部分再好好处理一下 不失为一部精品～ 人物方面演员们的演技都还好 不过就是感觉飘忽忽的 这也是韩国电影的一大通病～ 总的来说挺可惜的一部作品 综合评分3颗星差不多了吧～
前面极其精彩，最后反派突然降智，有枪不用，以至于十几个人被一人团灭。
无功无害糖水片，男主角选的不是特别讨喜，歌舞也没有太让人眼前一亮的段落，但整体还算流畅。
原作就一般，影视化反而彻底丢了舞台的魅力。一切的场景要么太真实，要么假到浮夸，情感上又太虚伪，一首首歌仿佛MV连环展映，走马观花似的把故事匆匆讲完。
73/100。直观上，本片在歌曲与编舞上的吸引度，让《致埃文·汉森》马上变得毫无魅力；话题上，对于LGBT人群中不常出现在影视中的“T”的深度刻画，也比《致埃文·汉森》并不稀奇的青少年危机问题变得没了什么意思；但是在剧情上就跟《致埃文·汉森》半斤八两了，虽然都有一些不那么平庸的点（《致》的善意谎言的建立和戳破、本片中认清“道不同不相为谋”的事实），但整体还是有些没劲甚至不符合电影的定义，而本片更是利用了许多煽情的桥段来扭摆观众情绪，一下子让逼格降了不少。不过对于人物的刻画还是很丰满的，男主和Richard E. Grant自然不必说，但让我印象最深刻的却是Sarah Lancashire，她可能塑造了今年最伟大的母亲形象，而她角色的所作所为，更可以让某个还将“娘炮”视为错误的国家自惭形秽。
在最后穆斯林小姑娘化了妆，但是头巾还是没有摘掉...
创意很棒的，节奏也很紧凑！
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