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.
其实从开头到出国那一段我真的觉得挺好的，除了画面的卡顿感、抖动感和掉帧感让我有点难受之外，我都很喜欢，剧情从出了国之后开始跑偏了，如果直接发现永生干细胞，并且结局和丁萌萌在一起都比这个结局好太多，编剧为了让郭小鲁体会孤独，让他周围的亲人和爱人全部写死，并且强行深刻，探讨生死，把事情搞复杂，就彻底将故事讲烂了。
虽然个别片段/台词确有所触动，但整体上只能说是折磨
立意是很高，剧本够硬，但是被玩崩了。观影体验很复杂，前面以为是爱情片，后面又开始天马行空了医学系、摇滚、电影、干细胞……什么猛料都往里加，找不到重点，看起来就像一个传记电影。借用电影里的话，文艺电影有没有人看不重要。
故作高深，也有可能是导演没拍出来，男主选择自尽，然后死不了那里给我的震撼还蛮大的，他好像连选择死亡的自由都没有了
今天约会对象把我约到他家，我俩就全程看完这部电影诶🦦🦦🦦
一般。布置了过多莫名其妙的情节和故意煽情的演绎。为什么要加入男主妈妈被冰雹砸歪眼的荒唐，还有动态视觉能慢速观察一切来袭却不断摔跤？感觉都是莫名其妙为了增加特殊感的人设。外科医生莫名就深造去搞干细胞研究了，这是同一个科研方向吗？寒窗苦读的研究者么会不会觉得太容易了？既然是为了女主研究干细胞为什么自己不老了之后就独享了？莫名其妙女主去男主过去研究室还发现了一个受精卵自己代孕生下来……唯有结局处五月天式关于回忆不老的解读，让人如鲠在喉。 这个故事倒是让我想起了自己小时候想学医让人不会死亡的梦想，可惜，渐行渐远了。
都什么年代了，还让大家看这种停留在上个世纪的王朔过时戏？
京味儿太浓了，时间跨度很大，王传君撑起了这个角色，痴情又闷骚。没想到我能看进去，而且是很享受的一次观影体验。笑点不少，泪点氛围烘托也是到位，喜欢这部文艺调调十足的电影
🌝🌝很是跳跃，给人观感就是分解，不过两位演员表现不错，旁白也OK。拍得有点意思又不够意思的程度。所以呢，就是没拍好呀。丁萌萌很可爱。
情节之俗套
干细胞宣传片，但依旧不影响是一部感人的爱情片哭的我稀里哗啦的
故事的开头和我电影的开头，居然出奇的一致。太可怕了。
看完想吐
把个原本可能会很感人的故事与题材拍的矫情的要死，真的有人会对着靠音乐和旁白才能渲染出来的感情流泪吗？
从去非洲沙漠开始不理解了。男主的心理有点病态。
比本杰明差了五万四千里。但是值得鼓励。
另外，布拉格的春节，能看见弯月亮？
有想法，虽然口碑两极分化很严重，但是看完之后再思考一下好像也是通的，并不是单纯说爱情和男男女女那些事，也并不是延时症，干细胞等等的学术问题，只是借了这些东西在讨论人生和活着这样的大问题，这样想似乎就不是那么难以接受了
苏凌芳是怎么知道丁萌萌和郭小鲁计划过要生个女儿起名郭萌的呢？
不知为什么，特别喜欢这部电影，从两小无猜，到两个命运不同的人生轨迹，直到后来如奇幻般的命运挣扎。“他好的时候，我不用在。”这是需要多么了解一个人，才能说出这句话来。
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